* mask? If yes, we need to do nothing. If not, we need
                 * to rewrite the entry by adding this port to it.
                 */
-               if (l2_lookup.destports & BIT(port))
+               if ((l2_lookup.destports & BIT(port)) && l2_lookup.lockeds)
                        return 0;
                l2_lookup.destports |= BIT(port);
        } else {
                                                     index, NULL, false);
                }
        }
+       l2_lookup.lockeds = true;
        l2_lookup.index = sja1105et_fdb_index(bin, way);
 
        rc = sja1105_dynamic_config_write(priv, BLK_IDX_L2_LOOKUP,
        rc = sja1105_dynamic_config_read(priv, BLK_IDX_L2_LOOKUP,
                                         SJA1105_SEARCH, &l2_lookup);
        if (rc == 0) {
-               /* Found and this port is already in the entry's
+               /* Found a static entry and this port is already in the entry's
                 * port mask => job done
                 */
-               if (l2_lookup.destports & BIT(port))
+               if ((l2_lookup.destports & BIT(port)) && l2_lookup.lockeds)
                        return 0;
                /* l2_lookup.index is populated by the switch in case it
                 * found something.
                dev_err(ds->dev, "FDB is full, cannot add entry.\n");
                return -EINVAL;
        }
-       l2_lookup.lockeds = true;
        l2_lookup.index = i;
 
 skip_finding_an_index:
+       l2_lookup.lockeds = true;
+
        rc = sja1105_dynamic_config_write(priv, BLK_IDX_L2_LOOKUP,
                                          l2_lookup.index, &l2_lookup,
                                          true);