diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
index 728b82ce4031a2..65fe40f55d843e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
@@ -5301,6 +5301,8 @@ int mlx5e_tc_esw_init(struct mlx5_rep_uplink_priv *uplink_priv)
 		goto err_action_counter;
 	}
 
+	mlx5_esw_offloads_devcom_init(esw);
+
 	return 0;
 
 err_action_counter:
@@ -5329,7 +5331,7 @@ void mlx5e_tc_esw_cleanup(struct mlx5_rep_uplink_priv *uplink_priv)
 	priv = netdev_priv(rpriv->netdev);
 	esw = priv->mdev->priv.eswitch;
 
-	mlx5e_tc_clean_fdb_peer_flows(esw);
+	mlx5_esw_offloads_devcom_cleanup(esw);
 
 	mlx5e_tc_tun_cleanup(uplink_priv->encap);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.h
index 1a042c9817131e..9f007c5438ee3e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.h
@@ -369,6 +369,8 @@ int mlx5_eswitch_enable(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw, int num_vfs);
 void mlx5_eswitch_disable_sriov(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw, bool clear_vf);
 void mlx5_eswitch_disable_locked(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw);
 void mlx5_eswitch_disable(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw);
+void mlx5_esw_offloads_devcom_init(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw);
+void mlx5_esw_offloads_devcom_cleanup(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw);
 int mlx5_eswitch_set_vport_mac(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw,
 			       u16 vport, const u8 *mac);
 int mlx5_eswitch_set_vport_state(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw,
@@ -767,6 +769,8 @@ static inline void mlx5_eswitch_cleanup(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw) {}
 static inline int mlx5_eswitch_enable(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw, int num_vfs) { return 0; }
 static inline void mlx5_eswitch_disable_sriov(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw, bool clear_vf) {}
 static inline void mlx5_eswitch_disable(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw) {}
+static inline void mlx5_esw_offloads_devcom_init(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw) {}
+static inline void mlx5_esw_offloads_devcom_cleanup(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw) {}
 static inline bool mlx5_eswitch_is_funcs_handler(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev) { return false; }
 static inline
 int mlx5_eswitch_set_vport_state(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw, u16 vport, int link_state) { return 0; }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
index 69215ffb999953..7c34c7cf506fe6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
@@ -2779,7 +2779,7 @@ static int mlx5_esw_offloads_devcom_event(int event,
 	return err;
 }
 
-static void esw_offloads_devcom_init(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw)
+void mlx5_esw_offloads_devcom_init(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw)
 {
 	struct mlx5_devcom *devcom = esw->dev->priv.devcom;
 
@@ -2802,7 +2802,7 @@ static void esw_offloads_devcom_init(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw)
 			       ESW_OFFLOADS_DEVCOM_PAIR, esw);
 }
 
-static void esw_offloads_devcom_cleanup(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw)
+void mlx5_esw_offloads_devcom_cleanup(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw)
 {
 	struct mlx5_devcom *devcom = esw->dev->priv.devcom;
 
@@ -3250,8 +3250,6 @@ int esw_offloads_enable(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw)
 	if (err)
 		goto err_vports;
 
-	esw_offloads_devcom_init(esw);
-
 	return 0;
 
 err_vports:
@@ -3292,7 +3290,6 @@ static int esw_offloads_stop(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw,
 
 void esw_offloads_disable(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw)
 {
-	esw_offloads_devcom_cleanup(esw);
 	mlx5_eswitch_disable_pf_vf_vports(esw);
 	esw_offloads_unload_rep(esw, MLX5_VPORT_UPLINK);
 	esw_set_passing_vport_metadata(esw, false);