diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc_priv.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc_priv.h
index 28cab4bf525c..7bfe7cdc5770 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc_priv.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc_priv.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ enum {
 	MLX5E_TC_FLOW_FLAG_FAILED                = MLX5E_TC_FLOW_BASE + 9,
 	MLX5E_TC_FLOW_FLAG_SAMPLE                = MLX5E_TC_FLOW_BASE + 10,
 	MLX5E_TC_FLOW_FLAG_USE_ACT_STATS         = MLX5E_TC_FLOW_BASE + 11,
+	MLX5E_TC_FLOW_FLAG_PEER                  = MLX5E_TC_FLOW_BASE + 12,
 };
 
 struct mlx5e_tc_flow_parse_attr {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
index 1bc7b9019124..b290beb4369a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
@@ -2161,7 +2161,8 @@ static void mlx5e_tc_del_flow(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 	if (mlx5e_is_eswitch_flow(flow)) {
 		struct mlx5_devcom_comp_dev *devcom = flow->priv->mdev->priv.eswitch->devcom;
 
-		if (!mlx5_devcom_for_each_peer_begin(devcom)) {
+		if (flow_flag_test(flow, PEER) ||
+		    !mlx5_devcom_for_each_peer_begin(devcom)) {
 			mlx5e_tc_del_fdb_flow(priv, flow);
 			return;
 		}
@@ -4628,6 +4629,7 @@ static int mlx5e_tc_add_fdb_peer_flow(struct flow_cls_offload *f,
 	else
 		in_mdev = priv->mdev;
 
+	flow_flags |= BIT(MLX5E_TC_FLOW_FLAG_PEER);
 	parse_attr = flow->attr->parse_attr;
 	peer_flow = __mlx5e_add_fdb_flow(peer_priv, f, flow_flags,
 					 parse_attr->filter_dev,