diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/sf/dev/dev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/sf/dev/dev.c
index 871c2fbe18d3..64bbc18332d5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/sf/dev/dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/sf/dev/dev.c
@@ -28,10 +28,7 @@ bool mlx5_sf_dev_allocated(const struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 {
 	struct mlx5_sf_dev_table *table = dev->priv.sf_dev_table;
 
-	if (!mlx5_sf_dev_supported(dev))
-		return false;
-
-	return !xa_empty(&table->devices);
+	return table && !xa_empty(&table->devices);
 }
 
 static ssize_t sfnum_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)