diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_std_types_flow_action.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_std_types_flow_action.c
index d8cfafe23bd9..cb9486ad5c67 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_std_types_flow_action.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_std_types_flow_action.c
@@ -326,11 +326,8 @@ static int UVERBS_HANDLER(UVERBS_METHOD_FLOW_ACTION_ESP_CREATE)(
 	if (IS_ERR(action))
 		return PTR_ERR(action);
 
-	atomic_set(&action->usecnt, 0);
-	action->device = ib_dev;
-	action->type = IB_FLOW_ACTION_ESP;
-	action->uobject = uobj;
-	uobj->object = action;
+	uverbs_flow_action_fill_action(action, uobj, ib_dev,
+				       IB_FLOW_ACTION_ESP);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/flow.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/flow.c
index 02103a4b372c..0c89d5431c7e 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/flow.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/flow.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <rdma/ib_verbs.h>
 #include <rdma/uverbs_types.h>
 #include <rdma/uverbs_ioctl.h>
+#include <rdma/uverbs_std_types.h>
 #include <rdma/mlx5_user_ioctl_cmds.h>
 #include <rdma/mlx5_user_ioctl_verbs.h>
 #include <rdma/ib_umem.h>
@@ -279,11 +280,8 @@ static int UVERBS_HANDLER(MLX5_IB_METHOD_FLOW_ACTION_CREATE_MODIFY_HEADER)(
 	if (IS_ERR(action))
 		return PTR_ERR(action);
 
-	atomic_set(&action->usecnt, 0);
-	action->device = uobj->context->device;
-	action->type = IB_FLOW_ACTION_UNSPECIFIED;
-	action->uobject = uobj;
-	uobj->object = action;
+	uverbs_flow_action_fill_action(action, uobj, uobj->context->device,
+				       IB_FLOW_ACTION_UNSPECIFIED);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/include/rdma/uverbs_std_types.h b/include/rdma/uverbs_std_types.h
index 3b00231cc084..526d918fcd5a 100644
--- a/include/rdma/uverbs_std_types.h
+++ b/include/rdma/uverbs_std_types.h
@@ -140,5 +140,17 @@ __uobj_alloc(const struct uverbs_api_object *obj, struct ib_uverbs_file *ufile,
 #define uobj_alloc(_type, _ufile, _ib_dev)                                     \
 	__uobj_alloc(uobj_get_type(_ufile, _type), _ufile, _ib_dev)
 
+static inline void uverbs_flow_action_fill_action(struct ib_flow_action *action,
+						  struct ib_uobject *uobj,
+						  struct ib_device *ib_dev,
+						  enum ib_flow_action_type type)
+{
+	atomic_set(&action->usecnt, 0);
+	action->device = ib_dev;
+	action->type = type;
+	action->uobject = uobj;
+	uobj->object = action;
+}
+
 #endif