diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
index 97e153209834aa8409c05135b7db2a3837459307..1e29f40d84ca50ef3a77cd76da24fec96b5ceb62 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
@@ -2910,7 +2910,7 @@ int mlx5e_modify_channels_vsd(struct mlx5e_channels *chs, bool vsd)
 static int mlx5e_setup_tc(struct net_device *netdev, u8 tc)
 {
 	struct mlx5e_priv *priv = netdev_priv(netdev);
-	bool was_opened;
+	struct mlx5e_channels new_channels = {};
 	int err = 0;
 
 	if (tc && tc != MLX5E_MAX_NUM_TC)
@@ -2918,17 +2918,21 @@ static int mlx5e_setup_tc(struct net_device *netdev, u8 tc)
 
 	mutex_lock(&priv->state_lock);
 
-	was_opened = test_bit(MLX5E_STATE_OPENED, &priv->state);
-	if (was_opened)
-		mlx5e_close_locked(priv->netdev);
+	new_channels.params = priv->channels.params;
+	new_channels.params.num_tc = tc ? tc : 1;
 
-	priv->channels.params.num_tc = tc ? tc : 1;
+	if (test_bit(MLX5E_STATE_OPENED, &priv->state)) {
+		priv->channels.params = new_channels.params;
+		goto out;
+	}
 
-	if (was_opened)
-		err = mlx5e_open_locked(priv->netdev);
+	err = mlx5e_open_channels(priv, &new_channels);
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
 
+	mlx5e_switch_priv_channels(priv, &new_channels);
+out:
 	mutex_unlock(&priv->state_lock);
-
 	return err;
 }