diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
index 0d58729b42ae..dc621bc4e173 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
@@ -3526,6 +3526,9 @@ static void mlx5e_build_nic_netdev_priv(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev,
 			cqe_compress_heuristic(link_speed, pci_bw);
 	}
 
+	MLX5E_SET_PFLAG(priv, MLX5E_PFLAG_RX_CQE_COMPRESS,
+			priv->params.rx_cqe_compress_def);
+
 	mlx5e_set_rq_priv_params(priv);
 	if (priv->params.rq_wq_type == MLX5_WQ_TYPE_LINKED_LIST_STRIDING_RQ)
 		priv->params.lro_en = true;
@@ -3555,7 +3558,6 @@ static void mlx5e_build_nic_netdev_priv(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev,
 	/* Initialize pflags */
 	MLX5E_SET_PFLAG(priv, MLX5E_PFLAG_RX_CQE_BASED_MODER,
 			priv->params.rx_cq_period_mode == MLX5_CQ_PERIOD_MODE_START_FROM_CQE);
-	MLX5E_SET_PFLAG(priv, MLX5E_PFLAG_RX_CQE_COMPRESS, priv->params.rx_cqe_compress_def);
 
 	mutex_init(&priv->state_lock);