diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot_flower.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot_flower.c
index 217e8333de6c..c4c4649b2088 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot_flower.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot_flower.c
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ static int ocelot_chain_to_block(int chain, bool ingress)
  */
 static int ocelot_chain_to_lookup(int chain)
 {
+	/* Backwards compatibility with older, single-chain tc-flower
+	 * offload support in Ocelot
+	 */
+	if (chain == 0)
+		return 0;
+
 	return (chain / VCAP_LOOKUP) % 10;
 }
 
@@ -62,7 +68,15 @@ static int ocelot_chain_to_lookup(int chain)
  */
 static int ocelot_chain_to_pag(int chain)
 {
-	int lookup = ocelot_chain_to_lookup(chain);
+	int lookup;
+
+	/* Backwards compatibility with older, single-chain tc-flower
+	 * offload support in Ocelot
+	 */
+	if (chain == 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	lookup = ocelot_chain_to_lookup(chain);
 
 	/* calculate PAG value as chain index relative to the first PAG */
 	return chain - VCAP_IS2_CHAIN(lookup, 0);