diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_counters.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_counters.c
index 3b026c151cf24f370137b4655b417d6e024d6dec..7431f633de3135f5ccee6a9f506892d5f13dff35 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_counters.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_counters.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static void mlx5_fc_stats_insert(struct rb_root *root, struct mlx5_fc *counter)
 	struct rb_node *parent = NULL;
 
 	while (*new) {
-		struct mlx5_fc *this = container_of(*new, struct mlx5_fc, node);
+		struct mlx5_fc *this = rb_entry(*new, struct mlx5_fc, node);
 		int result = counter->id - this->id;
 
 		parent = *new;