diff --git a/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_en/mlx5_en_main.c b/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_en/mlx5_en_main.c
index a5ba2664180a..edd31392510a 100644
--- a/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_en/mlx5_en_main.c
+++ b/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_en/mlx5_en_main.c
@@ -3281,6 +3281,8 @@ mlx5e_ioctl(struct ifnet *ifp, u_long command, caddr_t data)
 				    "tso6 disabled due to -txcsum6.\n");
 			}
 		}
+		if (mask & IFCAP_NOMAP)
+			ifp->if_capenable ^= IFCAP_NOMAP;
 		if (mask & IFCAP_RXCSUM)
 			ifp->if_capenable ^= IFCAP_RXCSUM;
 		if (mask & IFCAP_RXCSUM_IPV6)
@@ -4147,6 +4149,7 @@ mlx5e_create_ifp(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev)
 	ifp->if_capabilities |= IFCAP_LRO;
 	ifp->if_capabilities |= IFCAP_TSO | IFCAP_VLAN_HWTSO;
 	ifp->if_capabilities |= IFCAP_HWSTATS | IFCAP_HWRXTSTMP;
+	ifp->if_capabilities |= IFCAP_NOMAP;
 	ifp->if_capabilities |= IFCAP_TXRTLMT;
 	ifp->if_snd_tag_alloc = mlx5e_snd_tag_alloc;
 	ifp->if_snd_tag_free = mlx5e_snd_tag_free;