diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
index d966d5f40e78..b1b51bbba054 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
@@ -1162,6 +1162,13 @@ mlx5e_calc_max_nch(struct mlx5e_priv *priv, const struct mlx5e_profile *profile)
 	return priv->netdev->num_rx_queues / max_t(u8, profile->rq_groups, 1);
 }
 
+static inline bool
+mlx5e_tx_mpwqe_supported(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev)
+{
+	return !is_kdump_kernel() &&
+		MLX5_CAP_ETH(mdev, enhanced_multi_pkt_send_wqe);
+}
+
 int mlx5e_priv_init(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 		    struct net_device *netdev,
 		    struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c
index 8360289813f0..5daf7185b035 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c
@@ -1984,7 +1984,7 @@ static int set_pflag_tx_mpwqe_common(struct net_device *netdev, u32 flag, bool e
 	struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev = priv->mdev;
 	struct mlx5e_params new_params;
 
-	if (enable && !MLX5_CAP_ETH(mdev, enhanced_multi_pkt_send_wqe))
+	if (enable && !mlx5e_tx_mpwqe_supported(mdev))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	new_params = priv->channels.params;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
index e36d0c6a08db..b1981dc9cc7b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
@@ -4620,12 +4620,10 @@ void mlx5e_build_nic_params(struct mlx5e_priv *priv, struct mlx5e_xsk *xsk, u16
 	params->log_sq_size = is_kdump_kernel() ?
 		MLX5E_PARAMS_MINIMUM_LOG_SQ_SIZE :
 		MLX5E_PARAMS_DEFAULT_LOG_SQ_SIZE;
-	MLX5E_SET_PFLAG(params, MLX5E_PFLAG_SKB_TX_MPWQE,
-			MLX5_CAP_ETH(mdev, enhanced_multi_pkt_send_wqe));
+	MLX5E_SET_PFLAG(params, MLX5E_PFLAG_SKB_TX_MPWQE, mlx5e_tx_mpwqe_supported(mdev));
 
 	/* XDP SQ */
-	MLX5E_SET_PFLAG(params, MLX5E_PFLAG_XDP_TX_MPWQE,
-			MLX5_CAP_ETH(mdev, enhanced_multi_pkt_send_wqe));
+	MLX5E_SET_PFLAG(params, MLX5E_PFLAG_XDP_TX_MPWQE, mlx5e_tx_mpwqe_supported(mdev));
 
 	/* set CQE compression */
 	params->rx_cqe_compress_def = false;