diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/ipsec.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/ipsec.c
index b5a8769a5bfda91a190fb1bbf4391e420638f1d5..7b94565b9f0f37b45eb2c397b89fe8442c7e32b2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/ipsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/ipsec.c
@@ -1472,7 +1472,7 @@ int mlx5_fpga_esp_modify_xfrm(struct mlx5_accel_esp_xfrm *xfrm,
 	if (!memcmp(&xfrm->attrs, attrs, sizeof(xfrm->attrs)))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (!mlx5_fpga_esp_validate_xfrm_attrs(mdev, attrs)) {
+	if (mlx5_fpga_esp_validate_xfrm_attrs(mdev, attrs)) {
 		mlx5_core_warn(mdev, "Tried to create an esp with unsupported attrs\n");
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	}