diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
index d157d1b9cad6..b7c1c91d7abd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
@@ -1942,23 +1942,25 @@ static int mlx5e_flower_parse_meta(struct net_device *filter_dev,
 		return 0;
 
 	flow_rule_match_meta(rule, &match);
-	if (match.mask->ingress_ifindex != 0xFFFFFFFF) {
-		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Unsupported ingress ifindex mask");
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-	}
+	if (match.mask->ingress_ifindex) {
+		if (match.mask->ingress_ifindex != 0xFFFFFFFF) {
+			NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Unsupported ingress ifindex mask");
+			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		}
 
-	ingress_dev = __dev_get_by_index(dev_net(filter_dev),
-					 match.key->ingress_ifindex);
-	if (!ingress_dev) {
-		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
-				   "Can't find the ingress port to match on");
-		return -ENOENT;
-	}
+		ingress_dev = __dev_get_by_index(dev_net(filter_dev),
+						 match.key->ingress_ifindex);
+		if (!ingress_dev) {
+			NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
+					   "Can't find the ingress port to match on");
+			return -ENOENT;
+		}
 
-	if (ingress_dev != filter_dev) {
-		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
-				   "Can't match on the ingress filter port");
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		if (ingress_dev != filter_dev) {
+			NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
+					   "Can't match on the ingress filter port");
+			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return 0;