diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_cmd.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_cmd.c
index a0ac17c3f12f..33e9f86cf7d4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_cmd.c
@@ -878,9 +878,7 @@ static int mlx5_cmd_modify_header_alloc(struct mlx5_flow_root_namespace *ns,
 		table_type = FS_FT_NIC_RX;
 		break;
 	case MLX5_FLOW_NAMESPACE_EGRESS:
-#ifdef CONFIG_MLX5_IPSEC
 	case MLX5_FLOW_NAMESPACE_EGRESS_KERNEL:
-#endif
 		max_actions = MLX5_CAP_FLOWTABLE_NIC_TX(dev, max_modify_header_actions);
 		table_type = FS_FT_NIC_TX;
 		break;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c
index fe7bdccea301..297e6a468a3e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c
@@ -186,24 +186,18 @@ static struct init_tree_node {
 
 static struct init_tree_node egress_root_fs = {
 	.type = FS_TYPE_NAMESPACE,
-#ifdef CONFIG_MLX5_IPSEC
 	.ar_size = 2,
-#else
-	.ar_size = 1,
-#endif
 	.children = (struct init_tree_node[]) {
 		ADD_PRIO(0, MLX5_BY_PASS_NUM_PRIOS, 0,
 			 FS_CHAINING_CAPS_EGRESS,
 			 ADD_NS(MLX5_FLOW_TABLE_MISS_ACTION_DEF,
 				ADD_MULTIPLE_PRIO(MLX5_BY_PASS_NUM_PRIOS,
 						  BY_PASS_PRIO_NUM_LEVELS))),
-#ifdef CONFIG_MLX5_IPSEC
 		ADD_PRIO(0, KERNEL_TX_MIN_LEVEL, 0,
 			 FS_CHAINING_CAPS_EGRESS,
 			 ADD_NS(MLX5_FLOW_TABLE_MISS_ACTION_DEF,
 				ADD_MULTIPLE_PRIO(KERNEL_TX_IPSEC_NUM_PRIOS,
 						  KERNEL_TX_IPSEC_NUM_LEVELS))),
-#endif
 	}
 };