diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
index 372dfb89e396..5a6aa61ec82a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
@@ -3633,10 +3633,14 @@ mlx5e_clone_flow_attr_for_post_act(struct mlx5_flow_attr *attr,
 	attr2->action = 0;
 	attr2->flags = 0;
 	attr2->parse_attr = parse_attr;
-	attr2->esw_attr->out_count = 0;
-	attr2->esw_attr->split_count = 0;
 	attr2->dest_chain = 0;
 	attr2->dest_ft = NULL;
+
+	if (ns_type == MLX5_FLOW_NAMESPACE_FDB) {
+		attr2->esw_attr->out_count = 0;
+		attr2->esw_attr->split_count = 0;
+	}
+
 	return attr2;
 }