diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/diag/fw_tracer.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/diag/fw_tracer.c
index f40497823e65..7c0f2adbea00 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/diag/fw_tracer.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/diag/fw_tracer.c
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ static void poll_trace(struct mlx5_fw_tracer *tracer,
 				(u64)timestamp_low;
 		break;
 	default:
-		if (tracer_event->event_id >= tracer->str_db.first_string_trace ||
+		if (tracer_event->event_id >= tracer->str_db.first_string_trace &&
 		    tracer_event->event_id <= tracer->str_db.first_string_trace +
 					      tracer->str_db.num_string_trace) {
 			tracer_event->type = TRACER_EVENT_TYPE_STRING;