struct mlx5_flow_namespace      *ns;
        struct mlx5_flow_namespace      *egress_ns;
 #ifdef CONFIG_MLX5_EN_RXNFC
-       struct mlx5e_ethtool_steering   ethtool;
+       struct mlx5e_ethtool_steering   *ethtool;
 #endif
        struct mlx5e_tc_table           *tc;
        struct mlx5e_promisc_table      promisc;
        return fs->tc;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MLX5_EN_RXNFC
+static int mlx5e_fs_ethtool_alloc(struct mlx5e_flow_steering *fs)
+{
+       fs->ethtool = kvzalloc(sizeof(*fs->ethtool), GFP_KERNEL);
+
+       if (!fs->ethtool)
+               return -ENOMEM;
+       return 0;
+}
+
+static void mlx5e_fs_ethtool_free(struct mlx5e_flow_steering *fs)
+{
+       kvfree(fs->ethtool);
+}
+
+struct mlx5e_ethtool_steering *mlx5e_fs_get_ethtool(struct mlx5e_flow_steering *fs)
+{
+       return fs->ethtool;
+}
+#else
+static int mlx5e_fs_ethtool_alloc(struct mlx5e_flow_steering *fs)
+{ return 0; }
+static void mlx5e_fs_ethtool_free(struct mlx5e_flow_steering *fs) { }
+#endif
+
 struct mlx5e_flow_steering *mlx5e_fs_init(const struct mlx5e_profile *profile,
                                          struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev,
                                          bool state_destroy)
                        goto err_free_vlan;
        }
 
+       err = mlx5e_fs_ethtool_alloc(fs);
+       if (err)
+               goto err_free_tc;
+
        return fs;
+err_free_tc:
+       mlx5e_fs_tc_free(fs);
 err_free_fs:
        kvfree(fs);
 err_free_vlan:
 
 void mlx5e_fs_cleanup(struct mlx5e_flow_steering *fs)
 {
+       mlx5e_fs_ethtool_free(fs);
        mlx5e_fs_tc_free(fs);
        mlx5e_fs_vlan_free(fs);
        kvfree(fs);
                fs->egress_ns = ns;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_MLX5_EN_RXNFC
-struct mlx5e_ethtool_steering *mlx5e_fs_get_ethtool(struct mlx5e_flow_steering *fs)
-{
-       return &fs->ethtool;
-}
-#endif
-
 struct mlx5_ttc_table *mlx5e_fs_get_ttc(struct mlx5e_flow_steering *fs, bool inner)
 {
        return inner ? fs->inner_ttc : fs->ttc;