diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
index a60c7680fd2b..5e454a14428f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
@@ -1441,6 +1441,8 @@ mlx5e_tc_add_fdb_flow(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 							metadata);
 			if (err)
 				goto err_out;
+
+			attr->action |= MLX5_FLOW_CONTEXT_ACTION_MOD_HDR;
 		}
 	}