diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
index c6f99fc77411..c5a2e3e6fe4b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
@@ -4870,6 +4870,9 @@ static void mlx5e_build_nic_netdev(struct net_device *netdev)
 	if (MLX5_CAP_ETH(mdev, scatter_fcs))
 		netdev->hw_features |= NETIF_F_RXFCS;
 
+	if (mlx5_qos_is_supported(mdev))
+		netdev->hw_features |= NETIF_F_HW_TC;
+
 	netdev->features          = netdev->hw_features;
 
 	/* Defaults */
@@ -4890,8 +4893,6 @@ static void mlx5e_build_nic_netdev(struct net_device *netdev)
 		netdev->hw_features	 |= NETIF_F_NTUPLE;
 #endif
 	}
-	if (mlx5_qos_is_supported(mdev))
-		netdev->features |= NETIF_F_HW_TC;
 
 	netdev->features         |= NETIF_F_HIGHDMA;
 	netdev->features         |= NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_STAG_FILTER;