#define NFP_FL_TUNNEL_CSUM                     cpu_to_be16(0x01)
 #define NFP_FL_TUNNEL_KEY                      cpu_to_be16(0x04)
 #define NFP_FL_TUNNEL_GENEVE_OPT               cpu_to_be16(0x0800)
+#define NFP_FL_SUPPORTED_TUNNEL_INFO_FLAGS     IP_TUNNEL_INFO_TX
 #define NFP_FL_SUPPORTED_IPV4_UDP_TUN_FLAGS    (NFP_FL_TUNNEL_CSUM | \
                                                 NFP_FL_TUNNEL_KEY | \
                                                 NFP_FL_TUNNEL_GENEVE_OPT)
                nfp_fl_push_vlan(psh_v, a);
                *a_len += sizeof(struct nfp_fl_push_vlan);
        } else if (is_tcf_tunnel_set(a)) {
+               struct ip_tunnel_info *ip_tun = tcf_tunnel_info(a);
                struct nfp_repr *repr = netdev_priv(netdev);
+
                *tun_type = nfp_fl_get_tun_from_act_l4_port(repr->app, a);
                if (*tun_type == NFP_FL_TUNNEL_NONE)
                        return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
+               if (ip_tun->mode & ~NFP_FL_SUPPORTED_TUNNEL_INFO_FLAGS)
+                       return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
                /* Pre-tunnel action is required for tunnel encap.
                 * This checks for next hop entries on NFP.
                 * If none, the packet falls back before applying other actions.