diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/flower/offload.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/flower/offload.c
index d396183108f76dc25f0d28724c5bee42b1948666..a18b4d2b1d3ea2d86352c7f0d07f0a894e600ad2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/flower/offload.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/flower/offload.c
@@ -44,6 +44,16 @@
 #include "../nfp_net.h"
 #include "../nfp_port.h"
 
+#define NFP_FLOWER_WHITELIST_DISSECTOR \
+	(BIT(FLOW_DISSECTOR_KEY_CONTROL) | \
+	 BIT(FLOW_DISSECTOR_KEY_BASIC) | \
+	 BIT(FLOW_DISSECTOR_KEY_IPV4_ADDRS) | \
+	 BIT(FLOW_DISSECTOR_KEY_IPV6_ADDRS) | \
+	 BIT(FLOW_DISSECTOR_KEY_PORTS) | \
+	 BIT(FLOW_DISSECTOR_KEY_ETH_ADDRS) | \
+	 BIT(FLOW_DISSECTOR_KEY_VLAN) | \
+	 BIT(FLOW_DISSECTOR_KEY_IP))
+
 static int
 nfp_flower_xmit_flow(struct net_device *netdev,
 		     struct nfp_fl_payload *nfp_flow, u8 mtype)
@@ -112,6 +122,9 @@ nfp_flower_calculate_key_layers(struct nfp_fl_key_ls *ret_key_ls,
 	u8 key_layer;
 	int key_size;
 
+	if (flow->dissector->used_keys & ~NFP_FLOWER_WHITELIST_DISSECTOR)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	if (dissector_uses_key(flow->dissector,
 			       FLOW_DISSECTOR_KEY_ENC_CONTROL)) {
 		struct flow_dissector_key_control *mask_enc_ctl =