diff --git a/platform/mellanox/mlnx-platform-api/sonic_platform/sfp.py b/platform/mellanox/mlnx-platform-api/sonic_platform/sfp.py
index e0e11a50ef..9b9e97d189 100644
--- a/platform/mellanox/mlnx-platform-api/sonic_platform/sfp.py
+++ b/platform/mellanox/mlnx-platform-api/sonic_platform/sfp.py
@@ -771,6 +771,13 @@ class SFP(NvidiaSFPCommon):
         Returns:
             bool: True if the limited bytes is hit
         """
+        try:
+            if self.is_sw_control():
+                return False
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.log_notice(f'Module is under initialization, cannot write module EEPROM - {e}')
+            return True
+
         eeprom_path = self._get_eeprom_path()
         limited_data = limited_eeprom.get(self._get_sfp_type_str(eeprom_path))
         if not limited_data:
diff --git a/platform/mellanox/mlnx-platform-api/tests/test_sfp.py b/platform/mellanox/mlnx-platform-api/tests/test_sfp.py
index 4dfcf0f073..6bdc82b5b4 100644
--- a/platform/mellanox/mlnx-platform-api/tests/test_sfp.py
+++ b/platform/mellanox/mlnx-platform-api/tests/test_sfp.py
@@ -162,8 +162,13 @@ class TestSfp:
 
     @mock.patch('sonic_platform.sfp.SFP._get_eeprom_path', mock.MagicMock(return_value = None))
     @mock.patch('sonic_platform.sfp.SFP._get_sfp_type_str')
-    def test_is_write_protected(self, mock_get_type_str):
+    @mock.patch('sonic_platform.sfp.SFP.is_sw_control')
+    def test_is_write_protected(self, mock_sw_control, mock_get_type_str):
         sfp = SFP(0)
+        mock_sw_control.return_value = True
+        assert not sfp._is_write_protected(page=0, page_offset=26, num_bytes=1)
+
+        mock_sw_control.return_value = False
         mock_get_type_str.return_value = 'cmis'
         assert sfp._is_write_protected(page=0, page_offset=26, num_bytes=1)
         assert not sfp._is_write_protected(page=0, page_offset=27, num_bytes=1)