diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.h
index ff61cad74bb0eb0be9bbe6857d23c186b38523f3..81801c6fb941d53ca36f6d8dd632932b0121ce6a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.h
@@ -641,7 +641,8 @@ struct mlxsw_sp_acl_rule_info {
 	struct mlxsw_afa_block *act_block;
 	u8 action_created:1,
 	   ingress_bind_blocker:1,
-	   egress_bind_blocker:1;
+	   egress_bind_blocker:1,
+	   counter_valid:1;
 	unsigned int counter_index;
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl.c
index 36b264798f04ec50d96d472b09a42888a38bf4d5..6f8d5005ff3674a8c8e77a7976e94a0c06ff4d51 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl.c
@@ -642,8 +642,14 @@ int mlxsw_sp_acl_rulei_act_count(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 				 struct mlxsw_sp_acl_rule_info *rulei,
 				 struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
-	return mlxsw_afa_block_append_counter(rulei->act_block,
-					      &rulei->counter_index, extack);
+	int err;
+
+	err = mlxsw_afa_block_append_counter(rulei->act_block,
+					     &rulei->counter_index, extack);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+	rulei->counter_valid = true;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int mlxsw_sp_acl_rulei_act_fid_set(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
@@ -857,16 +863,18 @@ int mlxsw_sp_acl_rule_get_stats(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 
 {
 	struct mlxsw_sp_acl_rule_info *rulei;
-	u64 current_packets;
-	u64 current_bytes;
+	u64 current_packets = 0;
+	u64 current_bytes = 0;
 	int err;
 
 	rulei = mlxsw_sp_acl_rule_rulei(rule);
-	err = mlxsw_sp_flow_counter_get(mlxsw_sp, rulei->counter_index,
-					&current_packets, &current_bytes);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
-
+	if (rulei->counter_valid) {
+		err = mlxsw_sp_flow_counter_get(mlxsw_sp, rulei->counter_index,
+						&current_packets,
+						&current_bytes);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	}
 	*packets = current_packets - rule->last_packets;
 	*bytes = current_bytes - rule->last_bytes;
 	*last_use = rule->last_used;