diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc/post_act.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc/post_act.c
index a3e43e898a56..31b4e39be2d3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc/post_act.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc/post_act.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "en_tc.h"
 #include "post_act.h"
 #include "mlx5_core.h"
+#include "fs_core.h"
 
 struct mlx5e_post_act {
 	enum mlx5_flow_namespace_type ns_type;
@@ -28,16 +29,14 @@ struct mlx5e_post_act *
 mlx5e_tc_post_act_init(struct mlx5e_priv *priv, struct mlx5_fs_chains *chains,
 		       enum mlx5_flow_namespace_type ns_type)
 {
+	enum fs_flow_table_type table_type = ns_type == MLX5_FLOW_NAMESPACE_FDB ?
+					     FS_FT_FDB : FS_FT_NIC_RX;
 	struct mlx5e_post_act *post_act;
 	int err;
 
-	if (ns_type == MLX5_FLOW_NAMESPACE_FDB &&
-	    !MLX5_CAP_ESW_FLOWTABLE_FDB(priv->mdev, ignore_flow_level)) {
-		mlx5_core_warn(priv->mdev, "firmware level support is missing\n");
-		err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
-		goto err_check;
-	} else if (!MLX5_CAP_FLOWTABLE_NIC_RX(priv->mdev, ignore_flow_level)) {
-		mlx5_core_warn(priv->mdev, "firmware level support is missing\n");
+	if (!MLX5_CAP_FLOWTABLE_TYPE(priv->mdev, ignore_flow_level, table_type)) {
+		if (priv->mdev->coredev_type != MLX5_COREDEV_VF)
+			mlx5_core_warn(priv->mdev, "firmware level support is missing\n");
 		err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		goto err_check;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc_ct.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc_ct.c
index 740cd6f088b8..f44e5de25037 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc_ct.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc_ct.c
@@ -2039,25 +2039,36 @@ mlx5_tc_ct_init_check_esw_support(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw,
 static int
 mlx5_tc_ct_init_check_support(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 			      enum mlx5_flow_namespace_type ns_type,
-			      struct mlx5e_post_act *post_act,
-			      const char **err_msg)
+			      struct mlx5e_post_act *post_act)
 {
 	struct mlx5_eswitch *esw = priv->mdev->priv.eswitch;
+	const char *err_msg = NULL;
+	int err = 0;
 
 #if !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NET_TC_SKB_EXT)
 	/* cannot restore chain ID on HW miss */
 
-	*err_msg = "tc skb extension missing";
-	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	err_msg = "tc skb extension missing";
+	err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	goto out_err;
 #endif
 	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(post_act)) {
-		*err_msg = "tc ct offload not supported, post action is missing";
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		/* Ignore_flow_level support isn't supported by default for VFs and so post_act
+		 * won't be supported. Skip showing error msg.
+		 */
+		if (priv->mdev->coredev_type != MLX5_COREDEV_VF)
+			err_msg = "post action is missing";
+		err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		goto out_err;
 	}
 
 	if (ns_type == MLX5_FLOW_NAMESPACE_FDB)
-		return mlx5_tc_ct_init_check_esw_support(esw, err_msg);
-	return 0;
+		err = mlx5_tc_ct_init_check_esw_support(esw, &err_msg);
+
+out_err:
+	if (err && err_msg)
+		netdev_dbg(priv->netdev, "tc ct offload not supported, %s\n", err_msg);
+	return err;
 }
 
 #define INIT_ERR_PREFIX "tc ct offload init failed"
@@ -2070,16 +2081,13 @@ mlx5_tc_ct_init(struct mlx5e_priv *priv, struct mlx5_fs_chains *chains,
 {
 	struct mlx5_tc_ct_priv *ct_priv;
 	struct mlx5_core_dev *dev;
-	const char *msg;
 	u64 mapping_id;
 	int err;
 
 	dev = priv->mdev;
-	err = mlx5_tc_ct_init_check_support(priv, ns_type, post_act, &msg);
-	if (err) {
-		mlx5_core_warn(dev, "tc ct offload not supported, %s\n", msg);
+	err = mlx5_tc_ct_init_check_support(priv, ns_type, post_act);
+	if (err)
 		goto err_support;
-	}
 
 	ct_priv = kzalloc(sizeof(*ct_priv), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ct_priv)