diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
index f1dd966e2bdb..ec1c667bd145 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
@@ -3527,8 +3527,12 @@ static netdev_features_t mlx5e_fix_features(struct net_device *netdev,
 			netdev_warn(netdev, "Disabling rxhash, not supported when CQE compress is active\n");
 	}
 
-	if (mlx5e_is_uplink_rep(priv))
+	if (mlx5e_is_uplink_rep(priv)) {
 		features = mlx5e_fix_uplink_rep_features(netdev, features);
+		features |= NETIF_F_NETNS_LOCAL;
+	} else {
+		features &= ~NETIF_F_NETNS_LOCAL;
+	}
 
 	mutex_unlock(&priv->state_lock);