diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_flower.c b/drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_flower.c
index 12e76020bea3..f78b767f86ee 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_flower.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_flower.c
@@ -322,6 +322,12 @@ int sja1105_cls_flower_add(struct dsa_switch *ds, int port,
 	flow_action_for_each(i, act, &rule->action) {
 		switch (act->id) {
 		case FLOW_ACTION_POLICE:
+			if (act->police.rate_pkt_ps) {
+				NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
+						   "QoS offload not support packets per second");
+				goto out;
+			}
+
 			rc = sja1105_flower_policer(priv, port, extack, cookie,
 						    &key,
 						    act->police.rate_bytes_ps,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_tc_matchall.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_tc_matchall.c
index 2e309f6673f7..28fd2de9e4cf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_tc_matchall.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_tc_matchall.c
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ static int cxgb4_matchall_egress_validate(struct net_device *dev,
 	flow_action_for_each(i, entry, actions) {
 		switch (entry->id) {
 		case FLOW_ACTION_POLICE:
+			if (entry->police.rate_pkt_ps) {
+				NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
+						   "QoS offload not support packets per second");
+				return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+			}
 			/* Convert bytes per second to bits per second */
 			if (entry->police.rate_bytes_ps * 8 > max_link_rate) {
 				NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
@@ -145,7 +150,11 @@ static int cxgb4_matchall_alloc_tc(struct net_device *dev,
 	flow_action_for_each(i, entry, &cls->rule->action)
 		if (entry->id == FLOW_ACTION_POLICE)
 			break;
-
+	if (entry->police.rate_pkt_ps) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
+				   "QoS offload not support packets per second");
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	}
 	/* Convert from bytes per second to Kbps */
 	p.u.params.maxrate = div_u64(entry->police.rate_bytes_ps * 8, 1000);
 	p.u.params.channel = pi->tx_chan;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_qos.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_qos.c
index a9aee219fb58..cb7fa4bceaf2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_qos.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_qos.c
@@ -1221,6 +1221,11 @@ static int enetc_psfp_parse_clsflower(struct enetc_ndev_priv *priv,
 
 	/* Flow meter and max frame size */
 	if (entryp) {
+		if (entryp->police.rate_pkt_ps) {
+			NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "QoS offload not support packets per second");
+			err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+			goto free_sfi;
+		}
 		if (entryp->police.burst) {
 			fmi = kzalloc(sizeof(*fmi), GFP_KERNEL);
 			if (!fmi) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
index dc126389291d..1fe745653a53 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
@@ -4480,6 +4480,10 @@ static int scan_tc_matchall_fdb_actions(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 	flow_action_for_each(i, act, flow_action) {
 		switch (act->id) {
 		case FLOW_ACTION_POLICE:
+			if (act->police.rate_pkt_ps) {
+				NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "QoS offload not support packets per second");
+				return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+			}
 			err = apply_police_params(priv, act->police.rate_bytes_ps, extack);
 			if (err)
 				return err;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_flower.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_flower.c
index 41855e58564b..ea637fa552f5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_flower.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_flower.c
@@ -190,6 +190,11 @@ static int mlxsw_sp_flower_parse_actions(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 				return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 			}
 
+			if (act->police.rate_pkt_ps) {
+				NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "QoS offload not support packets per second");
+				return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+			}
+
 			/* The kernel might adjust the requested burst size so
 			 * that it is not exactly a power of two. Re-adjust it
 			 * here since the hardware only supports burst sizes
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot_flower.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot_flower.c
index a41b458b1b3e..8b843d3c9189 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot_flower.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot_flower.c
@@ -220,6 +220,11 @@ static int ocelot_flower_parse_action(struct ocelot *ocelot, int port,
 						   "Last action must be GOTO");
 				return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 			}
+			if (a->police.rate_pkt_ps) {
+				NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
+						   "QoS offload not support packets per second");
+				return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+			}
 			filter->action.police_ena = true;
 			rate = a->police.rate_bytes_ps;
 			filter->action.pol.rate = div_u64(rate, 1000) * 8;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot_net.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot_net.c
index 12cb6867a2d0..c08164cd88f4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot_net.c
@@ -251,6 +251,12 @@ static int ocelot_setup_tc_cls_matchall(struct ocelot_port_private *priv,
 			return -EEXIST;
 		}
 
+		if (action->police.rate_pkt_ps) {
+			NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
+					   "QoS offload not support packets per second");
+			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		}
+
 		pol.rate = (u32)div_u64(action->police.rate_bytes_ps, 1000) * 8;
 		pol.burst = action->police.burst;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/flower/qos_conf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/flower/qos_conf.c
index d4ce8f9ef3cc..88bea6ad59bc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/flower/qos_conf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/flower/qos_conf.c
@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@ nfp_flower_install_rate_limiter(struct nfp_app *app, struct net_device *netdev,
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	}
 
+	if (action->police.rate_pkt_ps) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "unsupported offload: qos rate limit offload not support packets per second");
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	}
+
 	rate = action->police.rate_bytes_ps;
 	burst = action->police.burst;
 	netdev_port_id = nfp_repr_get_port_id(netdev);
