diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
index d3786005fba7d60f03a60ff8cf04288e5e446dad..1aa2028ed995d8c4017e0442546a8c466b9a7056 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
@@ -1859,6 +1859,7 @@ static int mlx5e_attach_encap(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* must verify if encap is valid or not */
 	if (found)
 		goto attach_flow;
 
@@ -1885,6 +1886,8 @@ static int mlx5e_attach_encap(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 	*encap_dev = e->out_dev;
 	if (e->flags & MLX5_ENCAP_ENTRY_VALID)
 		attr->encap_id = e->encap_id;
+	else
+		err = -EAGAIN;
 
 	return err;