diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
index 6c72f33f6d09..d684048551bd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
@@ -1697,8 +1697,6 @@ int esw_offloads_init(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw, int vf_nvports,
 {
 	int err;
 
-	mutex_init(&esw->fdb_table.offloads.fdb_prio_lock);
-
 	err = esw_offloads_steering_init(esw, total_nvports);
 	if (err)
 		return err;