!netif_is_lag_master(upper_dev) &&
                    !netif_is_bridge_master(upper_dev) &&
                    !netif_is_ovs_master(upper_dev) &&
-                   !netif_is_macvlan(upper_dev)) {
+                   !netif_is_macvlan(upper_dev) &&
+                   !netif_is_l3_master(upper_dev)) {
                        NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Unknown upper device type");
                        return -EINVAL;
                }
        case NETDEV_PRECHANGEUPPER:
                upper_dev = info->upper_dev;
                if (!netif_is_bridge_master(upper_dev) &&
-                   !netif_is_macvlan(upper_dev)) {
+                   !netif_is_macvlan(upper_dev) &&
+                   !netif_is_l3_master(upper_dev)) {
                        NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Unknown upper device type");
                        return -EINVAL;
                }
                } else if (netif_is_macvlan(upper_dev)) {
                        if (!info->linking)
                                mlxsw_sp_rif_macvlan_del(mlxsw_sp, upper_dev);
-               } else {
-                       err = -EINVAL;
-                       WARN_ON(1);
                }
                break;
        }
        switch (event) {
        case NETDEV_PRECHANGEUPPER:
                upper_dev = info->upper_dev;
-               if (!netif_is_macvlan(upper_dev)) {
+               if (!netif_is_macvlan(upper_dev) &&
+                   !netif_is_l3_master(upper_dev)) {
                        NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Unknown upper device type");
                        return -EOPNOTSUPP;
                }
        switch (event) {
        case NETDEV_PRECHANGEUPPER:
                upper_dev = info->upper_dev;
-               if (!is_vlan_dev(upper_dev) && !netif_is_macvlan(upper_dev)) {
+               if (!is_vlan_dev(upper_dev) &&
+                   !netif_is_macvlan(upper_dev) &&
+                   !netif_is_l3_master(upper_dev)) {
                        NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Unknown upper device type");
                        return -EOPNOTSUPP;
                }
        struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp = mlxsw_sp_lower_get(macvlan_dev);
        struct netdev_notifier_changeupper_info *info = ptr;
        struct netlink_ext_ack *extack;
+       struct net_device *upper_dev;
 
        if (!mlxsw_sp || event != NETDEV_PRECHANGEUPPER)
                return 0;
 
        extack = netdev_notifier_info_to_extack(&info->info);
+       upper_dev = info->upper_dev;
 
-       /* VRF enslavement is handled in mlxsw_sp_netdevice_vrf_event() */
-       NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Unknown upper device type");
+       if (!netif_is_l3_master(upper_dev)) {
+               NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Unknown upper device type");
+               return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+       }
 
-       return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+       return 0;
 }
 
 static bool mlxsw_sp_is_vrf_event(unsigned long event, void *ptr)