diff --git a/device/mellanox/x86_64-nvidia_sn5400-r0/ACS-SN5400/create_only_config_db_buffers.json b/device/mellanox/x86_64-nvidia_sn5400-r0/ACS-SN5400/create_only_config_db_buffers.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6feb156714fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/device/mellanox/x86_64-nvidia_sn5400-r0/ACS-SN5400/create_only_config_db_buffers.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    "DEVICE_METADATA": {
+        "localhost": {
+            "create_only_config_db_buffers": "true"
+        }
+    }
+}