diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
index 9372d914abe5cdafdbdf79acb80940eb73ca83c9..0edf4751a8ba2549e380e7ddc27f57b34d49521a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
@@ -2876,3 +2876,10 @@ void mlx5e_tc_esw_cleanup(struct rhashtable *tc_ht)
 {
 	rhashtable_free_and_destroy(tc_ht, _mlx5e_tc_del_flow, NULL);
 }
+
+int mlx5e_tc_num_filters(struct mlx5e_priv *priv)
+{
+	struct rhashtable *tc_ht = get_tc_ht(priv);
+
+	return atomic_read(&tc_ht->nelems);
+}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.h
index 59e52b845beb3e395210b4af3d92196d1b040de4..49436bf3b80a43887e3ba96c7af90829c3237585 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.h
@@ -68,10 +68,7 @@ void mlx5e_tc_encap_flows_del(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 struct mlx5e_neigh_hash_entry;
 void mlx5e_tc_update_neigh_used_value(struct mlx5e_neigh_hash_entry *nhe);
 
-static inline int mlx5e_tc_num_filters(struct mlx5e_priv *priv)
-{
-	return atomic_read(&priv->fs.tc.ht.nelems);
-}
+int mlx5e_tc_num_filters(struct mlx5e_priv *priv);
 
 #else /* CONFIG_MLX5_ESWITCH */
 static inline int  mlx5e_tc_nic_init(struct mlx5e_priv *priv) { return 0; }