diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Makefile b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Makefile
index 568bbe5f83f5..d292e6a9e22c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Makefile
@@ -154,7 +154,8 @@ mlx5_core-$(CONFIG_MLX5_HW_STEERING) += steering/hws/cmd.o \
 					steering/hws/vport.o \
 					steering/hws/bwc_complex.o \
 					steering/hws/fs_hws_pools.o \
-					steering/hws/fs_hws.o
+					steering/hws/fs_hws.o \
+					steering/hws/action_ste_pool.o
 
 #
 # SF device
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/hws/action_ste_pool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/hws/action_ste_pool.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cb6ad8411631
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/hws/action_ste_pool.c
@@ -0,0 +1,387 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR Linux-OpenIB
+/* Copyright (c) 2025 NVIDIA Corporation & Affiliates */
+
+#include "internal.h"
+
+static const char *
+hws_pool_opt_to_str(enum mlx5hws_pool_optimize opt)
+{
+	switch (opt) {
+	case MLX5HWS_POOL_OPTIMIZE_NONE:
+		return "rx-and-tx";
+	case MLX5HWS_POOL_OPTIMIZE_ORIG:
+		return "rx-only";
+	case MLX5HWS_POOL_OPTIMIZE_MIRROR:
+		return "tx-only";
+	default:
+		return "unknown";
+	}
+}
+
+static int
+hws_action_ste_table_create_pool(struct mlx5hws_context *ctx,
+				 struct mlx5hws_action_ste_table *action_tbl,
+				 enum mlx5hws_pool_optimize opt, size_t log_sz)
+{
+	struct mlx5hws_pool_attr pool_attr = { 0 };
+
+	pool_attr.pool_type = MLX5HWS_POOL_TYPE_STE;
+	pool_attr.table_type = MLX5HWS_TABLE_TYPE_FDB;
+	pool_attr.flags = MLX5HWS_POOL_FLAG_BUDDY;
+	pool_attr.opt_type = opt;
+	pool_attr.alloc_log_sz = log_sz;
+
+	action_tbl->pool = mlx5hws_pool_create(ctx, &pool_attr);
+	if (!action_tbl->pool) {
+		mlx5hws_err(ctx, "Failed to allocate STE pool\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int hws_action_ste_table_create_single_rtc(
+	struct mlx5hws_context *ctx,
+	struct mlx5hws_action_ste_table *action_tbl,
+	enum mlx5hws_pool_optimize opt, size_t log_sz, bool tx)
+{
+	struct mlx5hws_cmd_rtc_create_attr rtc_attr = { 0 };
+	u32 *rtc_id;
+
+	rtc_attr.log_depth = 0;
+	rtc_attr.update_index_mode = MLX5_IFC_RTC_STE_UPDATE_MODE_BY_OFFSET;
+	/* Action STEs use the default always hit definer. */
+	rtc_attr.match_definer_0 = ctx->caps->trivial_match_definer;
+	rtc_attr.is_frst_jumbo = false;
+	rtc_attr.miss_ft_id = 0;
+	rtc_attr.pd = ctx->pd_num;
+	rtc_attr.reparse_mode = mlx5hws_context_get_reparse_mode(ctx);
+
+	if (tx) {
+		rtc_attr.table_type = FS_FT_FDB_TX;
+		rtc_attr.ste_base =
+			mlx5hws_pool_get_base_mirror_id(action_tbl->pool);
+		rtc_attr.stc_base =
+			mlx5hws_pool_get_base_mirror_id(ctx->stc_pool);
+		rtc_attr.log_size =
+			opt == MLX5HWS_POOL_OPTIMIZE_ORIG ? 0 : log_sz;
+		rtc_id = &action_tbl->rtc_1_id;
+	} else {
+		rtc_attr.table_type = FS_FT_FDB_RX;
+		rtc_attr.ste_base = mlx5hws_pool_get_base_id(action_tbl->pool);
+		rtc_attr.stc_base = mlx5hws_pool_get_base_id(ctx->stc_pool);
+		rtc_attr.log_size =
+			opt == MLX5HWS_POOL_OPTIMIZE_MIRROR ? 0 : log_sz;
+		rtc_id = &action_tbl->rtc_0_id;
+	}
+
+	return mlx5hws_cmd_rtc_create(ctx->mdev, &rtc_attr, rtc_id);
+}
+
+static int
+hws_action_ste_table_create_rtcs(struct mlx5hws_context *ctx,
+				 struct mlx5hws_action_ste_table *action_tbl,
+				 enum mlx5hws_pool_optimize opt, size_t log_sz)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	err = hws_action_ste_table_create_single_rtc(ctx, action_tbl, opt,
+						     log_sz, false);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	err = hws_action_ste_table_create_single_rtc(ctx, action_tbl, opt,
+						     log_sz, true);
+	if (err) {
+		mlx5hws_cmd_rtc_destroy(ctx->mdev, action_tbl->rtc_0_id);
+		return err;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void
+hws_action_ste_table_destroy_rtcs(struct mlx5hws_action_ste_table *action_tbl)
+{
+	mlx5hws_cmd_rtc_destroy(action_tbl->pool->ctx->mdev,
+				action_tbl->rtc_1_id);
+	mlx5hws_cmd_rtc_destroy(action_tbl->pool->ctx->mdev,
+				action_tbl->rtc_0_id);
+}
+
+static int
+hws_action_ste_table_create_stc(struct mlx5hws_context *ctx,
+				struct mlx5hws_action_ste_table *action_tbl)
+{
+	struct mlx5hws_cmd_stc_modify_attr stc_attr = { 0 };
+
+	stc_attr.action_offset = MLX5HWS_ACTION_OFFSET_HIT;
+	stc_attr.action_type = MLX5_IFC_STC_ACTION_TYPE_JUMP_TO_STE_TABLE;
+	stc_attr.reparse_mode = MLX5_IFC_STC_REPARSE_IGNORE;
+	stc_attr.ste_table.ste_pool = action_tbl->pool;
+	stc_attr.ste_table.match_definer_id = ctx->caps->trivial_match_definer;
+
+	return mlx5hws_action_alloc_single_stc(ctx, &stc_attr,
+					       MLX5HWS_TABLE_TYPE_FDB,
+					       &action_tbl->stc);
+}
+
+static struct mlx5hws_action_ste_table *
+hws_action_ste_table_alloc(struct mlx5hws_action_ste_pool_element *parent_elem)
+{
+	enum mlx5hws_pool_optimize opt = parent_elem->opt;
+	struct mlx5hws_context *ctx = parent_elem->ctx;
+	struct mlx5hws_action_ste_table *action_tbl;
+	size_t log_sz;
+	int err;
+
+	log_sz = min(parent_elem->log_sz ?
+			     parent_elem->log_sz +
+				     MLX5HWS_ACTION_STE_TABLE_STEP_LOG_SZ :
+				   MLX5HWS_ACTION_STE_TABLE_INIT_LOG_SZ,
+		     MLX5HWS_ACTION_STE_TABLE_MAX_LOG_SZ);
+
+	action_tbl = kzalloc(sizeof(*action_tbl), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!action_tbl)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	err = hws_action_ste_table_create_pool(ctx, action_tbl, opt, log_sz);
+	if (err)
+		goto free_tbl;
+
+	err = hws_action_ste_table_create_rtcs(ctx, action_tbl, opt, log_sz);
+	if (err)
+		goto destroy_pool;
+
+	err = hws_action_ste_table_create_stc(ctx, action_tbl);
+	if (err)
+		goto destroy_rtcs;
+
+	action_tbl->parent_elem = parent_elem;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&action_tbl->list_node);
+	list_add(&action_tbl->list_node, &parent_elem->available);
+	parent_elem->log_sz = log_sz;
+
+	mlx5hws_dbg(ctx,
+		    "Allocated %s action STE table log_sz %zu; STEs (%d, %d); RTCs (%d, %d); STC %d\n",
+		    hws_pool_opt_to_str(opt), log_sz,
+		    mlx5hws_pool_get_base_id(action_tbl->pool),
+		    mlx5hws_pool_get_base_mirror_id(action_tbl->pool),
+		    action_tbl->rtc_0_id, action_tbl->rtc_1_id,
+		    action_tbl->stc.offset);
+
+	return action_tbl;
+
+destroy_rtcs:
+	hws_action_ste_table_destroy_rtcs(action_tbl);
+destroy_pool:
+	mlx5hws_pool_destroy(action_tbl->pool);
+free_tbl:
+	kfree(action_tbl);
+
+	return ERR_PTR(err);
+}
+
+static void
+hws_action_ste_table_destroy(struct mlx5hws_action_ste_table *action_tbl)
+{
+	struct mlx5hws_context *ctx = action_tbl->parent_elem->ctx;
+
+	mlx5hws_dbg(ctx,
+		    "Destroying %s action STE table: STEs (%d, %d); RTCs (%d, %d); STC %d\n",
+		    hws_pool_opt_to_str(action_tbl->parent_elem->opt),
+		    mlx5hws_pool_get_base_id(action_tbl->pool),
+		    mlx5hws_pool_get_base_mirror_id(action_tbl->pool),
+		    action_tbl->rtc_0_id, action_tbl->rtc_1_id,
+		    action_tbl->stc.offset);
+
+	mlx5hws_action_free_single_stc(ctx, MLX5HWS_TABLE_TYPE_FDB,
+				       &action_tbl->stc);
+	hws_action_ste_table_destroy_rtcs(action_tbl);
+	mlx5hws_pool_destroy(action_tbl->pool);
+
+	list_del(&action_tbl->list_node);
+	kfree(action_tbl);
+}
+
+static int
+hws_action_ste_pool_element_init(struct mlx5hws_context *ctx,
+				 struct mlx5hws_action_ste_pool_element *elem,
+				 enum mlx5hws_pool_optimize opt)
+{
+	elem->ctx = ctx;
+	elem->opt = opt;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&elem->available);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&elem->full);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void hws_action_ste_pool_element_destroy(
+	struct mlx5hws_action_ste_pool_element *elem)
+{
+	struct mlx5hws_action_ste_table *action_tbl, *p;
+
+	/* This should be empty, but attempt to free its elements anyway. */
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(action_tbl, p, &elem->full, list_node)
+		hws_action_ste_table_destroy(action_tbl);
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(action_tbl, p, &elem->available, list_node)
+		hws_action_ste_table_destroy(action_tbl);
+}
+
+static int hws_action_ste_pool_init(struct mlx5hws_context *ctx,
+				    struct mlx5hws_action_ste_pool *pool)
+{
+	enum mlx5hws_pool_optimize opt;
+	int err;
+
+	/* Rules which are added for both RX and TX must use the same action STE
+	 * indices for both. If we were to use a single table, then RX-only and
+	 * TX-only rules would waste the unused entries. Thus, we use separate
+	 * table sets for the three cases.
+	 */
+	for (opt = MLX5HWS_POOL_OPTIMIZE_NONE; opt < MLX5HWS_POOL_OPTIMIZE_MAX;
+	     opt++) {
+		err = hws_action_ste_pool_element_init(ctx, &pool->elems[opt],
+						       opt);
+		if (err)
+			goto destroy_elems;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+
+destroy_elems:
+	while (opt-- > MLX5HWS_POOL_OPTIMIZE_NONE)
+		hws_action_ste_pool_element_destroy(&pool->elems[opt]);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+static void hws_action_ste_pool_destroy(struct mlx5hws_action_ste_pool *pool)
+{
+	int opt;
+
+	for (opt = MLX5HWS_POOL_OPTIMIZE_MAX - 1;
+	     opt >= MLX5HWS_POOL_OPTIMIZE_NONE; opt--)
+		hws_action_ste_pool_element_destroy(&pool->elems[opt]);
+}
+
+int mlx5hws_action_ste_pool_init(struct mlx5hws_context *ctx)
+{
+	struct mlx5hws_action_ste_pool *pool;
+	size_t queues = ctx->queues;
+	int i, err;
+
+	pool = kcalloc(queues, sizeof(*pool), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!pool)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < queues; i++) {
+		err = hws_action_ste_pool_init(ctx, &pool[i]);
+		if (err)
+			goto free_pool;
+	}
+
+	ctx->action_ste_pool = pool;
+
+	return 0;
+
+free_pool:
+	while (i--)
+		hws_action_ste_pool_destroy(&pool[i]);
+	kfree(pool);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+void mlx5hws_action_ste_pool_uninit(struct mlx5hws_context *ctx)
+{
+	size_t queues = ctx->queues;
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < queues; i++)
+		hws_action_ste_pool_destroy(&ctx->action_ste_pool[i]);
+
+	kfree(ctx->action_ste_pool);
+}
+
+static struct mlx5hws_action_ste_pool_element *
+hws_action_ste_choose_elem(struct mlx5hws_action_ste_pool *pool,
+			   bool skip_rx, bool skip_tx)
+{
+	if (skip_rx)
+		return &pool->elems[MLX5HWS_POOL_OPTIMIZE_MIRROR];
+
+	if (skip_tx)
+		return &pool->elems[MLX5HWS_POOL_OPTIMIZE_ORIG];
+
+	return &pool->elems[MLX5HWS_POOL_OPTIMIZE_NONE];
+}
+
+static int
+hws_action_ste_table_chunk_alloc(struct mlx5hws_action_ste_table *action_tbl,
+				 struct mlx5hws_action_ste_chunk *chunk)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	err = mlx5hws_pool_chunk_alloc(action_tbl->pool, &chunk->ste);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	chunk->action_tbl = action_tbl;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int mlx5hws_action_ste_chunk_alloc(struct mlx5hws_action_ste_pool *pool,
+				   bool skip_rx, bool skip_tx,
+				   struct mlx5hws_action_ste_chunk *chunk)
+{
+	struct mlx5hws_action_ste_pool_element *elem;
+	struct mlx5hws_action_ste_table *action_tbl;
+	bool found;
+	int err;
+
+	if (skip_rx && skip_tx)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	elem = hws_action_ste_choose_elem(pool, skip_rx, skip_tx);
+
+	mlx5hws_dbg(elem->ctx,
+		    "Allocating action STEs skip_rx %d skip_tx %d order %d\n",
+		    skip_rx, skip_tx, chunk->ste.order);
+
+	found = false;
+	list_for_each_entry(action_tbl, &elem->available, list_node) {
+		if (!hws_action_ste_table_chunk_alloc(action_tbl, chunk)) {
+			found = true;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!found) {
+		action_tbl = hws_action_ste_table_alloc(elem);
+		if (IS_ERR(action_tbl))
+			return PTR_ERR(action_tbl);
+
+		err = hws_action_ste_table_chunk_alloc(action_tbl, chunk);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	}
+
+	if (mlx5hws_pool_empty(action_tbl->pool))
+		list_move(&action_tbl->list_node, &elem->full);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void mlx5hws_action_ste_chunk_free(struct mlx5hws_action_ste_chunk *chunk)
+{
+	mlx5hws_dbg(chunk->action_tbl->pool->ctx,
+		    "Freeing action STEs offset %d order %d\n",
+		    chunk->ste.offset, chunk->ste.order);
+	mlx5hws_pool_chunk_free(chunk->action_tbl->pool, &chunk->ste);
+	list_move(&chunk->action_tbl->list_node,
+		  &chunk->action_tbl->parent_elem->available);
+}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/hws/action_ste_pool.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/hws/action_ste_pool.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2de660a63223
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/hws/action_ste_pool.h
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR Linux-OpenIB */
+/* Copyright (c) 2025 NVIDIA Corporation & Affiliates */
+
+#ifndef ACTION_STE_POOL_H_
+#define ACTION_STE_POOL_H_
+
+#define MLX5HWS_ACTION_STE_TABLE_INIT_LOG_SZ 10
+#define MLX5HWS_ACTION_STE_TABLE_STEP_LOG_SZ 1
+#define MLX5HWS_ACTION_STE_TABLE_MAX_LOG_SZ 20
+
+struct mlx5hws_action_ste_pool_element;
+
+struct mlx5hws_action_ste_table {
+	struct mlx5hws_action_ste_pool_element *parent_elem;
+	/* Wraps the RTC and STE range for this given action. */
+	struct mlx5hws_pool *pool;
+	/* Match STEs use this STC to jump to this pool's RTC. */
+	struct mlx5hws_pool_chunk stc;
+	u32 rtc_0_id;
+	u32 rtc_1_id;
+	struct list_head list_node;
+};
+
+struct mlx5hws_action_ste_pool_element {
+	struct mlx5hws_context *ctx;
+	size_t log_sz;  /* Size of the largest table so far. */
+	enum mlx5hws_pool_optimize opt;
+	struct list_head available;
+	struct list_head full;
+};
+
+/* Central repository of action STEs. The context contains one of these pools
+ * per queue.
+ */
+struct mlx5hws_action_ste_pool {
+	struct mlx5hws_action_ste_pool_element elems[MLX5HWS_POOL_OPTIMIZE_MAX];
+};
+
+/* A chunk of STEs and the table it was allocated from. Used by rules. */
+struct mlx5hws_action_ste_chunk {
+	struct mlx5hws_action_ste_table *action_tbl;
+	struct mlx5hws_pool_chunk ste;
+};
+
+int mlx5hws_action_ste_pool_init(struct mlx5hws_context *ctx);
+
+void mlx5hws_action_ste_pool_uninit(struct mlx5hws_context *ctx);
+
+/* Callers are expected to fill chunk->ste.order. On success, this function
+ * populates chunk->tbl and chunk->ste.offset.
+ */
+int mlx5hws_action_ste_chunk_alloc(struct mlx5hws_action_ste_pool *pool,
+				   bool skip_rx, bool skip_tx,
+				   struct mlx5hws_action_ste_chunk *chunk);
+
+void mlx5hws_action_ste_chunk_free(struct mlx5hws_action_ste_chunk *chunk);
+
+#endif /* ACTION_STE_POOL_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/hws/context.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/hws/context.c
index b7cb736b74d7..428dae869706 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/hws/context.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/hws/context.c
@@ -158,10 +158,16 @@ static int hws_context_init_hws(struct mlx5hws_context *ctx,
 	if (ret)
 		goto pools_uninit;
 
+	ret = mlx5hws_action_ste_pool_init(ctx);
+	if (ret)
+		goto close_queues;
+
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ctx->tbl_list);
 
 	return 0;
 
+close_queues:
+	mlx5hws_send_queues_close(ctx);
 pools_uninit:
 	hws_context_pools_uninit(ctx);
 uninit_pd:
@@ -174,6 +180,7 @@ static void hws_context_uninit_hws(struct mlx5hws_context *ctx)
 	if (!(ctx->flags & MLX5HWS_CONTEXT_FLAG_HWS_SUPPORT))
 		return;
 
+	mlx5hws_action_ste_pool_uninit(ctx);
 	mlx5hws_send_queues_close(ctx);
 	hws_context_pools_uninit(ctx);
 	hws_context_uninit_pd(ctx);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/hws/context.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/hws/context.h
index 38c3647444ad..e987e93bbc6e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/hws/context.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/hws/context.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ struct mlx5hws_context {
 	struct mlx5hws_cmd_query_caps *caps;
 	u32 pd_num;
 	struct mlx5hws_pool *stc_pool;
+	struct mlx5hws_action_ste_pool *action_ste_pool; /* One per queue */
 	struct mlx5hws_context_common_res common_res;
 	struct mlx5hws_pattern_cache *pattern_cache;
 	struct mlx5hws_definer_cache *definer_cache;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/hws/internal.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/hws/internal.h
index 30ccd635b505..21279d503117 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/hws/internal.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/hws/internal.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "context.h"
 #include "table.h"
 #include "send.h"
+#include "action_ste_pool.h"
 #include "rule.h"
 #include "cmd.h"
 #include "action.h"
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/hws/pool.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/hws/pool.h
index c82760d53e1a..33e33d5f1fb3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/hws/pool.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/hws/pool.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ enum mlx5hws_pool_optimize {
 	MLX5HWS_POOL_OPTIMIZE_NONE = 0x0,
 	MLX5HWS_POOL_OPTIMIZE_ORIG = 0x1,
 	MLX5HWS_POOL_OPTIMIZE_MIRROR = 0x2,
+	MLX5HWS_POOL_OPTIMIZE_MAX = 0x3,
 };
 
 struct mlx5hws_pool_attr {