diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/flow.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/flow.c
index b198ff10cde9..fddefb29efd7 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/flow.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/flow.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <rdma/ib_umem.h>
 #include <linux/mlx5/driver.h>
 #include <linux/mlx5/fs.h>
+#include <linux/mlx5/eswitch.h>
 #include "mlx5_ib.h"
 
 #define UVERBS_MODULE_NAME mlx5_ib
@@ -316,6 +317,13 @@ static int UVERBS_HANDLER(MLX5_IB_METHOD_FLOW_MATCHER_CREATE)(
 	if (err)
 		goto end;
 
+	if (obj->ns_type == MLX5_FLOW_NAMESPACE_FDB &&
+	    mlx5_eswitch_mode(dev->mdev->priv.eswitch) !=
+			      MLX5_ESWITCH_OFFLOADS) {
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto end;
+	}
+
 	uobj->object = obj;
 	obj->mdev = dev->mdev;
 	atomic_set(&obj->usecnt, 0);