return -EINVAL;
                }
                if (netif_is_macvlan(upper_dev) &&
-                   !mlxsw_sp_rif_find_by_dev(mlxsw_sp, lower_dev)) {
+                   !mlxsw_sp_rif_exists(mlxsw_sp, lower_dev)) {
                        NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "macvlan is only supported on top of router interfaces");
                        return -EOPNOTSUPP;
                }
                        return -EINVAL;
                }
                if (netif_is_macvlan(upper_dev) &&
-                   !mlxsw_sp_rif_find_by_dev(mlxsw_sp, vlan_dev)) {
+                   !mlxsw_sp_rif_exists(mlxsw_sp, vlan_dev)) {
                        NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "macvlan is only supported on top of router interfaces");
                        return -EOPNOTSUPP;
                }
                if (!info->linking)
                        break;
                if (netif_is_macvlan(upper_dev) &&
-                   !mlxsw_sp_rif_find_by_dev(mlxsw_sp, vlan_dev)) {
+                   !mlxsw_sp_rif_exists(mlxsw_sp, vlan_dev)) {
                        NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "macvlan is only supported on top of router interfaces");
                        return -EOPNOTSUPP;
                }
                if (!info->linking)
                        break;
                if (netif_is_macvlan(upper_dev) &&
-                   !mlxsw_sp_rif_find_by_dev(mlxsw_sp, br_dev)) {
+                   !mlxsw_sp_rif_exists(mlxsw_sp, br_dev)) {
                        NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "macvlan is only supported on top of router interfaces");
                        return -EOPNOTSUPP;
                }
 
 mlxsw_sp_port_vlan_router_leave(struct mlxsw_sp_port_vlan *mlxsw_sp_port_vlan);
 void mlxsw_sp_rif_destroy_by_dev(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
                                 struct net_device *dev);
-struct mlxsw_sp_rif *mlxsw_sp_rif_find_by_dev(const struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
-                                             const struct net_device *dev);
+bool mlxsw_sp_rif_exists(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
+                        const struct net_device *dev);
 u16 mlxsw_sp_rif_vid(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp, const struct net_device *dev);
 u8 mlxsw_sp_router_port(const struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp);
 int mlxsw_sp_router_nve_promote_decap(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp, u32 ul_tb_id,
 
        void (*fdb_del)(struct mlxsw_sp_rif *rif, const char *mac);
 };
 
+static struct mlxsw_sp_rif *
+mlxsw_sp_rif_find_by_dev(const struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
+                        const struct net_device *dev);
 static void mlxsw_sp_rif_destroy(struct mlxsw_sp_rif *rif);
 static void mlxsw_sp_lpm_tree_hold(struct mlxsw_sp_lpm_tree *lpm_tree);
 static void mlxsw_sp_lpm_tree_put(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
        return NOTIFY_BAD;
 }
 
-struct mlxsw_sp_rif *
+static struct mlxsw_sp_rif *
 mlxsw_sp_rif_find_by_dev(const struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
                         const struct net_device *dev)
 {
        return NULL;
 }
 
+bool mlxsw_sp_rif_exists(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
+                        const struct net_device *dev)
+{
+       return !!mlxsw_sp_rif_find_by_dev(mlxsw_sp, dev);
+}
+
 u16 mlxsw_sp_rif_vid(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp, const struct net_device *dev)
 {
        struct mlxsw_sp_rif *rif;