diff --git a/dockers/docker-orchagent/orchagent.sh b/dockers/docker-orchagent/orchagent.sh
index 883864dbd919..529acfd1a09a 100755
--- a/dockers/docker-orchagent/orchagent.sh
+++ b/dockers/docker-orchagent/orchagent.sh
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ elif [ "$platform" == "barefoot" ]; then
 elif [ "$platform" == "vs" ]; then
     ORCHAGENT_ARGS+="-m $MAC_ADDRESS"
 elif [ "$platform" == "mellanox" ]; then
-    ORCHAGENT_ARGS+=""
+    ORCHAGENT_ARGS+="-k 10000"
 elif [ "$platform" == "innovium" ]; then
     ORCHAGENT_ARGS+="-m $MAC_ADDRESS"
 elif [ "$platform" == "pensando" ]; then
diff --git a/platform/mellanox/docker-syncd-mlnx/sai-common.profile b/platform/mellanox/docker-syncd-mlnx/sai-common.profile
index 3b9e6fe00573..62e4323e2e24 100644
--- a/platform/mellanox/docker-syncd-mlnx/sai-common.profile
+++ b/platform/mellanox/docker-syncd-mlnx/sai-common.profile
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 SAI_DUMP_STORE_PATH=/var/log/mellanox/sdk-dumps
 SAI_DUMP_STORE_AMOUNT=10
+SAI_ASYNC_ROUTING_ENABLED=1