diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/txrx.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/txrx.h
index 7fdf69e08d58ff94331240d1d6bf83f13bcbcd89..bd41f89afef115286783e99e5b7cbc71fd1b16b6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/txrx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/txrx.h
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ mlx5e_notify_hw(struct mlx5_wq_cyc *wq, u16 pc, void __iomem *uar_map,
 	mlx5_write64((__be32 *)ctrl, uar_map);
 }
 
+static inline bool mlx5e_transport_inline_tx_wqe(struct mlx5e_tx_wqe *wqe)
+{
+	return !!wqe->ctrl.tisn;
+}
+
 static inline void mlx5e_cq_arm(struct mlx5e_cq *cq)
 {
 	struct mlx5_core_cq *mcq;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tx.c
index dc77fe9ae3670d39d3f091b7b7b158e64423b0bf..b1a163e660530c408b025afc62d5070a434cc3c8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tx.c
@@ -304,9 +304,12 @@ netdev_tx_t mlx5e_sq_xmit(struct mlx5e_txqsq *sq, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		num_bytes = skb->len + (skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_segs - 1) * ihs;
 		stats->packets += skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_segs;
 	} else {
+		u8 mode = mlx5e_transport_inline_tx_wqe(wqe) ?
+			MLX5_INLINE_MODE_TCP_UDP : sq->min_inline_mode;
+
 		opcode    = MLX5_OPCODE_SEND;
 		mss       = 0;
-		ihs       = mlx5e_calc_min_inline(sq->min_inline_mode, skb);
+		ihs       = mlx5e_calc_min_inline(mode, skb);
 		num_bytes = max_t(unsigned int, skb->len, ETH_ZLEN);
 		stats->packets++;
 	}