diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_flows.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_flows.c
index d0554f6d2673..934c199667b5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_flows.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_flows.c
@@ -867,6 +867,14 @@ static int otx2_prepare_flow_request(struct ethtool_rx_flow_spec *fsp,
 				return -EINVAL;
 
 			vlan_etype = be16_to_cpu(fsp->h_ext.vlan_etype);
+
+			/* Drop rule with vlan_etype == 802.1Q
+			 * and vlan_id == 0 is not supported
+			 */
+			if (vlan_etype == ETH_P_8021Q && !fsp->m_ext.vlan_tci &&
+			    fsp->ring_cookie == RX_CLS_FLOW_DISC)
+				return -EINVAL;
+
 			/* Only ETH_P_8021Q and ETH_P_802AD types supported */
 			if (vlan_etype != ETH_P_8021Q &&
 			    vlan_etype != ETH_P_8021AD)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_tc.c
index 6a01ab1a6e6f..1aeb18a901b1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_tc.c
@@ -579,6 +579,21 @@ static int otx2_tc_prepare_flow(struct otx2_nic *nic, struct otx2_tc_flow *node,
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		}
 
+		if (!match.mask->vlan_id) {
+			struct flow_action_entry *act;
+			int i;
+
+			flow_action_for_each(i, act, &rule->action) {
+				if (act->id == FLOW_ACTION_DROP) {
+					netdev_err(nic->netdev,
+						   "vlan tpid 0x%x with vlan_id %d is not supported for DROP rule.\n",
+						   ntohs(match.key->vlan_tpid),
+						   match.key->vlan_id);
+					return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 		if (match.mask->vlan_id ||
 		    match.mask->vlan_dei ||
 		    match.mask->vlan_priority) {