diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.h
index dee9c18227278..f51831e337577 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.h
@@ -624,6 +624,8 @@ struct mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_ops {
 	int (*region_init)(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp, void *region_priv,
 			   struct mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_region *region);
 	void (*region_fini)(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp, void *region_priv);
+	int (*region_associate)(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
+				struct mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_region *region);
 	size_t chunk_priv_size;
 	void (*chunk_init)(void *region_priv, void *chunk_priv,
 			   unsigned int priority);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum1_acl_tcam.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum1_acl_tcam.c
index 04f0c9cfae244..d339ec43d79cb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum1_acl_tcam.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum1_acl_tcam.c
@@ -151,6 +151,13 @@ mlxsw_sp1_acl_tcam_region_fini(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp, void *region_priv)
 	mlxsw_sp_acl_ctcam_region_fini(&region->cregion);
 }
 
+static int
+mlxsw_sp1_acl_tcam_region_associate(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
+				    struct mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_region *region)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static void mlxsw_sp1_acl_tcam_chunk_init(void *region_priv, void *chunk_priv,
 					  unsigned int priority)
 {
@@ -235,6 +242,7 @@ const struct mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_ops mlxsw_sp1_acl_tcam_ops = {
 	.region_priv_size	= sizeof(struct mlxsw_sp1_acl_tcam_region),
 	.region_init		= mlxsw_sp1_acl_tcam_region_init,
 	.region_fini		= mlxsw_sp1_acl_tcam_region_fini,
+	.region_associate	= mlxsw_sp1_acl_tcam_region_associate,
 	.chunk_priv_size	= sizeof(struct mlxsw_sp1_acl_tcam_chunk),
 	.chunk_init		= mlxsw_sp1_acl_tcam_chunk_init,
 	.chunk_fini		= mlxsw_sp1_acl_tcam_chunk_fini,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl_tcam.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl_tcam.c
index 53fe51a8d7208..e06d7d9e5b7f4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl_tcam.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl_tcam.c
@@ -547,6 +547,10 @@ mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_region_create(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 	if (err)
 		goto err_region_id_get;
 
+	err = ops->region_associate(mlxsw_sp, region);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_tcam_region_associate;
+
 	region->key_type = ops->key_type;
 	err = mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_region_alloc(mlxsw_sp, region);
 	if (err)
@@ -567,6 +571,7 @@ mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_region_create(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 err_tcam_region_enable:
 	mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_region_free(mlxsw_sp, region);
 err_tcam_region_alloc:
+err_tcam_region_associate:
 	mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_region_id_put(tcam, region->id);
 err_region_id_get:
 	mlxsw_afk_key_info_put(region->key_info);