diff --git a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipahal/ipahal.c b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipahal/ipahal.c
index a702a2e52e39..4f6097c6da35 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipahal/ipahal.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipahal/ipahal.c
@@ -1213,7 +1213,8 @@ int ipahal_cp_proc_ctx_to_hw_buff(enum ipa_hdr_proc_type type,
 	if (!base ||
 		!hdr_len ||
 		(!phys_base && !hdr_base_addr) ||
-		!hdr_base_addr || !offset_entry) {
+		!hdr_base_addr ||
+		((is_hdr_proc_ctx == false) && !offset_entry)) {
 		IPAHAL_ERR("failed on validating params");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}