diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/mlx5.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/mlx5.h
index 0810b92b48d09a..37d5f445598c7b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/mlx5.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lib/mlx5.h
@@ -59,10 +59,11 @@ struct mlx5_sd;
 
 static inline struct mlx5_sd *mlx5_get_sd(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 {
-	return NULL;
+	return dev->sd;
 }
 
 static inline void mlx5_set_sd(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, struct mlx5_sd *sd)
 {
+	dev->sd = sd;
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h b/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h
index aafb36c9e5d9de..cd286b681970f1 100644
--- a/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h
@@ -822,6 +822,7 @@ struct mlx5_core_dev {
 	struct blocking_notifier_head macsec_nh;
 #endif
 	u64 num_ipsec_offloads;
+	struct mlx5_sd          *sd;
 };
 
 struct mlx5_db {