err = mlxsw_sp_acl_rulei_act_count(mlxsw_sp, rulei, extack);
                if (err)
                        return err;
-       } else if (act->hw_stats != FLOW_ACTION_HW_STATS_DISABLED) {
+       } else if (act->hw_stats != FLOW_ACTION_HW_STATS_DISABLED &&
+                  act->hw_stats != FLOW_ACTION_HW_STATS_DONT_CARE) {
                NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Unsupported action HW stats type");
                return -EOPNOTSUPP;
        }
 
 enum flow_action_hw_stats_bit {
        FLOW_ACTION_HW_STATS_IMMEDIATE_BIT,
        FLOW_ACTION_HW_STATS_DELAYED_BIT,
+       FLOW_ACTION_HW_STATS_DISABLED_BIT,
 };
 
 enum flow_action_hw_stats {
-       FLOW_ACTION_HW_STATS_DISABLED = 0,
+       FLOW_ACTION_HW_STATS_DONT_CARE = 0,
        FLOW_ACTION_HW_STATS_IMMEDIATE =
                BIT(FLOW_ACTION_HW_STATS_IMMEDIATE_BIT),
        FLOW_ACTION_HW_STATS_DELAYED = BIT(FLOW_ACTION_HW_STATS_DELAYED_BIT),
        FLOW_ACTION_HW_STATS_ANY = FLOW_ACTION_HW_STATS_IMMEDIATE |
                                   FLOW_ACTION_HW_STATS_DELAYED,
+       FLOW_ACTION_HW_STATS_DISABLED =
+               BIT(FLOW_ACTION_HW_STATS_DISABLED_BIT),
 };
 
 typedef void (*action_destr)(void *priv);
                return true;
        if (!flow_action_mixed_hw_stats_check(action, extack))
                return false;
+
        action_entry = flow_action_first_entry_get(action);
+       if (action_entry->hw_stats == FLOW_ACTION_HW_STATS_DONT_CARE)
+               return true;
+
        if (!check_allow_bit &&
            action_entry->hw_stats != FLOW_ACTION_HW_STATS_ANY) {
                NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Driver supports only default HW stats type \"any\"");
 
 #endif
 }
 
+static enum flow_action_hw_stats tc_act_hw_stats(u8 hw_stats)
+{
+       if (WARN_ON_ONCE(hw_stats > TCA_ACT_HW_STATS_ANY))
+               return FLOW_ACTION_HW_STATS_DONT_CARE;
+       else if (!hw_stats)
+               return FLOW_ACTION_HW_STATS_DISABLED;
+
+       return hw_stats;
+}
+
 int tc_setup_flow_action(struct flow_action *flow_action,
                         const struct tcf_exts *exts)
 {
                if (err)
                        goto err_out_locked;
 
-               entry->hw_stats = act->hw_stats;
+               entry->hw_stats = tc_act_hw_stats(act->hw_stats);
 
                if (is_tcf_gact_ok(act)) {
                        entry->id = FLOW_ACTION_ACCEPT;
                                entry->mangle.mask = tcf_pedit_mask(act, k);
                                entry->mangle.val = tcf_pedit_val(act, k);
                                entry->mangle.offset = tcf_pedit_offset(act, k);
-                               entry->hw_stats = act->hw_stats;
+                               entry->hw_stats = tc_act_hw_stats(act->hw_stats);
                                entry = &flow_action->entries[++j];
                        }
                } else if (is_tcf_csum(act)) {