diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/ipsec.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/ipsec.c
index 0604216eb94f..b463787d6ca1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/ipsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/ipsec.c
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ void *mlx5_fpga_ipsec_create_sa_ctx(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev,
 		goto exists;
 	}
 
-	if (accel_xfrm->attrs.action & MLX5_ACCEL_ESP_ACTION_DECRYPT) {
+	if (accel_xfrm->attrs.action == MLX5_ACCEL_ESP_ACTION_DECRYPT) {
 		err = ida_simple_get(&fipsec->halloc, 1, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (err < 0) {
 			context = ERR_PTR(err);
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ void *mlx5_fpga_ipsec_create_sa_ctx(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev,
 				       rhash_sa));
 unlock_hash:
 	mutex_unlock(&fipsec->sa_hash_lock);
-	if (accel_xfrm->attrs.action & MLX5_ACCEL_ESP_ACTION_DECRYPT)
+	if (accel_xfrm->attrs.action == MLX5_ACCEL_ESP_ACTION_DECRYPT)
 		ida_simple_remove(&fipsec->halloc, sa_ctx->sa_handle);
 exists:
 	mutex_unlock(&fpga_xfrm->lock);