diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c
index b2df7c3749fb35c3a6d0fa093626427dcbf5c1a5..b354f3ee94c58107728a78698832df1f8fc9f55e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c
@@ -619,7 +619,8 @@ static struct mlx5_flow_group *alloc_flow_group(struct mlx5_flow_steering *steer
 	if (ret) {
 		kmem_cache_free(steering->fgs_cache, fg);
 		return ERR_PTR(ret);
-}
+	}
+
 	ida_init(&fg->fte_allocator);
 	fg->mask.match_criteria_enable = match_criteria_enable;
 	memcpy(&fg->mask.match_criteria, match_criteria,