diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/dev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/dev.c
index ceebfc20f65e50..def2156e50eebd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/dev.c
@@ -500,10 +500,7 @@ static int next_phys_dev(struct device *dev, const void *data)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-/* This function is called with two flows:
- * 1. During initialization of mlx5_core_dev and we don't need to lock it.
- * 2. During LAG configure stage and caller holds &mlx5_intf_mutex.
- */
+/* Must be called with intf_mutex held */
 struct mlx5_core_dev *mlx5_get_next_phys_dev(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 {
 	struct auxiliary_device *adev;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
index b0a2ca9037ace0..011e766e4f675a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
@@ -2368,6 +2368,9 @@ static int mlx5_esw_offloads_devcom_event(int event,
 
 	switch (event) {
 	case ESW_OFFLOADS_DEVCOM_PAIR:
+		if (mlx5_get_next_phys_dev(esw->dev) != peer_esw->dev)
+			break;
+
 		if (mlx5_eswitch_vport_match_metadata_enabled(esw) !=
 		    mlx5_eswitch_vport_match_metadata_enabled(peer_esw))
 			break;