diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
index 1f9107d83848..ec117e441425 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
@@ -3181,12 +3181,13 @@ static int add_vlan_pop_action(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 			       struct mlx5_esw_flow_attr *attr,
 			       u32 *action)
 {
-	int nest_level = attr->parse_attr->filter_dev->lower_level;
 	struct flow_action_entry vlan_act = {
 		.id = FLOW_ACTION_VLAN_POP,
 	};
-	int err = 0;
+	int nest_level, err = 0;
 
+	nest_level = attr->parse_attr->filter_dev->lower_level -
+						priv->netdev->lower_level;
 	while (nest_level--) {
 		err = parse_tc_vlan_action(priv, &vlan_act, attr, action);
 		if (err)