diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index 96d818cb2b5b..0604b5aaad86 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -7676,7 +7676,8 @@ int i40e_add_del_cloud_filter_big_buf(struct i40e_vsi *vsi,
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	/* adding filter using src_port/src_ip is not supported at this stage */
-	if (filter->src_port || filter->src_ipv4 ||
+	if (filter->src_port ||
+	    (filter->src_ipv4 && filter->n_proto != ETH_P_IPV6) ||
 	    !ipv6_addr_any(&filter->ip.v6.src_ip6))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
@@ -7705,7 +7706,7 @@ int i40e_add_del_cloud_filter_big_buf(struct i40e_vsi *vsi,
 			cpu_to_le16(I40E_AQC_ADD_CLOUD_FILTER_MAC_VLAN_PORT);
 		}
 
-	} else if (filter->dst_ipv4 ||
+	} else if ((filter->dst_ipv4 && filter->n_proto != ETH_P_IPV6) ||
 		   !ipv6_addr_any(&filter->ip.v6.dst_ip6)) {
 		cld_filter.element.flags =
 				cpu_to_le16(I40E_AQC_ADD_CLOUD_FILTER_IP_PORT);