diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_std_types_flow_action.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_std_types_flow_action.c
index c1875657bc99..afbb19000503 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_std_types_flow_action.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_std_types_flow_action.c
@@ -321,7 +321,8 @@ static int UVERBS_HANDLER(UVERBS_METHOD_FLOW_ACTION_ESP_CREATE)(struct ib_device
 		return ret;
 
 	/* No need to check as this attribute is marked as MANDATORY */
-	uobj = uverbs_attr_get_uobject(attrs, UVERBS_ATTR_FLOW_ACTION_ESP_HANDLE);
+	uobj = uverbs_attr_get_uobject(
+		attrs, UVERBS_ATTR_CREATE_FLOW_ACTION_ESP_HANDLE);
 	action = ib_dev->create_flow_action_esp(ib_dev, &esp_attr.hdr, attrs);
 	if (IS_ERR(action))
 		return PTR_ERR(action);
@@ -351,7 +352,8 @@ static int UVERBS_HANDLER(UVERBS_METHOD_FLOW_ACTION_ESP_MODIFY)(struct ib_device
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	uobj = uverbs_attr_get_uobject(attrs, UVERBS_ATTR_FLOW_ACTION_ESP_HANDLE);
+	uobj = uverbs_attr_get_uobject(
+		attrs, UVERBS_ATTR_MODIFY_FLOW_ACTION_ESP_HANDLE);
 	action = uobj->object;
 
 	if (action->type != IB_FLOW_ACTION_ESP)
@@ -390,7 +392,8 @@ static const struct uverbs_attr_spec uverbs_flow_action_esp_replay[] = {
 };
 
 static DECLARE_UVERBS_NAMED_METHOD(UVERBS_METHOD_FLOW_ACTION_ESP_CREATE,
-	&UVERBS_ATTR_IDR(UVERBS_ATTR_FLOW_ACTION_ESP_HANDLE, UVERBS_OBJECT_FLOW_ACTION,
+	&UVERBS_ATTR_IDR(UVERBS_ATTR_CREATE_FLOW_ACTION_ESP_HANDLE,
+			 UVERBS_OBJECT_FLOW_ACTION,
 			 UVERBS_ACCESS_NEW,
 			 UA_FLAGS(UVERBS_ATTR_SPEC_F_MANDATORY)),
 	&UVERBS_ATTR_PTR_IN(UVERBS_ATTR_FLOW_ACTION_ESP_ATTRS,
@@ -407,7 +410,8 @@ static DECLARE_UVERBS_NAMED_METHOD(UVERBS_METHOD_FLOW_ACTION_ESP_CREATE,
 			    UVERBS_ATTR_STRUCT(struct ib_uverbs_flow_action_esp_encap, type)));
 
 static DECLARE_UVERBS_NAMED_METHOD(UVERBS_METHOD_FLOW_ACTION_ESP_MODIFY,
-	&UVERBS_ATTR_IDR(UVERBS_ATTR_FLOW_ACTION_ESP_HANDLE, UVERBS_OBJECT_FLOW_ACTION,
+	&UVERBS_ATTR_IDR(UVERBS_ATTR_MODIFY_FLOW_ACTION_ESP_HANDLE,
+			 UVERBS_OBJECT_FLOW_ACTION,
 			 UVERBS_ACCESS_WRITE,
 			 UA_FLAGS(UVERBS_ATTR_SPEC_F_MANDATORY)),
 	&UVERBS_ATTR_PTR_IN(UVERBS_ATTR_FLOW_ACTION_ESP_ATTRS,
diff --git a/include/uapi/rdma/ib_user_ioctl_cmds.h b/include/uapi/rdma/ib_user_ioctl_cmds.h
index 888ac5975a6c..2c881aaf05c2 100644
--- a/include/uapi/rdma/ib_user_ioctl_cmds.h
+++ b/include/uapi/rdma/ib_user_ioctl_cmds.h
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ enum uverbs_attrs_destroy_cq_cmd_attr_ids {
 };
 
 enum uverbs_attrs_create_flow_action_esp {
-	UVERBS_ATTR_FLOW_ACTION_ESP_HANDLE,
+	UVERBS_ATTR_CREATE_FLOW_ACTION_ESP_HANDLE,
 	UVERBS_ATTR_FLOW_ACTION_ESP_ATTRS,
 	UVERBS_ATTR_FLOW_ACTION_ESP_ESN,
 	UVERBS_ATTR_FLOW_ACTION_ESP_KEYMAT,
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ enum uverbs_attrs_create_flow_action_esp {
 	UVERBS_ATTR_FLOW_ACTION_ESP_ENCAP,
 };
 
+enum uverbs_attrs_modify_flow_action_esp {
+	UVERBS_ATTR_MODIFY_FLOW_ACTION_ESP_HANDLE =
+		UVERBS_ATTR_CREATE_FLOW_ACTION_ESP_HANDLE,
+};
+
 enum uverbs_attrs_destroy_flow_action_esp {
 	UVERBS_ATTR_DESTROY_FLOW_ACTION_HANDLE,
 };