diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
index 466e161010f759e08ab2253326da4f2a0192aa1d..03293ed1cc22d2716ff5708dc2312b7291cc1899 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
@@ -695,6 +695,12 @@ int esw_offloads_init(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw, int nvports)
 		if (err)
 			goto err_reps;
 	}
+
+	/* disable PF RoCE so missed packets don't go through RoCE steering */
+	mlx5_dev_list_lock();
+	mlx5_remove_dev_by_protocol(esw->dev, MLX5_INTERFACE_PROTOCOL_IB);
+	mlx5_dev_list_unlock();
+
 	return 0;
 
 err_reps:
@@ -718,6 +724,11 @@ static int esw_offloads_stop(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw)
 {
 	int err, err1, num_vfs = esw->dev->priv.sriov.num_vfs;
 
+	/* enable back PF RoCE */
+	mlx5_dev_list_lock();
+	mlx5_add_dev_by_protocol(esw->dev, MLX5_INTERFACE_PROTOCOL_IB);
+	mlx5_dev_list_unlock();
+
 	mlx5_eswitch_disable_sriov(esw);
 	err = mlx5_eswitch_enable_sriov(esw, num_vfs, SRIOV_LEGACY);
 	if (err) {