diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_filter.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_filter.c
index 650db92cb11c682d536a2be228b98f9817b8f95e..f6c1ec140e09dab21d4e1da189cd8e270300934a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_filter.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_filter.c
@@ -604,17 +604,14 @@ int cxgb4_get_free_ftid(struct net_device *dev, u8 family, bool hash_en,
 			/* If the new rule wants to get inserted into
 			 * HPFILTER region, but its prio is greater
 			 * than the rule with the highest prio in HASH
-			 * region, then reject the rule.
-			 */
-			if (t->tc_hash_tids_max_prio &&
-			    tc_prio > t->tc_hash_tids_max_prio)
-				break;
-
-			/* If there's not enough slots available
-			 * in HPFILTER region, then move on to
-			 * normal FILTER region immediately.
+			 * region, or if there's not enough slots
+			 * available in HPFILTER region, then skip
+			 * trying to insert this rule into HPFILTER
+			 * region and directly go to the next region.
 			 */
-			if (ftid + n > t->nhpftids) {
+			if ((t->tc_hash_tids_max_prio &&
+			     tc_prio > t->tc_hash_tids_max_prio) ||
+			     (ftid + n) > t->nhpftids) {
 				ftid = t->nhpftids;
 				continue;
 			}