diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
index d766a64b1823..22075943bb58 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
@@ -723,11 +723,11 @@ mlx5_eswitch_add_fwd_rule(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw,
 
 	flow_act.action = MLX5_FLOW_CONTEXT_ACTION_FWD_DEST;
 	for (i = 0; i < esw_attr->split_count; i++) {
-		if (esw_is_indir_table(esw, attr))
-			err = esw_setup_indir_table(dest, &flow_act, esw, attr, false, &i);
-		else if (esw_is_chain_src_port_rewrite(esw, esw_attr))
-			err = esw_setup_chain_src_port_rewrite(dest, &flow_act, esw, chains, attr,
-							       &i);
+		if (esw_attr->dests[i].flags & MLX5_ESW_DEST_CHAIN_WITH_SRC_PORT_CHANGE)
+			/* Source port rewrite (forward to ovs internal port or statck device) isn't
+			 * supported in the rule of split action.
+			 */
+			err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		else
 			esw_setup_vport_dest(dest, &flow_act, esw, esw_attr, i, i, false);