diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
index b60feceab63b..d2fc055f054a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
@@ -237,13 +237,16 @@ static int parse_tunnel_attr(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 
 		/* Full udp dst port must be given */
 		if (memchr_inv(&mask->dst, 0xff, sizeof(mask->dst)))
-			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+			goto vxlan_match_offload_err;
 
 		if (mlx5e_vxlan_lookup_port(priv, be16_to_cpu(key->dst)) &&
 		    MLX5_CAP_ESW(priv->mdev, vxlan_encap_decap))
 			parse_vxlan_attr(spec, f);
-		else
+		else {
+			netdev_warn(priv->netdev,
+				    "%d isn't an offloaded vxlan udp dport\n", be16_to_cpu(key->dst));
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		}
 
 		MLX5_SET(fte_match_set_lyr_2_4, headers_c,
 			 udp_dport, ntohs(mask->dst));
@@ -255,7 +258,10 @@ static int parse_tunnel_attr(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 		MLX5_SET(fte_match_set_lyr_2_4, headers_v,
 			 udp_sport, ntohs(key->src));
 	} else { /* udp dst port must be given */
-			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+vxlan_match_offload_err:
+		netdev_warn(priv->netdev,
+			    "IP tunnel decap offload supported only for vxlan, must set UDP dport\n");
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	}
 
 	if (dissector_uses_key(f->dissector, FLOW_DISSECTOR_KEY_ENC_IPV4_ADDRS)) {
@@ -346,6 +352,9 @@ static int __parse_cls_flower(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 			if (parse_tunnel_attr(priv, spec, f))
 				return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 			break;
+		case FLOW_DISSECTOR_KEY_IPV6_ADDRS:
+			netdev_warn(priv->netdev,
+				    "IPv6 tunnel decap offload isn't supported\n");
 		default:
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		}
@@ -792,13 +801,17 @@ static int mlx5e_attach_encap(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 	int tunnel_type;
 	int err;
 
-	/* udp dst port must be given */
+	/* udp dst port must be set */
 	if (!memchr_inv(&key->tp_dst, 0, sizeof(key->tp_dst)))
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		goto vxlan_encap_offload_err;
 
 	/* setting udp src port isn't supported */
-	if (memchr_inv(&key->tp_src, 0, sizeof(key->tp_src)))
+	if (memchr_inv(&key->tp_src, 0, sizeof(key->tp_src))) {
+vxlan_encap_offload_err:
+		netdev_warn(priv->netdev,
+			    "must set udp dst port and not set udp src port\n");
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	}
 
 	if (mlx5e_vxlan_lookup_port(priv, be16_to_cpu(key->tp_dst)) &&
 	    MLX5_CAP_ESW(priv->mdev, vxlan_encap_decap)) {
@@ -806,6 +819,8 @@ static int mlx5e_attach_encap(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 		info.tun_id = tunnel_id_to_key32(key->tun_id);
 		tunnel_type = MLX5_HEADER_TYPE_VXLAN;
 	} else {
+		netdev_warn(priv->netdev,
+			    "%d isn't an offloaded vxlan udp dport\n", be16_to_cpu(key->tp_dst));
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	}
 
@@ -813,6 +828,9 @@ static int mlx5e_attach_encap(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 	case AF_INET:
 		info.daddr = key->u.ipv4.dst;
 		break;
+	case AF_INET6:
+		netdev_warn(priv->netdev,
+			    "IPv6 tunnel encap offload isn't supported\n");
 	default:
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	}