diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
index cc096f6011d9..7ecfc53cf5f6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
@@ -1230,13 +1230,13 @@ static struct mlx5_fc *mlx5e_tc_get_counter(struct mlx5e_tc_flow *flow)
 void mlx5e_tc_update_neigh_used_value(struct mlx5e_neigh_hash_entry *nhe)
 {
 	struct mlx5e_neigh *m_neigh = &nhe->m_neigh;
-	u64 bytes, packets, lastuse = 0;
 	struct mlx5e_tc_flow *flow;
 	struct mlx5e_encap_entry *e;
 	struct mlx5_fc *counter;
 	struct neigh_table *tbl;
 	bool neigh_used = false;
 	struct neighbour *n;
+	u64 lastuse;
 
 	if (m_neigh->family == AF_INET)
 		tbl = &arp_tbl;
@@ -1256,7 +1256,7 @@ void mlx5e_tc_update_neigh_used_value(struct mlx5e_neigh_hash_entry *nhe)
 					    encaps[efi->index]);
 			if (flow->flags & MLX5E_TC_FLOW_OFFLOADED) {
 				counter = mlx5e_tc_get_counter(flow);
-				mlx5_fc_query_cached(counter, &bytes, &packets, &lastuse);
+				lastuse = mlx5_fc_query_lastuse(counter);
 				if (time_after((unsigned long)lastuse, nhe->reported_lastuse)) {
 					neigh_used = true;
 					break;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_counters.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_counters.c
index b3762123a69c..1834d9f3aa1c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_counters.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_counters.c
@@ -369,6 +369,11 @@ int mlx5_fc_query(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, struct mlx5_fc *counter,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mlx5_fc_query);
 
+u64 mlx5_fc_query_lastuse(struct mlx5_fc *counter)
+{
+	return counter->cache.lastuse;
+}
+
 void mlx5_fc_query_cached(struct mlx5_fc *counter,
 			  u64 *bytes, u64 *packets, u64 *lastuse)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/mlx5/fs.h b/include/linux/mlx5/fs.h
index 04a569568eac..f049af3f3cd8 100644
--- a/include/linux/mlx5/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/mlx5/fs.h
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ int mlx5_modify_rule_destination(struct mlx5_flow_handle *handler,
 
 struct mlx5_fc *mlx5_fc_create(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, bool aging);
 void mlx5_fc_destroy(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, struct mlx5_fc *counter);
+u64 mlx5_fc_query_lastuse(struct mlx5_fc *counter);
 void mlx5_fc_query_cached(struct mlx5_fc *counter,
 			  u64 *bytes, u64 *packets, u64 *lastuse);
 int mlx5_fc_query(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, struct mlx5_fc *counter,