diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc_tun.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc_tun.c
index 33815246fead..378fc8e3bd97 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc_tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc_tun.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR Linux-OpenIB */
 /* Copyright (c) 2018 Mellanox Technologies. */
 
+#include <net/inet_ecn.h>
 #include <net/vxlan.h>
 #include <net/gre.h>
 #include <net/geneve.h>
@@ -235,7 +236,7 @@ int mlx5e_tc_tun_create_header_ipv4(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 	int err;
 
 	/* add the IP fields */
-	attr.fl.fl4.flowi4_tos = tun_key->tos;
+	attr.fl.fl4.flowi4_tos = tun_key->tos & ~INET_ECN_MASK;
 	attr.fl.fl4.daddr = tun_key->u.ipv4.dst;
 	attr.fl.fl4.saddr = tun_key->u.ipv4.src;
 	attr.ttl = tun_key->ttl;
@@ -350,7 +351,7 @@ int mlx5e_tc_tun_update_header_ipv4(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 	int err;
 
 	/* add the IP fields */
-	attr.fl.fl4.flowi4_tos = tun_key->tos;
+	attr.fl.fl4.flowi4_tos = tun_key->tos & ~INET_ECN_MASK;
 	attr.fl.fl4.daddr = tun_key->u.ipv4.dst;
 	attr.fl.fl4.saddr = tun_key->u.ipv4.src;
 	attr.ttl = tun_key->ttl;