diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
index bf78eeca401b..bb8bcb448ae9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
@@ -3653,14 +3653,18 @@ static int esw_inline_mode_to_devlink(u8 mlx5_mode, u8 *mode)
 
 static bool esw_offloads_devlink_ns_eq_netdev_ns(struct devlink *devlink)
 {
+	struct mlx5_core_dev *dev = devlink_priv(devlink);
 	struct net *devl_net, *netdev_net;
-	struct mlx5_eswitch *esw;
+	bool ret = false;
 
-	esw = mlx5_devlink_eswitch_nocheck_get(devlink);
-	netdev_net = dev_net(esw->dev->mlx5e_res.uplink_netdev);
-	devl_net = devlink_net(devlink);
-
-	return net_eq(devl_net, netdev_net);
+	mutex_lock(&dev->mlx5e_res.uplink_netdev_lock);
+	if (dev->mlx5e_res.uplink_netdev) {
+		netdev_net = dev_net(dev->mlx5e_res.uplink_netdev);
+		devl_net = devlink_net(devlink);
+		ret = net_eq(devl_net, netdev_net);
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&dev->mlx5e_res.uplink_netdev_lock);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int mlx5_eswitch_block_mode(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)