diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_nve.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_nve.c
index 94e07767f18e..1df164a4b06d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_nve.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_nve.c
@@ -842,10 +842,8 @@ int mlxsw_sp_nve_fid_enable(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp, struct mlxsw_sp_fid *fid,
 	nve->config = config;
 
 	err = ops->fdb_replay(params->dev, params->vni, extack);
-	if (err) {
-		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Failed to offload the FDB");
+	if (err)
 		goto err_fdb_replay;
-	}
 
 	return 0;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_switchdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_switchdev.c
index 71aad9d4e160..8ab796e0c0d7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_switchdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_switchdev.c
@@ -3099,23 +3099,34 @@ mlxsw_sp_switchdev_vxlan_work_prepare(struct mlxsw_sp_switchdev_event_work *
 	struct vxlan_dev *vxlan = netdev_priv(switchdev_work->dev);
 	struct switchdev_notifier_vxlan_fdb_info *vxlan_fdb_info;
 	struct vxlan_config *cfg = &vxlan->cfg;
+	struct netlink_ext_ack *extack;
 
+	extack = switchdev_notifier_info_to_extack(info);
 	vxlan_fdb_info = container_of(info,
 				      struct switchdev_notifier_vxlan_fdb_info,
 				      info);
 
-	if (vxlan_fdb_info->remote_port != cfg->dst_port)
+	if (vxlan_fdb_info->remote_port != cfg->dst_port) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "VxLAN: FDB: Non-default remote port is not supported");
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-	if (vxlan_fdb_info->remote_vni != cfg->vni)
+	}
+	if (vxlan_fdb_info->remote_vni != cfg->vni ||
+	    vxlan_fdb_info->vni != cfg->vni) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "VxLAN: FDB: Non-default VNI is not supported");
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-	if (vxlan_fdb_info->vni != cfg->vni)
+	}
+	if (vxlan_fdb_info->remote_ifindex) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "VxLAN: FDB: Local interface is not supported");
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-	if (vxlan_fdb_info->remote_ifindex)
+	}
+	if (is_multicast_ether_addr(vxlan_fdb_info->eth_addr)) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "VxLAN: FDB: Multicast MAC addresses not supported");
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-	if (is_multicast_ether_addr(vxlan_fdb_info->eth_addr))
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-	if (vxlan_addr_multicast(&vxlan_fdb_info->remote_ip))
+	}
+	if (vxlan_addr_multicast(&vxlan_fdb_info->remote_ip)) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "VxLAN: FDB: Multicast destination IP is not supported");
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	}
 
 	switchdev_work->vxlan_fdb_info = *vxlan_fdb_info;