diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_tc.c
index 7d972e0fd2b0..9ffae12a2122 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_tc.c
@@ -577,6 +577,10 @@ static int tc_setup_cls(struct stmmac_priv *priv,
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 
+	/* When RSS is enabled, the filtering will be bypassed */
+	if (priv->rss.enable)
+		return -EBUSY;
+
 	switch (cls->command) {
 	case FLOW_CLS_REPLACE:
 		ret = tc_add_flow(priv, cls);