diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/devlink.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/devlink.c
index a28f95df2901..7ffc94c4979b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/devlink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/devlink.c
@@ -282,6 +282,10 @@ static int mlx5_devlink_enable_roce_validate(struct devlink *devlink, u32 id,
 		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Device doesn't support RoCE");
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	}
+	if (mlx5_core_is_mp_slave(dev)) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Multi port slave device can't configure RoCE");
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }