diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
index 805e24233b1b..9c42812d2f6b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
@@ -1454,9 +1454,6 @@ int mlx4_en_alloc_resources(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv)
 	priv->dev->rx_cpu_rmap = alloc_irq_cpu_rmap(priv->rx_ring_num);
 	if (!priv->dev->rx_cpu_rmap)
 		goto err;
-
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&priv->filters);
-	spin_lock_init(&priv->filters_lock);
 #endif
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1651,6 +1648,11 @@ int mlx4_en_init_netdev(struct mlx4_en_dev *mdev, int port,
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_RFS_ACCEL
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&priv->filters);
+	spin_lock_init(&priv->filters_lock);
+#endif
+
 	/* Allocate page for receive rings */
 	err = mlx4_alloc_hwq_res(mdev->dev, &priv->res,
 				MLX4_EN_PAGE_SIZE, MLX4_EN_PAGE_SIZE);