diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/fs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/fs.c
index 691d00c89f33..490ec308e309 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/fs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/fs.c
@@ -2078,12 +2078,10 @@ static int mlx5_ib_matcher_ns(struct uverbs_attr_bundle *attrs,
 		if (err)
 			return err;
 
-		if (flags) {
-			mlx5_ib_ft_type_to_namespace(
+		if (flags)
+			return mlx5_ib_ft_type_to_namespace(
 				MLX5_IB_UAPI_FLOW_TABLE_TYPE_NIC_TX,
 				&obj->ns_type);
-			return 0;
-		}
 	}
 
 	obj->ns_type = MLX5_FLOW_NAMESPACE_BYPASS;