diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
index 66a522d08be1a..44b5d13591550 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
@@ -3301,7 +3301,7 @@ static int esw_offloads_stop(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw,
 	/* If changing from switchdev to legacy mode without sriov enabled,
 	 * no need to create legacy fdb.
 	 */
-	if (!mlx5_sriov_is_enabled(esw->dev))
+	if (!mlx5_core_is_pf(esw->dev) || !mlx5_sriov_is_enabled(esw->dev))
 		return 0;
 
 	err = mlx5_eswitch_enable_locked(esw, MLX5_ESWITCH_IGNORE_NUM_VFS);