diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
index 4c9c9458374a..f70e9cbf33d5 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
@@ -2622,7 +2622,7 @@ static int __ovs_nla_copy_actions(struct net *net, const struct nlattr *attr,
 			 * is already present */
 			if (mac_proto != MAC_PROTO_NONE)
 				return -EINVAL;
-			mac_proto = MAC_PROTO_NONE;
+			mac_proto = MAC_PROTO_ETHERNET;
 			break;
 
 		case OVS_ACTION_ATTR_POP_ETH:
@@ -2630,7 +2630,7 @@ static int __ovs_nla_copy_actions(struct net *net, const struct nlattr *attr,
 				return -EINVAL;
 			if (vlan_tci & htons(VLAN_TAG_PRESENT))
 				return -EINVAL;
-			mac_proto = MAC_PROTO_ETHERNET;
+			mac_proto = MAC_PROTO_NONE;
 			break;
 
 		default: