diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag/debugfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag/debugfs.c
index f1ad233ec990..b8feaf0f5c4c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag/debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag/debugfs.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static int port_sel_mode_show(struct seq_file *file, void *priv)
 	ldev = dev->priv.lag;
 	mutex_lock(&ldev->lock);
 	if (__mlx5_lag_is_active(ldev))
-		mode = mlx5_get_str_port_sel_mode(ldev);
+		mode = mlx5_get_str_port_sel_mode(ldev->mode, ldev->mode_flags);
 	else
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 	mutex_unlock(&ldev->lock);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag/lag.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag/lag.c
index a9b65dc47a5b..5d41e19378e0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag/lag.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag/lag.c
@@ -487,9 +487,9 @@ static int mlx5_lag_set_flags(struct mlx5_lag *ldev, enum mlx5_lag_mode mode,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-char *mlx5_get_str_port_sel_mode(struct mlx5_lag *ldev)
+char *mlx5_get_str_port_sel_mode(enum mlx5_lag_mode mode, unsigned long flags)
 {
-	int port_sel_mode = get_port_sel_mode(ldev->mode, ldev->mode_flags);
+	int port_sel_mode = get_port_sel_mode(mode, flags);
 
 	switch (port_sel_mode) {
 	case MLX5_LAG_PORT_SELECT_MODE_QUEUE_AFFINITY: return "queue_affinity";
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ static int mlx5_create_lag(struct mlx5_lag *ldev,
 	if (tracker)
 		mlx5_lag_print_mapping(dev0, ldev, tracker, flags);
 	mlx5_core_info(dev0, "shared_fdb:%d mode:%s\n",
-		       shared_fdb, mlx5_get_str_port_sel_mode(ldev));
+		       shared_fdb, mlx5_get_str_port_sel_mode(mode, flags));
 
 	err = mlx5_cmd_create_lag(dev0, ldev->v2p_map, mode, flags);
 	if (err) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag/lag.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag/lag.h
index 71d2bb969544..ce2ce8ccbd70 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag/lag.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag/lag.h
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ bool mlx5_shared_fdb_supported(struct mlx5_lag *ldev);
 void mlx5_lag_del_mpesw_rule(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev);
 int mlx5_lag_add_mpesw_rule(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev);
 
-char *mlx5_get_str_port_sel_mode(struct mlx5_lag *ldev);
+char *mlx5_get_str_port_sel_mode(enum mlx5_lag_mode mode, unsigned long flags);
 void mlx5_infer_tx_enabled(struct lag_tracker *tracker, u8 num_ports,
 			   u8 *ports, int *num_enabled);