diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
index 0409767237a740c8f264385a86586d20907aae26..fca6f4132c91a51ac2a03eaaf64b0bbc5b6ff2c3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
@@ -2980,7 +2980,7 @@ static int parse_tc_fdb_actions(struct mlx5e_priv *priv, struct tcf_exts *exts,
 	if (!actions_match_supported(priv, exts, parse_attr, flow, extack))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-	if (attr->out_count > 1 && !mlx5_esw_has_fwd_fdb(priv->mdev)) {
+	if (attr->mirror_count > 0 && !mlx5_esw_has_fwd_fdb(priv->mdev)) {
 		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
 				   "current firmware doesn't support split rule for port mirroring");
 		netdev_warn_once(priv->netdev, "current firmware doesn't support split rule for port mirroring\n");