diff --git a/drivers/net/hns3/hns3_flow.c b/drivers/net/hns3/hns3_flow.c
index 1e58ad70f5..7ec46aef88 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hns3/hns3_flow.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hns3/hns3_flow.c
@@ -1486,7 +1486,9 @@ hns3_config_rss_filter(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 	}
 
 	/* Filter the unsupported flow types */
-	flow_types = rss_flow_conf.types & HNS3_ETH_RSS_SUPPORT;
+	flow_types = conf->conf.types ?
+		     rss_flow_conf.types & HNS3_ETH_RSS_SUPPORT :
+		     hw->rss_info.conf.types;
 	if (flow_types != rss_flow_conf.types)
 		hns3_warn(hw, "modified RSS types based on hardware support, "
 			      "requested:%" PRIx64 " configured:%" PRIx64,
@@ -1494,9 +1496,6 @@ hns3_config_rss_filter(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 	/* Update the useful flow types */
 	rss_flow_conf.types = flow_types;
 
-	if ((rss_flow_conf.types & ETH_RSS_PROTO_MASK) == 0)
-		return hns3_disable_rss(hw);
-
 	rss_info = &hw->rss_info;
 	if (!add) {
 		if (hns3_action_rss_same(&rss_info->conf, &rss_flow_conf)) {