diff --git a/net/ethtool/common.c b/net/ethtool/common.c
index dd345efa114bc..0d62363dbd9d2 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/common.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/common.c
@@ -684,6 +684,54 @@ int ethtool_check_max_channel(struct net_device *dev,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int ethtool_check_rss_ctx_busy(struct net_device *dev, u32 rss_context)
+{
+	const struct ethtool_ops *ops = dev->ethtool_ops;
+	struct ethtool_rxnfc *info;
+	int rc, i, rule_cnt;
+
+	if (!ops->get_rxnfc)
+		return 0;
+
+	rule_cnt = ethtool_get_rxnfc_rule_count(dev);
+	if (!rule_cnt)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (rule_cnt < 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	info = kvzalloc(struct_size(info, rule_locs, rule_cnt), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!info)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	info->cmd = ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLALL;
+	info->rule_cnt = rule_cnt;
+	rc = ops->get_rxnfc(dev, info, info->rule_locs);
+	if (rc)
+		goto out_free;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < rule_cnt; i++) {
+		struct ethtool_rxnfc rule_info = {
+			.cmd = ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRULE,
+			.fs.location = info->rule_locs[i],
+		};
+
+		rc = ops->get_rxnfc(dev, &rule_info, NULL);
+		if (rc)
+			goto out_free;
+
+		if (rule_info.fs.flow_type & FLOW_RSS &&
+		    rule_info.rss_context == rss_context) {
+			rc = -EBUSY;
+			goto out_free;
+		}
+	}
+
+out_free:
+	kvfree(info);
+	return rc;
+}
+
 int ethtool_check_ops(const struct ethtool_ops *ops)
 {
 	if (WARN_ON(ops->set_coalesce && !ops->supported_coalesce_params))
diff --git a/net/ethtool/common.h b/net/ethtool/common.h
index d55d5201b085d..4a2de3ce7354f 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/common.h
+++ b/net/ethtool/common.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ bool convert_legacy_settings_to_link_ksettings(
 int ethtool_check_max_channel(struct net_device *dev,
 			      struct ethtool_channels channels,
 			      struct genl_info *info);
+int ethtool_check_rss_ctx_busy(struct net_device *dev, u32 rss_context);
 int __ethtool_get_ts_info(struct net_device *dev, struct kernel_ethtool_ts_info *info);
 
 extern const struct ethtool_phy_ops *ethtool_phy_ops;
diff --git a/net/ethtool/ioctl.c b/net/ethtool/ioctl.c
index 04b34dc6b3696..5cc131cdb1bc3 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/ioctl.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/ioctl.c
@@ -1462,6 +1462,13 @@ static noinline_for_stack int ethtool_set_rxfh(struct net_device *dev,
 		mutex_lock(&dev->ethtool->rss_lock);
 		locked = true;
 	}
+
+	if (rxfh.rss_context && rxfh_dev.rss_delete) {
+		ret = ethtool_check_rss_ctx_busy(dev, rxfh.rss_context);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out;
+	}
+
 	if (create) {
 		if (rxfh_dev.rss_delete) {
 			ret = -EINVAL;