diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
index 94cb0217b4f39202da2f91ce910842548053b276..107b1f208b728b25ef21a9d9e9bba1c1b98cfc06 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
@@ -2288,13 +2288,8 @@ void esw_offloads_unload_rep(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw, u16 vport_num)
 static int mlx5_esw_offloads_pair(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw,
 				  struct mlx5_eswitch *peer_esw)
 {
-	int err;
 
-	err = esw_add_fdb_peer_miss_rules(esw, peer_esw->dev);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
-
-	return 0;
+	return esw_add_fdb_peer_miss_rules(esw, peer_esw->dev);
 }
 
 static void mlx5_esw_offloads_unpair(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw)