diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc_fs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc_fs.c
index 006beb5cf98d..f15efd41972e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc_fs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc_fs.c
@@ -594,8 +594,7 @@ static int npc_scan_kex(struct rvu *rvu, int blkaddr, u8 intf)
 	 */
 	masked_cfg = cfg & NPC_EXACT_NIBBLE;
 	bitnr = NPC_EXACT_NIBBLE_START;
-	for_each_set_bit_from(bitnr, (unsigned long *)&masked_cfg,
-			      NPC_EXACT_NIBBLE_START) {
+	for_each_set_bit_from(bitnr, (unsigned long *)&masked_cfg, NPC_EXACT_NIBBLE_END + 1) {
 		npc_scan_exact_result(mcam, bitnr, key_nibble, intf);
 		key_nibble++;
 	}