diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.h
index f1bdb04efbe4d326ebc12f7f1fd544467249825f..da54afaa3c4484c699000206935871cc3ca36e9d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.h
@@ -150,24 +150,6 @@ static inline s32 efx_filter_get_rx_ids(struct efx_nic *efx,
 int efx_filter_rfs(struct net_device *net_dev, const struct sk_buff *skb,
 		   u16 rxq_index, u32 flow_id);
 bool __efx_filter_rfs_expire(struct efx_channel *channel, unsigned int quota);
-static inline void efx_filter_rfs_expire(struct work_struct *data)
-{
-	struct delayed_work *dwork = to_delayed_work(data);
-	struct efx_channel *channel;
-	unsigned int time, quota;
-
-	channel = container_of(dwork, struct efx_channel, filter_work);
-	time = jiffies - channel->rfs_last_expiry;
-	quota = channel->rfs_filter_count * time / (30 * HZ);
-	if (quota > 20 && __efx_filter_rfs_expire(channel, min(channel->rfs_filter_count, quota)))
-		channel->rfs_last_expiry += time;
-	/* Ensure we do more work eventually even if NAPI poll is not happening */
-	schedule_delayed_work(dwork, 30 * HZ);
-}
-#define efx_filter_rfs_enabled() 1
-#else
-static inline void efx_filter_rfs_expire(struct work_struct *data) {}
-#define efx_filter_rfs_enabled() 0
 #endif
 
 /* RSS contexts */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx_channels.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx_channels.c
index aeb5e8aa2f2a2ba76c679ffa41dc929aff2c0bd1..d2d738314c50c634c9d957f9d17ff5b280f6e5b3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx_channels.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx_channels.c
@@ -485,6 +485,23 @@ void efx_remove_eventq(struct efx_channel *channel)
  *
  *************************************************************************/
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_RFS_ACCEL
+static void efx_filter_rfs_expire(struct work_struct *data)
+{
+	struct delayed_work *dwork = to_delayed_work(data);
+	struct efx_channel *channel;
+	unsigned int time, quota;
+
+	channel = container_of(dwork, struct efx_channel, filter_work);
+	time = jiffies - channel->rfs_last_expiry;
+	quota = channel->rfs_filter_count * time / (30 * HZ);
+	if (quota >= 20 && __efx_filter_rfs_expire(channel, min(channel->rfs_filter_count, quota)))
+		channel->rfs_last_expiry += time;
+	/* Ensure we do more work eventually even if NAPI poll is not happening */
+	schedule_delayed_work(dwork, 30 * HZ);
+}
+#endif
+
 /* Allocate and initialise a channel structure. */
 struct efx_channel *
 efx_alloc_channel(struct efx_nic *efx, int i, struct efx_channel *old_channel)
@@ -1166,6 +1183,9 @@ static int efx_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 	struct efx_channel *channel =
 		container_of(napi, struct efx_channel, napi_str);
 	struct efx_nic *efx = channel->efx;
+#ifdef CONFIG_RFS_ACCEL
+	unsigned int time;
+#endif
 	int spent;
 
 	netif_vdbg(efx, intr, efx->net_dev,
@@ -1185,7 +1205,10 @@ static int efx_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_RFS_ACCEL
 		/* Perhaps expire some ARFS filters */
-		mod_delayed_work(system_wq, &channel->filter_work, 0);
+		time = jiffies - channel->rfs_last_expiry;
+		/* Would our quota be >= 20? */
+		if (channel->rfs_filter_count * time >= 600 * HZ)
+			mod_delayed_work(system_wq, &channel->filter_work, 0);
 #endif
 
 		/* There is no race here; although napi_disable() will