diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef10.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef10.c
index 63036d9bf3e63efaaf41d267af35b4970bcbc142..d90a7b1f4088623ccd664d136389482b242a3456 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef10.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef10.c
@@ -4784,8 +4784,9 @@ static bool efx_ef10_filter_rfs_expire_one(struct efx_nic *efx, u32 flow_id,
 	 * will set rule->filter_id to EFX_ARFS_FILTER_ID_PENDING, meaning that
 	 * the rule is not removed by efx_rps_hash_del() below.
 	 */
-	ret = efx_ef10_filter_remove_internal(efx, 1U << spec->priority,
-					      filter_idx, true) == 0;
+	if (ret)
+		ret = efx_ef10_filter_remove_internal(efx, 1U << spec->priority,
+						      filter_idx, true) == 0;
 	/* While we can't safely dereference rule (we dropped the lock), we can
 	 * still test it for NULL.
 	 */