diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_ethtool.c
index 237e5d3321d42..f7e8ada32a26e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_ethtool.c
@@ -968,7 +968,7 @@ static int otx2_get_fecparam(struct net_device *netdev,
 		if (!rsp->fwdata.supported_fec)
 			fecparam->fec = ETHTOOL_FEC_NONE;
 		else
-			fecparam->fec = fec[rsp->fwdata.supported_fec];
+			fecparam->fec = fec[rsp->fwdata.supported_fec - 1];
 	}
 	return 0;
 }