diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_tc_flower.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_tc_flower.c
index 523e0c470894..55f255a3c9db 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_tc_flower.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_tc_flower.c
@@ -36,6 +36,27 @@ struct sparx5_tc_flower_template {
 	u16 l3_proto; /* protocol specified in the template */
 };
 
+/* SparX-5 VCAP fragment types:
+ * 0 = no fragment, 1 = initial fragment,
+ * 2 = suspicious fragment, 3 = valid follow-up fragment
+ */
+enum {                   /* key / mask */
+	FRAG_NOT   = 0x03, /* 0 / 3 */
+	FRAG_SOME  = 0x11, /* 1 / 1 */
+	FRAG_FIRST = 0x13, /* 1 / 3 */
+	FRAG_LATER = 0x33, /* 3 / 3 */
+	FRAG_INVAL = 0xff, /* invalid */
+};
+
+/* Flower fragment flag to VCAP fragment type mapping */
+static const u8 sparx5_vcap_frag_map[4][4] = {		  /* is_frag */
+	{ FRAG_INVAL, FRAG_INVAL, FRAG_INVAL, FRAG_FIRST }, /* 0/0 */
+	{ FRAG_NOT,   FRAG_NOT,   FRAG_INVAL, FRAG_INVAL }, /* 0/1 */
+	{ FRAG_INVAL, FRAG_INVAL, FRAG_INVAL, FRAG_INVAL }, /* 1/0 */
+	{ FRAG_SOME,  FRAG_LATER, FRAG_INVAL, FRAG_FIRST }  /* 1/1 */
+	/* 0/0	      0/1	  1/0	      1/1 <-- first_frag */
+};
+
 static int
 sparx5_tc_flower_es0_tpid(struct vcap_tc_flower_parse_usage *st)
 {
@@ -145,29 +166,27 @@ sparx5_tc_flower_handler_control_usage(struct vcap_tc_flower_parse_usage *st)
 	flow_rule_match_control(st->frule, &mt);
 
 	if (mt.mask->flags) {
-		if (mt.mask->flags & FLOW_DIS_FIRST_FRAG) {
-			if (mt.key->flags & FLOW_DIS_FIRST_FRAG) {
-				value = 1; /* initial fragment */
-				mask = 0x3;
-			} else {
-				if (mt.mask->flags & FLOW_DIS_IS_FRAGMENT) {
-					value = 3; /* follow up fragment */
-					mask = 0x3;
-				} else {
-					value = 0; /* no fragment */
-					mask = 0x3;
-				}
-			}
-		} else {
-			if (mt.mask->flags & FLOW_DIS_IS_FRAGMENT) {
-				value = 3; /* follow up fragment */
-				mask = 0x3;
-			} else {
-				value = 0; /* no fragment */
-				mask = 0x3;
-			}
+		u8 is_frag_key = !!(mt.key->flags & FLOW_DIS_IS_FRAGMENT);
+		u8 is_frag_mask = !!(mt.mask->flags & FLOW_DIS_IS_FRAGMENT);
+		u8 is_frag_idx = (is_frag_key << 1) | is_frag_mask;
+
+		u8 first_frag_key = !!(mt.key->flags & FLOW_DIS_FIRST_FRAG);
+		u8 first_frag_mask = !!(mt.mask->flags & FLOW_DIS_FIRST_FRAG);
+		u8 first_frag_idx = (first_frag_key << 1) | first_frag_mask;
+
+		/* Lookup verdict based on the 2 + 2 input bits */
+		u8 vdt = sparx5_vcap_frag_map[is_frag_idx][first_frag_idx];
+
+		if (vdt == FRAG_INVAL) {
+			NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(st->fco->common.extack,
+					   "Match on invalid fragment flag combination");
+			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 
+		/* Extract VCAP fragment key and mask from verdict */
+		value = (vdt >> 4) & 0x3;
+		mask = vdt & 0x3;
+
 		err = vcap_rule_add_key_u32(st->vrule,
 					    VCAP_KF_L3_FRAGMENT_TYPE,
 					    value, mask);