diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c
index 7059ced24739..95a6f8689b6f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c
@@ -4233,11 +4233,7 @@ static int i40e_check_fdir_input_set(struct i40e_vsi *vsi,
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 		/* First 4 bytes of L4 header */
-		if (usr_ip4_spec->l4_4_bytes == htonl(0xFFFFFFFF))
-			new_mask |= I40E_L4_SRC_MASK | I40E_L4_DST_MASK;
-		else if (!usr_ip4_spec->l4_4_bytes)
-			new_mask &= ~(I40E_L4_SRC_MASK | I40E_L4_DST_MASK);
-		else
+		if (usr_ip4_spec->l4_4_bytes)
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 		/* Filtering on Type of Service is not supported. */