diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_dv.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_dv.c
index 2094e183b4..5a0cd09e2c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_dv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow_dv.c
@@ -6532,7 +6532,8 @@ flow_dv_translate_action_port_id(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 					  NULL,
 					  "No eswitch info was found for port");
 	if (priv->vport_meta_mask)
-		*dst_port_id = priv->vport_meta_tag;
+		*dst_port_id = priv->vport_meta_tag >>
+			rte_bsf32(priv->vport_meta_mask);
 	else
 		*dst_port_id = priv->vport_id;
 	return 0;