diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
index e4460b99581a..0f3649ae8746 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
@@ -2685,7 +2685,7 @@ static int parse_flow_attr(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev, u32 *match_c,
 			 IPPROTO_GRE);
 
 		MLX5_SET(fte_match_set_misc, misc_params_c, gre_protocol,
-			 0xffff);
+			 ntohs(ib_spec->gre.mask.protocol));
 		MLX5_SET(fte_match_set_misc, misc_params_v, gre_protocol,
 			 ntohs(ib_spec->gre.val.protocol));