diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eq.c
index 48864f4988a4efa7f60f98c239daaad554395569..c1e1a16a9b07d4335bb4cdc3b29bdea3673b8fa2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eq.c
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ static void eq_pf_process(struct mlx5_eq *eq)
 		case MLX5_PFAULT_SUBTYPE_WQE:
 			/* WQE based event */
 			pfault->type =
-				be32_to_cpu(pf_eqe->wqe.pftype_wq) >> 24;
+				(be32_to_cpu(pf_eqe->wqe.pftype_wq) >> 24) & 0x7;
 			pfault->token =
 				be32_to_cpu(pf_eqe->wqe.token);
 			pfault->wqe.wq_num =