diff --git a/drivers/net/cpfl/cpfl_flow_engine_fxp.c b/drivers/net/cpfl/cpfl_flow_engine_fxp.c
index b9e825ef571..2c75ea6577e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cpfl/cpfl_flow_engine_fxp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/cpfl/cpfl_flow_engine_fxp.c
@@ -292,6 +292,17 @@ cpfl_fxp_parse_action(struct cpfl_itf *itf,
 
 			is_vsi = (action_type == RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_PORT_REPRESENTOR ||
 				  dst_itf->type == CPFL_ITF_TYPE_REPRESENTOR);
+			/* Added checks to throw an error for the invalid action types. */
+			if (action_type == RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_PORT_REPRESENTOR &&
+			    dst_itf->type == CPFL_ITF_TYPE_REPRESENTOR) {
+				PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Cannot use port_representor action for the represented_port");
+				goto err;
+			}
+			if (action_type == RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_REPRESENTED_PORT &&
+			    dst_itf->type == CPFL_ITF_TYPE_VPORT) {
+				PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Cannot use represented_port action for the local vport");
+				goto err;
+			}
 			if (is_vsi)
 				dev_id = cpfl_get_vsi_id(dst_itf);
 			else