diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
index 6e7b2ce29d411069aa3c761a8d78f24ad8032763..10f705761666b43f5e7941f12ce57449dd66e52f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
@@ -2068,7 +2068,7 @@ static int mlx5e_flower_parse_meta(struct net_device *filter_dev,
 	flow_rule_match_meta(rule, &match);
 	if (match.mask->ingress_ifindex != 0xFFFFFFFF) {
 		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Unsupported ingress ifindex mask");
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	}
 
 	ingress_dev = __dev_get_by_index(dev_net(filter_dev),
@@ -2076,13 +2076,13 @@ static int mlx5e_flower_parse_meta(struct net_device *filter_dev,
 	if (!ingress_dev) {
 		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
 				   "Can't find the ingress port to match on");
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return -ENOENT;
 	}
 
 	if (ingress_dev != filter_dev) {
 		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
 				   "Can't match on the ingress filter port");
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	}
 
 	return 0;