diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Kconfig b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Kconfig
index 25deaa5a534c72b38272dc9fefade1ddf74afa5f..c032319f1cb90b4569cf76caabb8d03007ef44c5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Kconfig
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ config MLX5_MPFS
 
 config MLX5_ESWITCH
 	bool "Mellanox Technologies MLX5 SRIOV E-Switch support"
-	depends on MLX5_CORE_EN
+	depends on MLX5_CORE_EN && NET_SWITCHDEV
 	default y
 	---help---
 	  Mellanox Technologies Ethernet SRIOV E-Switch support in ConnectX NIC.
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
index da94c8cba5ee1b7e8f6309d81fa7db29a1db10b6..e3585965721780c57f9a99713898c333a73839cf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
@@ -4069,7 +4069,7 @@ static void mlx5e_set_netdev_dev_addr(struct net_device *netdev)
 	}
 }
 
-#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NET_SWITCHDEV) && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MLX5_ESWITCH)
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MLX5_ESWITCH)
 static const struct switchdev_ops mlx5e_switchdev_ops = {
 	.switchdev_port_attr_get	= mlx5e_attr_get,
 };
@@ -4175,7 +4175,7 @@ static void mlx5e_build_nic_netdev(struct net_device *netdev)
 
 	mlx5e_set_netdev_dev_addr(netdev);
 
-#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NET_SWITCHDEV) && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MLX5_ESWITCH)
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MLX5_ESWITCH)
 	if (MLX5_VPORT_MANAGER(mdev))
 		netdev->switchdev_ops = &mlx5e_switchdev_ops;
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c
index 738554a6c69f0d25c5f035a7bb3fe92fd355a28c..5ece289548ad27fd08afc9af727227ae626eb2f3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c
@@ -900,9 +900,7 @@ static void mlx5e_build_rep_netdev(struct net_device *netdev)
 
 	netdev->ethtool_ops	  = &mlx5e_rep_ethtool_ops;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NET_SWITCHDEV
 	netdev->switchdev_ops = &mlx5e_rep_switchdev_ops;
-#endif
 
 	netdev->features	 |= NETIF_F_VLAN_CHALLENGED | NETIF_F_HW_TC | NETIF_F_NETNS_LOCAL;
 	netdev->hw_features      |= NETIF_F_HW_TC;