diff --git a/net/tls/tls_device.c b/net/tls/tls_device.c
index 5db330db77a16e35f81258717688d6fbe1b61741..8035bf495eb2c21320dc98b7fd2b0919559e7eef 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_device.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_device.c
@@ -974,7 +974,8 @@ static int tls_dev_event(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event,
 {
 	struct net_device *dev = netdev_notifier_info_to_dev(ptr);
 
-	if (!(dev->features & (NETIF_F_HW_TLS_RX | NETIF_F_HW_TLS_TX)))
+	if (!dev->tlsdev_ops &&
+	    !(dev->features & (NETIF_F_HW_TLS_RX | NETIF_F_HW_TLS_TX)))
 		return NOTIFY_DONE;
 
 	switch (event) {