diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_nix.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_nix.c
index 449f5224d1ae..e549b09c347a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_nix.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_nix.c
@@ -2876,9 +2876,10 @@ rx_frscfg:
 	if (link < 0)
 		return NIX_AF_ERR_RX_LINK_INVALID;
 
-	nix_find_link_frs(rvu, req, pcifunc);
 
 linkcfg:
+	nix_find_link_frs(rvu, req, pcifunc);
+
 	cfg = rvu_read64(rvu, blkaddr, NIX_AF_RX_LINKX_CFG(link));
 	cfg = (cfg & ~(0xFFFFULL << 16)) | ((u64)req->maxlen << 16);
 	if (req->update_minlen)