1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c
index 5ecf2cddc16d..c2b1d7d351fc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c
@@ -1529,6 +1529,10 @@ static void esw_enable_vport(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw, int vport_num,
 
         esw_debug(esw->dev, "Enabling VPORT(%d)\n", vport_num);
 
+        /* Create steering drop counters for ingress and egress ACLs */
+        if (vport_num && esw->mode == SRIOV_LEGACY)
+                esw_vport_create_drop_counters(vport);
+
         /* Restore old vport configuration */
         esw_apply_vport_conf(esw, vport);
 
@@ -1545,10 +1549,6 @@ static void esw_enable_vport(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw, int vport_num,
         if (!vport_num)
                 vport->info.trusted = true;
 
-        /* create steering drop counters for ingress and egress ACLs */
-        if (vport_num && esw->mode == SRIOV_LEGACY)
-                esw_vport_create_drop_counters(vport);
-
         esw_vport_change_handle_locked(vport);
 
         esw->enabled_vports++;