diff --git a/drivers/net/ice/base/ice_switch.c b/drivers/net/ice/base/ice_switch.c
index 3d83ded6ec..9c4fc0f0b6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ice/base/ice_switch.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ice/base/ice_switch.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #define ICE_MAX_VLAN_ID			0xFFF
 #define ICE_IPV4_NVGRE_PROTO_ID		0x002F
 #define ICE_PPP_IPV6_PROTO_ID		0x0057
+#define ICE_IPV6_ETHER_ID		0x86DD
 
 /* Dummy ethernet header needed in the ice_aqc_sw_rules_elem
  * struct to configure any switch filter rules.
@@ -5962,6 +5963,12 @@ ice_find_dummy_packet(struct ice_adv_lkup_elem *lkups, u16 lkups_cnt,
 			 lkups[i].m_u.pppoe_hdr.ppp_prot_id ==
 				0xFFFF)
 			ipv6 = true;
+		else if (lkups[i].type == ICE_ETYPE_OL &&
+			 lkups[i].h_u.ethertype.ethtype_id ==
+				CPU_TO_BE16(ICE_IPV6_ETHER_ID) &&
+			 lkups[i].m_u.ethertype.ethtype_id ==
+					0xFFFF)
+			ipv6 = true;
 	}
 
 	if (tun_type == ICE_SW_TUN_GTP) {