diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/prestera/prestera_flower.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/prestera/prestera_flower.c
index 91a478b75cbf0..3e20e71b0f81a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/prestera/prestera_flower.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/prestera/prestera_flower.c
@@ -148,6 +148,12 @@ static int prestera_flower_parse_meta(struct prestera_acl_rule *rule,
 	__be16 key, mask;
 
 	flow_rule_match_meta(f_rule, &match);
+
+	if (match.mask->l2_miss) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(f->common.extack, "Can't match on \"l2_miss\"");
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	}
+
 	if (match.mask->ingress_ifindex != 0xFFFFFFFF) {
 		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(f->common.extack,
 				   "Unsupported ingress ifindex mask");
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
index e95414ef1f040..1b0906cb57ef5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
@@ -2587,6 +2587,12 @@ static int mlx5e_flower_parse_meta(struct net_device *filter_dev,
 		return 0;
 
 	flow_rule_match_meta(rule, &match);
+
+	if (match.mask->l2_miss) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(f->common.extack, "Can't match on \"l2_miss\"");
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	}
+
 	if (!match.mask->ingress_ifindex)
 		return 0;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_flower.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_flower.c
index 594cdcb90b3d0..6fec9223250b7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_flower.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_flower.c
@@ -294,6 +294,12 @@ static int mlxsw_sp_flower_parse_meta(struct mlxsw_sp_acl_rule_info *rulei,
 		return 0;
 
 	flow_rule_match_meta(rule, &match);
+
+	if (match.mask->l2_miss) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(f->common.extack, "Can't match on \"l2_miss\"");
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	}
+
 	if (match.mask->ingress_ifindex != 0xFFFFFFFF) {
 		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(f->common.extack, "Unsupported ingress ifindex mask");
 		return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot_flower.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot_flower.c
index ee052404eb55a..e0916afcddfb9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot_flower.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot_flower.c
@@ -592,6 +592,16 @@ ocelot_flower_parse_key(struct ocelot *ocelot, int port, bool ingress,
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	}
 
+	if (flow_rule_match_key(rule, FLOW_DISSECTOR_KEY_META)) {
+		struct flow_match_meta match;
+
+		flow_rule_match_meta(rule, &match);
+		if (match.mask->l2_miss) {
+			NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Can't match on \"l2_miss\"");
+			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/* For VCAP ES0 (egress rewriter) we can match on the ingress port */
 	if (!ingress) {
 		ret = ocelot_flower_parse_indev(ocelot, port, f, filter);