diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c
index 161b60e1139b3..3d614bf5cff9e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rep.c
@@ -618,6 +618,8 @@ static void mlx5e_build_rep_params(struct net_device *netdev)
 
 	params->mqprio.num_tc       = 1;
 	params->tunneled_offload_en = false;
+	if (rep->vport != MLX5_VPORT_UPLINK)
+		params->vlan_strip_disable = true;
 
 	/* Set an initial non-zero value, so that mlx5e_select_queue won't
 	 * divide by zero if called before first activating channels.