diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c
index 8336cea16aff..dce3cea00032 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c
@@ -1905,31 +1905,16 @@ int otx2_handle_ntuple_tc_features(struct net_device *netdev, netdev_features_t
 		}
 	}
 
-	if ((changed & NETIF_F_HW_TC) && tc) {
-		if (!pfvf->flow_cfg->max_flows) {
-			netdev_err(netdev,
-				   "Can't enable TC, MCAM entries not allocated\n");
-			return -EINVAL;
-		}
-	}
-
 	if ((changed & NETIF_F_HW_TC) && !tc &&
-	    pfvf->flow_cfg && pfvf->flow_cfg->nr_flows) {
+	    otx2_tc_flower_rule_cnt(pfvf)) {
 		netdev_err(netdev, "Can't disable TC hardware offload while flows are active\n");
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
 	if ((changed & NETIF_F_NTUPLE) && ntuple &&
-	    (netdev->features & NETIF_F_HW_TC) && !(changed & NETIF_F_HW_TC)) {
+	    otx2_tc_flower_rule_cnt(pfvf) && !(changed & NETIF_F_HW_TC)) {
 		netdev_err(netdev,
-			   "Can't enable NTUPLE when TC is active, disable TC and retry\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	if ((changed & NETIF_F_HW_TC) && tc &&
-	    (netdev->features & NETIF_F_NTUPLE) && !(changed & NETIF_F_NTUPLE)) {
-		netdev_err(netdev,
-			   "Can't enable TC when NTUPLE is active, disable NTUPLE and retry\n");
+			   "Can't enable NTUPLE when TC flower offload is active, disable TC rules and retry\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.h
index 25e99fd2e3fd..5fd05d94de7c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.h
@@ -940,6 +940,15 @@ static inline u64 otx2_convert_rate(u64 rate)
 	return converted_rate;
 }
 
+static inline int otx2_tc_flower_rule_cnt(struct otx2_nic *pfvf)
+{
+	/* return here if MCAM entries not allocated */
+	if (!pfvf->flow_cfg)
+		return 0;
+
+	return pfvf->flow_cfg->nr_flows;
+}
+
 /* MSI-X APIs */
 void otx2_free_cints(struct otx2_nic *pfvf, int n);
 void otx2_set_cints_affinity(struct otx2_nic *pfvf);