diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
index 4e2fc016bdd65c005924dd891ea509994fa58dcb..d3786005fba7d60f03a60ff8cf04288e5e446dad 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
@@ -1317,6 +1317,69 @@ static bool csum_offload_supported(struct mlx5e_priv *priv, u32 action, u32 upda
 	return true;
 }
 
+static bool modify_header_match_supported(struct mlx5_flow_spec *spec,
+					  struct tcf_exts *exts)
+{
+	const struct tc_action *a;
+	bool modify_ip_header;
+	LIST_HEAD(actions);
+	u8 htype, ip_proto;
+	void *headers_v;
+	u16 ethertype;
+	int nkeys, i;
+
+	headers_v = MLX5_ADDR_OF(fte_match_param, spec->match_value, outer_headers);
+	ethertype = MLX5_GET(fte_match_set_lyr_2_4, headers_v, ethertype);
+
+	/* for non-IP we only re-write MACs, so we're okay */
+	if (ethertype != ETH_P_IP && ethertype != ETH_P_IPV6)
+		goto out_ok;
+
+	modify_ip_header = false;
+	tcf_exts_to_list(exts, &actions);
+	list_for_each_entry(a, &actions, list) {
+		if (!is_tcf_pedit(a))
+			continue;
+
+		nkeys = tcf_pedit_nkeys(a);
+		for (i = 0; i < nkeys; i++) {
+			htype = tcf_pedit_htype(a, i);
+			if (htype == TCA_PEDIT_KEY_EX_HDR_TYPE_IP4 ||
+			    htype == TCA_PEDIT_KEY_EX_HDR_TYPE_IP6) {
+				modify_ip_header = true;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	ip_proto = MLX5_GET(fte_match_set_lyr_2_4, headers_v, ip_protocol);
+	if (modify_ip_header && ip_proto != IPPROTO_TCP && ip_proto != IPPROTO_UDP) {
+		pr_info("can't offload re-write of ip proto %d\n", ip_proto);
+		return false;
+	}
+
+out_ok:
+	return true;
+}
+
+static bool actions_match_supported(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
+				    struct tcf_exts *exts,
+				    struct mlx5e_tc_flow_parse_attr *parse_attr,
+				    struct mlx5e_tc_flow *flow)
+{
+	u32 actions;
+
+	if (flow->flags & MLX5E_TC_FLOW_ESWITCH)
+		actions = flow->esw_attr->action;
+	else
+		actions = flow->nic_attr->action;
+
+	if (actions & MLX5_FLOW_CONTEXT_ACTION_MOD_HDR)
+		return modify_header_match_supported(&parse_attr->spec, exts);
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 static int parse_tc_nic_actions(struct mlx5e_priv *priv, struct tcf_exts *exts,
 				struct mlx5e_tc_flow_parse_attr *parse_attr,
 				struct mlx5e_tc_flow *flow)
@@ -1378,6 +1441,9 @@ static int parse_tc_nic_actions(struct mlx5e_priv *priv, struct tcf_exts *exts,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	if (!actions_match_supported(priv, exts, parse_attr, flow))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1936,6 +2002,10 @@ static int parse_tc_fdb_actions(struct mlx5e_priv *priv, struct tcf_exts *exts,
 
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
+
+	if (!actions_match_supported(priv, exts, parse_attr, flow))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	return err;
 }