diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_flower.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_flower.c
index 7435629c9e65..588d374531cc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_flower.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_flower.c
@@ -29,10 +29,16 @@ static int mlxsw_sp_flower_parse_actions(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 	if (!flow_action_mixed_hw_stats_types_check(flow_action, extack))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-	/* Count action is inserted first */
-	err = mlxsw_sp_acl_rulei_act_count(mlxsw_sp, rulei, extack);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
+	act = flow_action_first_entry_get(flow_action);
+	if (act->hw_stats_type == FLOW_ACTION_HW_STATS_TYPE_ANY) {
+		/* Count action is inserted first */
+		err = mlxsw_sp_acl_rulei_act_count(mlxsw_sp, rulei, extack);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	} else {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Unsupported action HW stats type");
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	}
 
 	flow_action_for_each(i, act, flow_action) {
 		switch (act->id) {