diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/devlink.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/devlink.c
index 057dde6f44174..e8789e6d7e7b4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/devlink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/devlink.c
@@ -584,14 +584,6 @@ static void mlx5_devlink_set_params_init_values(struct devlink *devlink)
 	struct mlx5_core_dev *dev = devlink_priv(devlink);
 	union devlink_param_value value;
 
-	if (dev->priv.steering->mode == MLX5_FLOW_STEERING_MODE_DMFS)
-		strcpy(value.vstr, "dmfs");
-	else
-		strcpy(value.vstr, "smfs");
-	devlink_param_driverinit_value_set(devlink,
-					   MLX5_DEVLINK_PARAM_ID_FLOW_STEERING_MODE,
-					   value);
-
 	value.vbool = MLX5_CAP_GEN(dev, roce);
 	devlink_param_driverinit_value_set(devlink,
 					   DEVLINK_PARAM_GENERIC_ID_ENABLE_ROCE,
@@ -602,18 +594,6 @@ static void mlx5_devlink_set_params_init_values(struct devlink *devlink)
 	devlink_param_driverinit_value_set(devlink,
 					   MLX5_DEVLINK_PARAM_ID_ESW_LARGE_GROUP_NUM,
 					   value);
-
-	if (MLX5_ESWITCH_MANAGER(dev)) {
-		if (mlx5_esw_vport_match_metadata_supported(dev->priv.eswitch)) {
-			dev->priv.eswitch->flags |= MLX5_ESWITCH_VPORT_MATCH_METADATA;
-			value.vbool = true;
-		} else {
-			value.vbool = false;
-		}
-		devlink_param_driverinit_value_set(devlink,
-						   MLX5_DEVLINK_PARAM_ID_ESW_PORT_METADATA,
-						   value);
-	}
 #endif
 
 	value.vu32 = MLX5_COMP_EQ_SIZE;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c
index 458ec0bca1b80..25f2d2717aaa8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c
@@ -1582,6 +1582,9 @@ int mlx5_eswitch_init(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 		esw->offloads.encap = DEVLINK_ESWITCH_ENCAP_MODE_BASIC;
 	else
 		esw->offloads.encap = DEVLINK_ESWITCH_ENCAP_MODE_NONE;
+	if (MLX5_ESWITCH_MANAGER(dev) &&
+	    mlx5_esw_vport_match_metadata_supported(esw))
+		esw->flags |= MLX5_ESWITCH_VPORT_MATCH_METADATA;
 
 	dev->priv.eswitch = esw;
 	BLOCKING_INIT_NOTIFIER_HEAD(&esw->n_head);