diff --git a/drivers/regex/mlx5/mlx5_regex.c b/drivers/regex/mlx5/mlx5_regex.c
index f1fd911405..ac5b205fa9 100644
--- a/drivers/regex/mlx5/mlx5_regex.c
+++ b/drivers/regex/mlx5/mlx5_regex.c
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ mlx5_regex_pci_probe(struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv __rte_unused,
 		rte_errno = ENOMEM;
 		goto dev_error;
 	}
+	priv->sq_ts_format = attr.sq_ts_format;
 	priv->ctx = ctx;
 	priv->nb_engines = 2; /* attr.regexp_num_of_engines */
 	ret = mlx5_devx_regex_register_read(priv->ctx, 0,
diff --git a/drivers/regex/mlx5/mlx5_regex.h b/drivers/regex/mlx5/mlx5_regex.h
index 484819c38c..a2b3f0d9f3 100644
--- a/drivers/regex/mlx5/mlx5_regex.h
+++ b/drivers/regex/mlx5/mlx5_regex.h
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ struct mlx5_regex_priv {
 	struct ibv_pd *pd;
 	struct mlx5_mr_share_cache mr_scache; /* Global shared MR cache. */
 	uint8_t is_bf2; /* The device is BF2 device. */
+	uint8_t sq_ts_format; /* Whether SQ supports timestamp formats. */
 };
 
 /* mlx5_regex.c */
diff --git a/drivers/regex/mlx5/mlx5_regex_control.c b/drivers/regex/mlx5/mlx5_regex_control.c
index df57fada5d..55fbb419ed 100644
--- a/drivers/regex/mlx5/mlx5_regex_control.c
+++ b/drivers/regex/mlx5/mlx5_regex_control.c
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ regex_ctrl_create_sq(struct mlx5_regex_priv *priv, struct mlx5_regex_qp *qp,
 		.wq_attr = (struct mlx5_devx_wq_attr){
 			.uar_page = priv->uar->page_id,
 		},
+		.ts_format = mlx5_ts_format_conv(priv->sq_ts_format),
 	};
 	struct mlx5_devx_modify_sq_attr modify_attr = {
 		.state = MLX5_SQC_STATE_RDY,