diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/npc.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/npc.h
index 9b6e587..2d9c767 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/npc.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/npc.h
@@ -595,6 +595,7 @@ struct rvu_npc_mcam_rule {
 	bool vfvlan_cfg;
 	u16 chan;
 	u16 chan_mask;
+	u8 lxmb;
 };
 
 #endif /* NPC_H */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_debugfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_debugfs.c
index 2ad73b1..7cd386b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_debugfs.c
@@ -2410,6 +2410,12 @@ static void rvu_dbg_npc_mcam_show_flows(struct seq_file *s,
 	for_each_set_bit(bit, (unsigned long *)&rule->features, 64) {
 		seq_printf(s, "\t%s  ", npc_get_field_name(bit));
 		switch (bit) {
+		case NPC_LXMB:
+			if (rule->lxmb == 1)
+				seq_puts(s, "\tL2M nibble is set\n");
+			else
+				seq_puts(s, "\tL2B nibble is set\n");
+			break;
 		case NPC_DMAC:
 			seq_printf(s, "%pM ", rule->packet.dmac);
 			seq_printf(s, "mask %pM\n", rule->mask.dmac);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc_fs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc_fs.c
index 19c53e5..977624d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc_fs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc_fs.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ static const char * const npc_flow_names[] = {
 	[NPC_DPORT_UDP]	= "udp destination port",
 	[NPC_SPORT_SCTP] = "sctp source port",
 	[NPC_DPORT_SCTP] = "sctp destination port",
+	[NPC_LXMB]	= "Mcast/Bcast header ",
 	[NPC_UNKNOWN]	= "unknown",
 };
 
@@ -318,8 +319,10 @@ static void npc_handle_multi_layer_fields(struct rvu *rvu, int blkaddr, u8 intf)
 	vlan_tag2 = &key_fields[NPC_VLAN_TAG2];
 
 	/* if key profile programmed does not extract Ethertype at all */
-	if (!etype_ether->nr_kws && !etype_tag1->nr_kws && !etype_tag2->nr_kws)
+	if (!etype_ether->nr_kws && !etype_tag1->nr_kws && !etype_tag2->nr_kws) {
+		dev_err(rvu->dev, "mkex: Ethertype is not extracted.\n");
 		goto vlan_tci;
+	}
 
 	/* if key profile programmed extracts Ethertype from one layer */
 	if (etype_ether->nr_kws && !etype_tag1->nr_kws && !etype_tag2->nr_kws)
@@ -332,35 +335,45 @@ static void npc_handle_multi_layer_fields(struct rvu *rvu, int blkaddr, u8 intf)
 	/* if key profile programmed extracts Ethertype from multiple layers */
 	if (etype_ether->nr_kws && etype_tag1->nr_kws) {
 		for (i = 0; i < NPC_MAX_KWS_IN_KEY; i++) {
-			if (etype_ether->kw_mask[i] != etype_tag1->kw_mask[i])
+			if (etype_ether->kw_mask[i] != etype_tag1->kw_mask[i]) {
+				dev_err(rvu->dev, "mkex: Etype pos is different for untagged and tagged pkts.\n");
 				goto vlan_tci;
+			}
 		}
 		key_fields[NPC_ETYPE] = *etype_tag1;
 	}
 	if (etype_ether->nr_kws && etype_tag2->nr_kws) {
 		for (i = 0; i < NPC_MAX_KWS_IN_KEY; i++) {
-			if (etype_ether->kw_mask[i] != etype_tag2->kw_mask[i])
+			if (etype_ether->kw_mask[i] != etype_tag2->kw_mask[i]) {
+				dev_err(rvu->dev, "mkex: Etype pos is different for untagged and double tagged pkts.\n");
 				goto vlan_tci;
+			}
 		}
 		key_fields[NPC_ETYPE] = *etype_tag2;
 	}
 	if (etype_tag1->nr_kws && etype_tag2->nr_kws) {
 		for (i = 0; i < NPC_MAX_KWS_IN_KEY; i++) {
-			if (etype_tag1->kw_mask[i] != etype_tag2->kw_mask[i])
+			if (etype_tag1->kw_mask[i] != etype_tag2->kw_mask[i]) {
+				dev_err(rvu->dev, "mkex: Etype pos is different for tagged and double tagged pkts.\n");
 				goto vlan_tci;
+			}
 		}
 		key_fields[NPC_ETYPE] = *etype_tag2;
 	}
 
 	/* check none of higher layers overwrite Ethertype */
 	start_lid = key_fields[NPC_ETYPE].layer_mdata.lid + 1;
-	if (npc_check_overlap(rvu, blkaddr, NPC_ETYPE, start_lid, intf))
+	if (npc_check_overlap(rvu, blkaddr, NPC_ETYPE, start_lid, intf)) {
+		dev_err(rvu->dev, "mkex: Ethertype is overwritten by higher layers.\n");
 		goto vlan_tci;
+	}
 	*features |= BIT_ULL(NPC_ETYPE);
 vlan_tci:
 	/* if key profile does not extract outer vlan tci at all */
-	if (!vlan_tag1->nr_kws && !vlan_tag2->nr_kws)
+	if (!vlan_tag1->nr_kws && !vlan_tag2->nr_kws) {
+		dev_err(rvu->dev, "mkex: Outer vlan tci is not extracted.\n");
 		goto done;
+	}
 
 	/* if key profile extracts outer vlan tci from one layer */
 	if (vlan_tag1->nr_kws && !vlan_tag2->nr_kws)
@@ -371,15 +384,19 @@ static void npc_handle_multi_layer_fields(struct rvu *rvu, int blkaddr, u8 intf)
 	/* if key profile extracts outer vlan tci from multiple layers */
 	if (vlan_tag1->nr_kws && vlan_tag2->nr_kws) {
 		for (i = 0; i < NPC_MAX_KWS_IN_KEY; i++) {
-			if (vlan_tag1->kw_mask[i] != vlan_tag2->kw_mask[i])
+			if (vlan_tag1->kw_mask[i] != vlan_tag2->kw_mask[i]) {
+				dev_err(rvu->dev, "mkex: Out vlan tci pos is different for tagged and double tagged pkts.\n");
 				goto done;
+			}
 		}
 		key_fields[NPC_OUTER_VID] = *vlan_tag2;
 	}
 	/* check none of higher layers overwrite outer vlan tci */
 	start_lid = key_fields[NPC_OUTER_VID].layer_mdata.lid + 1;
-	if (npc_check_overlap(rvu, blkaddr, NPC_OUTER_VID, start_lid, intf))
+	if (npc_check_overlap(rvu, blkaddr, NPC_OUTER_VID, start_lid, intf)) {
+		dev_err(rvu->dev, "mkex: Outer vlan tci is overwritten by higher layers.\n");
 		goto done;
+	}
 	*features |= BIT_ULL(NPC_OUTER_VID);
 done:
 	return;
@@ -499,6 +516,10 @@ static void npc_set_features(struct rvu *rvu, int blkaddr, u8 intf)
 	if (npc_check_field(rvu, blkaddr, NPC_LB, intf))
 		*features |= BIT_ULL(NPC_VLAN_ETYPE_CTAG) |
 			     BIT_ULL(NPC_VLAN_ETYPE_STAG);
+
+	/* for L2M/L2B/L3M/L3B, check if the type is present in the key */
+	if (npc_check_field(rvu, blkaddr, NPC_LXMB, intf))
+		*features |= BIT_ULL(NPC_LXMB);
 }
 
 /* Scan key extraction profile and record how fields of our interest
@@ -564,16 +585,6 @@ static int npc_scan_verify_kex(struct rvu *rvu, int blkaddr)
 		dev_err(rvu->dev, "Channel cannot be overwritten\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
-	/* DMAC should be present in key for unicast filter to work */
-	if (!npc_is_field_present(rvu, NPC_DMAC, NIX_INTF_RX)) {
-		dev_err(rvu->dev, "DMAC not present in Key\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-	/* check that none of the fields overwrite DMAC */
-	if (npc_check_overlap(rvu, blkaddr, NPC_DMAC, 0, NIX_INTF_RX)) {
-		dev_err(rvu->dev, "DMAC cannot be overwritten\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
 
 	npc_set_features(rvu, blkaddr, NIX_INTF_TX);
 	npc_set_features(rvu, blkaddr, NIX_INTF_RX);
@@ -817,6 +828,11 @@ static void npc_update_flow(struct rvu *rvu, struct mcam_entry *entry,
 		npc_update_entry(rvu, NPC_LE, entry, NPC_LT_LE_ESP,
 				 0, ~0ULL, 0, intf);
 
+	if (features & BIT_ULL(NPC_LXMB)) {
+		output->lxmb = is_broadcast_ether_addr(pkt->dmac) ? 2 : 1;
+		npc_update_entry(rvu, NPC_LXMB, entry, output->lxmb, 0,
+				 output->lxmb, 0, intf);
+	}
 #define NPC_WRITE_FLOW(field, member, val_lo, val_hi, mask_lo, mask_hi)	      \
 do {									      \
 	if (features & BIT_ULL((field))) {				      \
@@ -1114,6 +1130,7 @@ static int npc_install_flow(struct rvu *rvu, int blkaddr, u16 target,
 	rule->chan_mask = write_req.entry_data.kw_mask[0] & NPC_KEX_CHAN_MASK;
 	rule->chan = write_req.entry_data.kw[0] & NPC_KEX_CHAN_MASK;
 	rule->chan &= rule->chan_mask;
+	rule->lxmb = dummy.lxmb;
 	if (is_npc_intf_tx(req->intf))
 		rule->intf = pfvf->nix_tx_intf;
 	else
@@ -1176,6 +1193,32 @@ int rvu_mbox_handler_npc_install_flow(struct rvu *rvu,
 	if (!is_npc_interface_valid(rvu, req->intf))
 		return NPC_FLOW_INTF_INVALID;
 
+	/* If DMAC is not extracted in MKEX, rules installed by AF
+	 * can rely on L2MB bit set by hardware protocol checker for
+	 * broadcast and multicast addresses.
+	 */
+	if (!npc_check_field(rvu, blkaddr, NPC_DMAC, req->intf) &&
+	    is_pffunc_af(req->hdr.pcifunc) &&
+	    req->features & BIT_ULL(NPC_DMAC)) {
+		if (is_unicast_ether_addr(req->packet.dmac)) {
+			dev_err(rvu->dev,
+				"%s: mkex profile does not support ucast flow\n",
+				__func__);
+			return NPC_FLOW_NOT_SUPPORTED;
+		}
+
+		if (!npc_is_field_present(rvu, NPC_LXMB, req->intf)) {
+			dev_err(rvu->dev,
+				"%s: mkex profile does not support bcast/mcast flow",
+				__func__);
+			return NPC_FLOW_NOT_SUPPORTED;
+		}
+
+		/* Modify feature to use LXMB instead of DMAC */
+		req->features &= ~BIT_ULL(NPC_DMAC);
+		req->features |= BIT_ULL(NPC_LXMB);
+	}
+
 	if (from_vf && req->default_rule)
 		return NPC_FLOW_VF_PERM_DENIED;
 
