diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_ethtool.c
index 3181a77e83a6..af230ac44bab 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_ethtool.c
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ static int otx2_get_fecparam(struct net_device *netdev,
 	if (IS_ERR(rsp))
 		return PTR_ERR(rsp);
 
-	if (rsp->fwdata.supported_fec <= FEC_MAX_INDEX) {
+	if (rsp->fwdata.supported_fec < FEC_MAX_INDEX) {
 		if (!rsp->fwdata.supported_fec)
 			fecparam->fec = ETHTOOL_FEC_NONE;
 		else