diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
index df2a0af854bb..d675107d9eca 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
@@ -1895,6 +1895,9 @@ static int mlx5e_flower_parse_meta(struct net_device *filter_dev,
 		return 0;
 
 	flow_rule_match_meta(rule, &match);
+	if (!match.mask->ingress_ifindex)
+		return 0;
+
 	if (match.mask->ingress_ifindex != 0xFFFFFFFF) {
 		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Unsupported ingress ifindex mask");
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;