diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rep/tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rep/tc.c
index eb960eba6027f875d8fd3356fa7792b3d723b7e3..de683724e184180bebf360609bae4d4cb7fc9485 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rep/tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rep/tc.c
@@ -612,8 +612,8 @@ static bool mlx5e_restore_tunnel(struct mlx5e_priv *priv, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	/* Set tun_dev so we do dev_put() after datapath */
-	tc_priv->tun_dev = dev;
+	/* Set fwd_dev so we do dev_put() after datapath */
+	tc_priv->fwd_dev = dev;
 
 	skb->dev = dev;
 
@@ -655,8 +655,8 @@ static bool mlx5e_restore_skb_chain(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 chain, u32 reg_c1,
 
 static void mlx5_rep_tc_post_napi_receive(struct mlx5e_tc_update_priv *tc_priv)
 {
-	if (tc_priv->tun_dev)
-		dev_put(tc_priv->tun_dev);
+	if (tc_priv->fwd_dev)
+		dev_put(tc_priv->fwd_dev);
 }
 
 static void mlx5e_restore_skb_sample(struct mlx5e_priv *priv, struct sk_buff *skb,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.h
index 1a4cd882f0fba27ae226a9db4db2fe5cfeeaf040..df0f63c21e725faf1226cb6cb9d185a99ddba18d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 int mlx5e_tc_num_filters(struct mlx5e_priv *priv, unsigned long flags);
 
 struct mlx5e_tc_update_priv {
-	struct net_device *tun_dev;
+	struct net_device *fwd_dev;
 };
 
 struct mlx5_nic_flow_attr {