diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
index cede77fd208f83..864f3b00d09d8e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
@@ -2710,7 +2710,16 @@ static struct rhashtable *get_tc_ht(struct mlx5e_priv *priv)
 
 static bool is_peer_flow_needed(struct mlx5e_tc_flow *flow)
 {
-	return false;
+	struct mlx5_esw_flow_attr *attr = flow->esw_attr;
+	bool is_rep_ingress = attr->in_rep->vport != FDB_UPLINK_VPORT &&
+			      flow->flags & MLX5E_TC_FLOW_INGRESS;
+	bool act_is_encap = !!(attr->action &
+			       MLX5_FLOW_CONTEXT_ACTION_PACKET_REFORMAT);
+	bool esw_paired = mlx5_devcom_is_paired(attr->in_mdev->priv.devcom,
+						MLX5_DEVCOM_ESW_OFFLOADS);
+
+	return esw_paired && mlx5_lag_is_active(attr->in_mdev) &&
+	       (is_rep_ingress || act_is_encap);
 }
 
 static int