diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/fs_tcp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/fs_tcp.c
index e51f60b55daa..2da90f6649d1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/fs_tcp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/fs_tcp.c
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ static int accel_fs_tcp_create_groups(struct mlx5e_flow_table *ft,
 	in = kvzalloc(inlen, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if  (!in || !ft->g) {
 		kfree(ft->g);
+		ft->g = NULL;
 		kvfree(in);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}