diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/cgx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/cgx.c
index afdddfced7e6..65c0373d34d1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/cgx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/cgx.c
@@ -167,6 +167,9 @@ void cgx_lmac_write(int cgx_id, int lmac_id, u64 offset, u64 val)
 {
 	struct cgx *cgx_dev = cgx_get_pdata(cgx_id);
 
+	/* Software must not access disabled LMAC registers */
+	if (!is_lmac_valid(cgx_dev, lmac_id))
+		return;
 	cgx_write(cgx_dev, lmac_id, offset, val);
 }
 
@@ -174,6 +177,10 @@ u64 cgx_lmac_read(int cgx_id, int lmac_id, u64 offset)
 {
 	struct cgx *cgx_dev = cgx_get_pdata(cgx_id);
 
+	/* Software must not access disabled LMAC registers */
+	if (!is_lmac_valid(cgx_dev, lmac_id))
+		return 0;
+
 	return cgx_read(cgx_dev, lmac_id, offset);
 }