diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_eswitch.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_eswitch.c
index 8ad271534d80..50b3de700837 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_eswitch.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_eswitch.c
@@ -10,85 +10,6 @@
 #include "ice_devlink.h"
 #include "ice_tc_lib.h"
 
-/**
- * ice_eswitch_del_sp_rules - delete adv rules added on PRs
- * @pf: pointer to the PF struct
- *
- * Delete all advanced rules that were used to forward packets with the
- * device's VSI index to the corresponding eswitch ctrl VSI queue.
- */
-static void ice_eswitch_del_sp_rules(struct ice_pf *pf)
-{
-	struct ice_repr *repr;
-	unsigned long id;
-
-	xa_for_each(&pf->eswitch.reprs, id, repr) {
-		if (repr->sp_rule.rid)
-			ice_rem_adv_rule_by_id(&pf->hw, &repr->sp_rule);
-	}
-}
-
-/**
- * ice_eswitch_add_sp_rule - add adv rule with device's VSI index
- * @pf: pointer to PF struct
- * @repr: pointer to the repr struct
- *
- * This function adds advanced rule that forwards packets with
- * device's VSI index to the corresponding eswitch ctrl VSI queue.
- */
-static int ice_eswitch_add_sp_rule(struct ice_pf *pf, struct ice_repr *repr)
-{
-	struct ice_vsi *ctrl_vsi = pf->eswitch.control_vsi;
-	struct ice_adv_rule_info rule_info = { 0 };
-	struct ice_adv_lkup_elem *list;
-	struct ice_hw *hw = &pf->hw;
-	const u16 lkups_cnt = 1;
-	int err;
-
-	list = kcalloc(lkups_cnt, sizeof(*list), GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (!list)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	ice_rule_add_src_vsi_metadata(list);
-
-	rule_info.sw_act.flag = ICE_FLTR_TX;
-	rule_info.sw_act.vsi_handle = ctrl_vsi->idx;
-	rule_info.sw_act.fltr_act = ICE_FWD_TO_Q;
-	rule_info.sw_act.fwd_id.q_id = hw->func_caps.common_cap.rxq_first_id +
-				       ctrl_vsi->rxq_map[repr->q_id];
-	rule_info.flags_info.act |= ICE_SINGLE_ACT_LB_ENABLE;
-	rule_info.flags_info.act_valid = true;
-	rule_info.tun_type = ICE_SW_TUN_AND_NON_TUN;
-	rule_info.src_vsi = repr->src_vsi->idx;
-
-	err = ice_add_adv_rule(hw, list, lkups_cnt, &rule_info,
-			       &repr->sp_rule);
-	if (err)
-		dev_err(ice_pf_to_dev(pf), "Unable to add slow-path rule for eswitch for PR %d",
-			repr->id);
-
-	kfree(list);
-	return err;
-}
-
-static int
-ice_eswitch_add_sp_rules(struct ice_pf *pf)
-{
-	struct ice_repr *repr;
-	unsigned long id;
-	int err;
-
-	xa_for_each(&pf->eswitch.reprs, id, repr) {
-		err = ice_eswitch_add_sp_rule(pf, repr);
-		if (err) {
-			ice_eswitch_del_sp_rules(pf);
-			return err;
-		}
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /**
  * ice_eswitch_setup_env - configure eswitch HW filters
  * @pf: pointer to PF struct
@@ -102,7 +23,6 @@ static int ice_eswitch_setup_env(struct ice_pf *pf)
 	struct ice_vsi *ctrl_vsi = pf->eswitch.control_vsi;
 	struct net_device *netdev = uplink_vsi->netdev;
 	struct ice_vsi_vlan_ops *vlan_ops;
-	bool rule_added = false;
 
 	ice_remove_vsi_fltr(&pf->hw, uplink_vsi->idx);
 
@@ -112,17 +32,19 @@ static int ice_eswitch_setup_env(struct ice_pf *pf)
 	netif_addr_unlock_bh(netdev);
 
 	if (ice_vsi_add_vlan_zero(uplink_vsi))
+		goto err_vlan_zero;
+
+	if (ice_cfg_dflt_vsi(uplink_vsi->port_info, uplink_vsi->idx, true,
+			     ICE_FLTR_RX))
 		goto err_def_rx;
 
-	if (!ice_is_dflt_vsi_in_use(uplink_vsi->port_info)) {
-		if (ice_set_dflt_vsi(uplink_vsi))
-			goto err_def_rx;
-		rule_added = true;
-	}
+	if (ice_cfg_dflt_vsi(uplink_vsi->port_info, uplink_vsi->idx, true,
+			     ICE_FLTR_TX))
+		goto err_def_tx;
 
 	vlan_ops = ice_get_compat_vsi_vlan_ops(uplink_vsi);
 	if (vlan_ops->dis_rx_filtering(uplink_vsi))
-		goto err_dis_rx;
+		goto err_vlan_filtering;
 
 	if (ice_vsi_update_security(uplink_vsi, ice_vsi_ctx_set_allow_override))
 		goto err_override_uplink;
@@ -141,10 +63,15 @@ static int ice_eswitch_setup_env(struct ice_pf *pf)
 	ice_vsi_update_security(uplink_vsi, ice_vsi_ctx_clear_allow_override);
 err_override_uplink:
 	vlan_ops->ena_rx_filtering(uplink_vsi);
-err_dis_rx:
-	if (rule_added)
-		ice_clear_dflt_vsi(uplink_vsi);
+err_vlan_filtering:
+	ice_cfg_dflt_vsi(uplink_vsi->port_info, uplink_vsi->idx, false,
+			 ICE_FLTR_TX);
+err_def_tx:
+	ice_cfg_dflt_vsi(uplink_vsi->port_info, uplink_vsi->idx, false,
+			 ICE_FLTR_RX);
 err_def_rx:
+	ice_vsi_del_vlan_zero(uplink_vsi);
+err_vlan_zero:
 	ice_fltr_add_mac_and_broadcast(uplink_vsi,
 				       uplink_vsi->port_info->mac.perm_addr,
 				       ICE_FWD_TO_VSI);
@@ -585,7 +512,6 @@ void ice_eswitch_stop_all_tx_queues(struct ice_pf *pf)
 
 static void ice_eswitch_stop_reprs(struct ice_pf *pf)
 {
-	ice_eswitch_del_sp_rules(pf);
 	ice_eswitch_stop_all_tx_queues(pf);
 	ice_eswitch_napi_disable(&pf->eswitch.reprs);
 }
@@ -594,7 +520,6 @@ static void ice_eswitch_start_reprs(struct ice_pf *pf)
 {
 	ice_eswitch_napi_enable(&pf->eswitch.reprs);
 	ice_eswitch_start_all_tx_queues(pf);
-	ice_eswitch_add_sp_rules(pf);
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_repr.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_repr.h
index b107e058d538..34823f58cd23 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_repr.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_repr.h
@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@ struct ice_repr {
 	int q_id;
 	u32 id;
 	u8 parent_mac[ETH_ALEN];
-#ifdef CONFIG_ICE_SWITCHDEV
-	/* info about slow path rule */
-	struct ice_rule_query_data sp_rule;
-#endif
 };
 
 struct ice_repr *ice_repr_add_vf(struct ice_vf *vf);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_switch.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_switch.c
index 53dd64768035..6937b2a3c9fe 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_switch.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_switch.c
@@ -2532,6 +2532,9 @@ static void ice_fill_sw_info(struct ice_hw *hw, struct ice_fltr_info *fi)
 			fi->lan_en = true;
 		}
 	}
+
+	if (fi->flag & ICE_FLTR_TX_ONLY)
+		fi->lan_en = false;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -3907,6 +3910,7 @@ ice_cfg_dflt_vsi(struct ice_port_info *pi, u16 vsi_handle, bool set,
 	} else if (f_info.flag & ICE_FLTR_TX) {
 		f_info.src_id = ICE_SRC_ID_VSI;
 		f_info.src = hw_vsi_id;
+		f_info.flag |= ICE_FLTR_TX_ONLY;
 	}
 	f_list_entry.fltr_info = f_info;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_switch.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_switch.h
index 9cf819b20d9c..1e579b866233 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_switch.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_switch.h
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@
 
 #define ICE_SW_CFG_MAX_BUF_LEN 2048
 #define ICE_DFLT_VSI_INVAL 0xff
-#define ICE_FLTR_RX BIT(0)
-#define ICE_FLTR_TX BIT(1)
+#define ICE_FLTR_RX		BIT(0)
+#define ICE_FLTR_TX		BIT(1)
+#define ICE_FLTR_TX_ONLY	BIT(2)
 #define ICE_VSI_INVAL_ID 0xffff
 #define ICE_INVAL_Q_HANDLE 0xFFFF
 
