diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/esw/qos.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/esw/qos.c
index 75015d370922..b8bf98a0a80a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/esw/qos.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/esw/qos.c
@@ -420,6 +420,7 @@ __esw_qos_create_rate_group(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw, struct netlink_ext_ack *ex
 {
 	u32 tsar_ctx[MLX5_ST_SZ_DW(scheduling_context)] = {};
 	struct mlx5_esw_rate_group *group;
+	__be32 *attr;
 	u32 divider;
 	int err;
 
@@ -427,6 +428,12 @@ __esw_qos_create_rate_group(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw, struct netlink_ext_ack *ex
 	if (!group)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
+	MLX5_SET(scheduling_context, tsar_ctx, element_type,
+		 SCHEDULING_CONTEXT_ELEMENT_TYPE_TSAR);
+
+	attr = MLX5_ADDR_OF(scheduling_context, tsar_ctx, element_attributes);
+	*attr = cpu_to_be32(TSAR_ELEMENT_TSAR_TYPE_DWRR << 16);
+
 	MLX5_SET(scheduling_context, tsar_ctx, parent_element_id,
 		 esw->qos.root_tsar_ix);
 	err = mlx5_create_scheduling_element_cmd(esw->dev,