diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c
index 2478516a61e2ea547f5ae8af0c3aae7228e64db9..ded27bb9a3b6049ff4bad1606443dbeff53be8f1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c
@@ -1136,7 +1136,7 @@ static struct mlx5_flow_group *create_autogroup(struct mlx5_flow_table *ft,
 						u32 *match_criteria)
 {
 	int inlen = MLX5_ST_SZ_BYTES(create_flow_group_in);
-	struct list_head *prev = ft->node.children.prev;
+	struct list_head *prev = &ft->node.children;
 	unsigned int candidate_index = 0;
 	struct mlx5_flow_group *fg;
 	void *match_criteria_addr;