diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c
index c5fc1ee6b4..048823a50b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c
@@ -2044,7 +2044,7 @@ mlx5_flow_validate_item_ipv4(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
 					  RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ITEM, item,
 					  "IPv4 cannot follow L2/VLAN layer "
 					  "which ether type is not IPv4");
-	if (item_flags & MLX5_FLOW_LAYER_IPIP) {
+	if (item_flags & MLX5_FLOW_LAYER_TUNNEL) {
 		if (mask && spec)
 			next_proto = mask->hdr.next_proto_id &
 				     spec->hdr.next_proto_id;
@@ -2152,7 +2152,7 @@ mlx5_flow_validate_item_ipv6(const struct rte_flow_item *item,
 					  "which ether type is not IPv6");
 	if (mask && mask->hdr.proto == UINT8_MAX && spec)
 		next_proto = spec->hdr.proto;
-	if (item_flags & MLX5_FLOW_LAYER_IPV6_ENCAP) {
+	if (item_flags & MLX5_FLOW_LAYER_TUNNEL) {
 		if (next_proto == IPPROTO_IPIP || next_proto == IPPROTO_IPV6)
 			return rte_flow_error_set(error, EINVAL,
 						  RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ITEM,