diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
index cf58295ad7e22..bdfe609cc9ec4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
@@ -3961,9 +3961,6 @@ static int mlx5_esw_query_vport_vhca_id(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw, u16 vport_num,
 	int err;
 
 	*vhca_id = 0;
-	if (mlx5_esw_is_manager_vport(esw, vport_num) ||
-	    !MLX5_CAP_GEN(esw->dev, vhca_resource_manager))
-		return -EPERM;
 
 	query_ctx = kzalloc(query_out_sz, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!query_ctx)