diff --git a/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_core/fs_ft_pool.h b/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_core/fs_ft_pool.h
index b81e70d51bd..a5e4df624e2 100644
--- a/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_core/fs_ft_pool.h
+++ b/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_core/fs_ft_pool.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include <dev/mlx5/mlx5_core/fs_core.h>
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 
-#define POOL_NEXT_SIZE 0
+#define POOL_NEXT_SIZE BIT(30)
 
 int mlx5_ft_pool_init(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev);
 void mlx5_ft_pool_destroy(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev);
diff --git a/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_core/mlx5_fs_ft_pool.c b/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_core/mlx5_fs_ft_pool.c
index c14590acc77..70d9d235b62 100644
--- a/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_core/mlx5_fs_ft_pool.c
+++ b/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_core/mlx5_fs_ft_pool.c
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ mlx5_ft_pool_get_avail_sz(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, enum fs_flow_table_type tab
 	int i, found_i = -1;
 
 	for (i = ARRAY_SIZE(FT_POOLS) - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-		if (dev->priv.ft_pool->ft_left[i] && FT_POOLS[i] >= desired_size &&
+		if (dev->priv.ft_pool->ft_left[i] &&
+                    (FT_POOLS[i] >= desired_size || desired_size == POOL_NEXT_SIZE) &&
 		    FT_POOLS[i] <= max_ft_size) {
 			found_i = i;
 			if (desired_size != POOL_NEXT_SIZE)