diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c
index b8f31497b21..f5c1c800fc8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c
@@ -549,11 +549,13 @@ mlx5_age_event_prepare(struct mlx5_dev_ctx_shared *sh)
 		age_info = &sh->port[i].age_info;
 		if (!MLX5_AGE_GET(age_info, MLX5_AGE_EVENT_NEW))
 			continue;
-		if (MLX5_AGE_GET(age_info, MLX5_AGE_TRIGGER))
+		MLX5_AGE_UNSET(age_info, MLX5_AGE_EVENT_NEW);
+		if (MLX5_AGE_GET(age_info, MLX5_AGE_TRIGGER)) {
+			MLX5_AGE_UNSET(age_info, MLX5_AGE_TRIGGER);
 			rte_eth_dev_callback_process
 				(&rte_eth_devices[sh->port[i].devx_ih_port_id],
 				RTE_ETH_EVENT_FLOW_AGED, NULL);
-		age_info->flags = 0;
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -562,7 +564,7 @@ mlx5_age_event_prepare(struct mlx5_dev_ctx_shared *sh)
  *
  * @param[in] sh
  *   Pointer to mlx5_dev_ctx_shared object.
- * @param[in] sh
+ * @param[in] config
  *   Pointer to user dev config.
  */
 static void
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h
index 35f9bece054..9437f454803 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h
@@ -538,6 +538,8 @@ struct mlx5_aso_age_mng {
 #define MLX5_AGE_TRIGGER		2
 #define MLX5_AGE_SET(age_info, BIT) \
 	((age_info)->flags |= (1 << (BIT)))
+#define MLX5_AGE_UNSET(age_info, BIT) \
+	((age_info)->flags &= ~(1 << (BIT)))
 #define MLX5_AGE_GET(age_info, BIT) \
 	((age_info)->flags & (1 << (BIT)))
 #define GET_PORT_AGE_INFO(priv) \