diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.h
index 821c78bab373..a3daca44f74b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.h
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ struct mlx5_eswitch {
 	}  params;
 	struct blocking_notifier_head n_head;
 	struct dentry *dbgfs;
+	bool paired[MLX5_MAX_PORTS];
 };
 
 void esw_offloads_disable(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
index 5235b5a7b963..433cdd0a2cf3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
@@ -2827,6 +2827,9 @@ static int mlx5_esw_offloads_devcom_event(int event,
 		    mlx5_eswitch_vport_match_metadata_enabled(peer_esw))
 			break;
 
+		if (esw->paired[mlx5_get_dev_index(peer_esw->dev)])
+			break;
+
 		err = mlx5_esw_offloads_set_ns_peer(esw, peer_esw, true);
 		if (err)
 			goto err_out;
@@ -2838,14 +2841,18 @@ static int mlx5_esw_offloads_devcom_event(int event,
 		if (err)
 			goto err_pair;
 
+		esw->paired[mlx5_get_dev_index(peer_esw->dev)] = true;
+		peer_esw->paired[mlx5_get_dev_index(esw->dev)] = true;
 		mlx5_devcom_set_paired(devcom, MLX5_DEVCOM_ESW_OFFLOADS, true);
 		break;
 
 	case ESW_OFFLOADS_DEVCOM_UNPAIR:
-		if (!mlx5_devcom_is_paired(devcom, MLX5_DEVCOM_ESW_OFFLOADS))
+		if (!esw->paired[mlx5_get_dev_index(peer_esw->dev)])
 			break;
 
 		mlx5_devcom_set_paired(devcom, MLX5_DEVCOM_ESW_OFFLOADS, false);
+		esw->paired[mlx5_get_dev_index(peer_esw->dev)] = false;
+		peer_esw->paired[mlx5_get_dev_index(esw->dev)] = false;
 		mlx5_esw_offloads_unpair(peer_esw);
 		mlx5_esw_offloads_unpair(esw);
 		mlx5_esw_offloads_set_ns_peer(esw, peer_esw, false);