diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c
index 0f59de6..0c45228 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c
@@ -956,50 +956,9 @@ struct ibv_spec_header {
 static void
 priv_flow_convert_finalise(struct priv *priv, struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser)
 {
-	const unsigned int ipv4 =
-		hash_rxq_init[parser->layer].ip_version == MLX5_IPV4;
-	const enum hash_rxq_type hmin = ipv4 ? HASH_RXQ_TCPV4 : HASH_RXQ_TCPV6;
-	const enum hash_rxq_type hmax = ipv4 ? HASH_RXQ_IPV4 : HASH_RXQ_IPV6;
-	const enum hash_rxq_type ohmin = ipv4 ? HASH_RXQ_TCPV6 : HASH_RXQ_TCPV4;
-	const enum hash_rxq_type ohmax = ipv4 ? HASH_RXQ_IPV6 : HASH_RXQ_IPV4;
-	const enum hash_rxq_type ip = ipv4 ? HASH_RXQ_IPV4 : HASH_RXQ_IPV6;
 	unsigned int i;
 
 	(void)priv;
-	if (parser->layer == HASH_RXQ_ETH) {
-		goto fill;
-	} else {
-		/*
-		 * This layer becomes useless as the pattern define under
-		 * layers.
-		 */
-		rte_free(parser->queue[HASH_RXQ_ETH].ibv_attr);
-		parser->queue[HASH_RXQ_ETH].ibv_attr = NULL;
-	}
-	/* Remove opposite kind of layer e.g. IPv6 if the pattern is IPv4. */
-	for (i = ohmin; i != (ohmax + 1); ++i) {
-		if (!parser->queue[i].ibv_attr)
-			continue;
-		rte_free(parser->queue[i].ibv_attr);
-		parser->queue[i].ibv_attr = NULL;
-	}
-	/* Remove impossible flow according to the RSS configuration. */
-	if (hash_rxq_init[parser->layer].dpdk_rss_hf &
-	    parser->rss_conf.rss_hf) {
-		/* Remove any other flow. */
-		for (i = hmin; i != (hmax + 1); ++i) {
-			if ((i == parser->layer) ||
-			     (!parser->queue[i].ibv_attr))
-				continue;
-			rte_free(parser->queue[i].ibv_attr);
-			parser->queue[i].ibv_attr = NULL;
-		}
-	} else  if (!parser->queue[ip].ibv_attr) {
-		/* no RSS possible with the current configuration. */
-		parser->queues_n = 1;
-		return;
-	}
-fill:
 	/*
 	 * Fill missing layers in verbs specifications, or compute the correct
 	 * offset to allocate the memory space for the attributes and
@@ -1062,6 +1021,57 @@ struct ibv_spec_header {
 }
 
 /**
+ * Update flows according to pattern and RSS hash fields.
+ *
+ * @param priv
+ *   Pointer to private structure.
+ * @param[in, out] parser
+ *   Internal parser structure.
+ */
+static int
+priv_flow_convert_rss(struct priv *priv, struct mlx5_flow_parse *parser)
+{
+	const unsigned int ipv4 =
+		hash_rxq_init[parser->layer].ip_version == MLX5_IPV4;
+	const enum hash_rxq_type hmin = ipv4 ? HASH_RXQ_TCPV4 : HASH_RXQ_TCPV6;
+	const enum hash_rxq_type hmax = ipv4 ? HASH_RXQ_IPV4 : HASH_RXQ_IPV6;
+	const enum hash_rxq_type ohmin = ipv4 ? HASH_RXQ_TCPV6 : HASH_RXQ_TCPV4;
+	const enum hash_rxq_type ohmax = ipv4 ? HASH_RXQ_IPV6 : HASH_RXQ_IPV4;
+	const enum hash_rxq_type ip = ipv4 ? HASH_RXQ_IPV4 : HASH_RXQ_IPV6;
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	(void)priv;
+	if (parser->layer == HASH_RXQ_ETH)
+		return 0;
+	/* This layer becomes useless as the pattern define under layers. */
+	rte_free(parser->queue[HASH_RXQ_ETH].ibv_attr);
+	parser->queue[HASH_RXQ_ETH].ibv_attr = NULL;
+	/* Remove opposite kind of layer e.g. IPv6 if the pattern is IPv4. */
+	for (i = ohmin; i != (ohmax + 1); ++i) {
+		if (!parser->queue[i].ibv_attr)
+			continue;
+		rte_free(parser->queue[i].ibv_attr);
+		parser->queue[i].ibv_attr = NULL;
+	}
+	/* Remove impossible flow according to the RSS configuration. */
+	if (hash_rxq_init[parser->layer].dpdk_rss_hf &
+	    parser->rss_conf.rss_hf) {
+		/* Remove any other flow. */
+		for (i = hmin; i != (hmax + 1); ++i) {
+			if ((i == parser->layer) ||
+			     (!parser->queue[i].ibv_attr))
+				continue;
+			rte_free(parser->queue[i].ibv_attr);
+			parser->queue[i].ibv_attr = NULL;
+		}
+	} else if (!parser->queue[ip].ibv_attr) {
+		/* no RSS possible with the current configuration. */
+		parser->queues_n = 1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
  * Validate and convert a flow supported by the NIC.
  *
  * @param priv
@@ -1176,6 +1186,9 @@ struct ibv_spec_header {
 	 * configuration.
 	 */
 	if (!parser->drop) {
+		ret = priv_flow_convert_rss(priv, parser);
+		if (ret)
+			goto exit_free;
 		priv_flow_convert_finalise(priv, parser);
 	} else {
 		parser->queue[HASH_RXQ_ETH].ibv_attr->priority =
