diff --git a/net/tls/tls_device.c b/net/tls/tls_device.c
index 07650446e892..b95c408fd771 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_device.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_device.c
@@ -997,7 +997,8 @@ static int tls_dev_event(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event,
 {
 	struct net_device *dev = netdev_notifier_info_to_dev(ptr);
 
-	if (!(dev->features & (NETIF_F_HW_TLS_RX | NETIF_F_HW_TLS_TX)))
+	if (!dev->tlsdev_ops &&
+	    !(dev->features & (NETIF_F_HW_TLS_RX | NETIF_F_HW_TLS_TX)))
 		return NOTIFY_DONE;
 
 	switch (event) {