diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
index 1b305367a8179954593cbfff1ded8e8263d25c61..d50ace805995478ebcda3940cd8a9805784b9d59 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
@@ -2535,6 +2535,7 @@ static int parse_flow_attr(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev, u32 *match_c,
 			return -EINVAL;
 
 		action->flow_tag = ib_spec->flow_tag.tag_id;
+		action->has_flow_tag = true;
 		break;
 	case IB_FLOW_SPEC_ACTION_DROP:
 		if (FIELDS_NOT_SUPPORTED(ib_spec->drop,
@@ -2847,7 +2848,7 @@ static struct mlx5_ib_flow_handler *_create_flow_rule(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev,
 		    MLX5_FLOW_CONTEXT_ACTION_FWD_NEXT_PRIO;
 	}
 
-	if (flow_act.flow_tag != MLX5_FS_DEFAULT_FLOW_TAG &&
+	if (flow_act.has_flow_tag &&
 	    (flow_attr->type == IB_FLOW_ATTR_ALL_DEFAULT ||
 	     flow_attr->type == IB_FLOW_ATTR_MC_DEFAULT)) {
 		mlx5_ib_warn(dev, "Flow tag %u and attribute type %x isn't allowed in leftovers\n",
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
index fd98b0dc610fffce72c7702598271825be6e9160..eeff1fac77ef3843c0ef2a685da27f3a7dda1e17 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
@@ -675,6 +675,7 @@ mlx5e_tc_add_nic_flow(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 	struct mlx5_flow_destination dest[2] = {};
 	struct mlx5_flow_act flow_act = {
 		.action = attr->action,
+		.has_flow_tag = true,
 		.flow_tag = attr->flow_tag,
 		.encap_id = 0,
 	};
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c
index c025c98700e4cd627a503d8a982f7854421da5b6..d81da6920be86e2be0bdf137c3ac466067f88242 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_core.c
@@ -1443,7 +1443,7 @@ static int check_conflicting_ftes(struct fs_fte *fte, const struct mlx5_flow_act
 		return -EEXIST;
 	}
 
-	if (fte->flow_tag != flow_act->flow_tag) {
+	if (flow_act->has_flow_tag && fte->flow_tag != flow_act->flow_tag) {
 		mlx5_core_warn(get_dev(&fte->node),
 			       "FTE flow tag %u already exists with different flow tag %u\n",
 			       fte->flow_tag,
diff --git a/include/linux/mlx5/fs.h b/include/linux/mlx5/fs.h
index a0b48afcb4222aa548b62d8d4e8d87f605273bf8..f580bc4c2443ab0b493febfac35851b3e49ed330 100644
--- a/include/linux/mlx5/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/mlx5/fs.h
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ void mlx5_destroy_flow_group(struct mlx5_flow_group *fg);
 
 struct mlx5_flow_act {
 	u32 action;
+	bool has_flow_tag;
 	u32 flow_tag;
 	u32 encap_id;
 	u32 modify_id;