diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c
index d6807c3cc461f001aa01072e395adf2e93095bfd..f14d9c9ba77394b83aea50564afd3c762613467a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c
@@ -1860,7 +1860,7 @@ int mlx5_eswitch_set_vport_mac(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw,
 
 	if (!ESW_ALLOWED(esw))
 		return -EPERM;
-	if (!LEGAL_VPORT(esw, vport))
+	if (!LEGAL_VPORT(esw, vport) || is_multicast_ether_addr(mac))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	mutex_lock(&esw->state_lock);