diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
index 8864d8b5373790de6750089f6bc4f1a4d687651e..edd9cb8d3e1d8f09cc1715ddee967b5fa58181fd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ mlx4_en_filter_alloc(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv, int rxq_index, __be32 src_ip,
 
 	filter->flow_id = flow_id;
 
-	filter->id = priv->last_filter_id++;
+	filter->id = priv->last_filter_id++ % RPS_NO_FILTER;
 
 	list_add_tail(&filter->next, &priv->filters);
 	hlist_add_head(&filter->filter_chain,