diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c
index 78cc6f0bbc72..3ae082c72a2b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c
@@ -1339,6 +1339,7 @@ static void esw_disable_vport(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw, u16 vport_num)
 	 */
 	esw_vport_change_handle_locked(vport);
 	vport->enabled_events = 0;
+	esw_apply_vport_rx_mode(esw, vport, false, false);
 	esw_vport_cleanup(esw, vport);
 	esw->enabled_vports--;