diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_cgx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_cgx.c
index fa9152ff5e2a..f4ecc755eaff 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_cgx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_cgx.c
@@ -454,6 +454,9 @@ int rvu_mbox_handler_cgx_mac_addr_set(struct rvu *rvu,
 	int pf = rvu_get_pf(req->hdr.pcifunc);
 	u8 cgx_id, lmac_id;
 
+	if (!is_cgx_config_permitted(rvu, req->hdr.pcifunc))
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	rvu_get_cgx_lmac_id(rvu->pf2cgxlmac_map[pf], &cgx_id, &lmac_id);
 
 	cgx_lmac_addr_set(cgx_id, lmac_id, req->mac_addr);
@@ -470,6 +473,9 @@ int rvu_mbox_handler_cgx_mac_addr_get(struct rvu *rvu,
 	int rc = 0, i;
 	u64 cfg;
 
+	if (!is_cgx_config_permitted(rvu, req->hdr.pcifunc))
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	rvu_get_cgx_lmac_id(rvu->pf2cgxlmac_map[pf], &cgx_id, &lmac_id);
 
 	rsp->hdr.rc = rc;