diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_dcbnl.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_dcbnl.c
index 7f6c225666c18b193f642ba74cb8637e471ab3fc..f0b460f47f2992caad4eec7ea0d655296a46e99c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_dcbnl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_dcbnl.c
@@ -723,6 +723,9 @@ static void mlx5e_ets_init(struct mlx5e_priv *priv)
 	int i;
 	struct ieee_ets ets;
 
+	if (!MLX5_CAP_GEN(priv->mdev, ets))
+		return;
+
 	memset(&ets, 0, sizeof(ets));
 	ets.ets_cap = mlx5_max_tc(priv->mdev) + 1;
 	for (i = 0; i < ets.ets_cap; i++) {