diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_filter.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_filter.c
index 4e55f7081644362871d1730492458c8c1fc8acbc..83b46440408bae19bad84e7a952ab635e0b0de23 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_filter.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_filter.c
@@ -880,7 +880,8 @@ int set_filter_wr(struct adapter *adapter, int fidx)
 		 FW_FILTER_WR_OVLAN_VLD_V(f->fs.val.ovlan_vld) |
 		 FW_FILTER_WR_IVLAN_VLDM_V(f->fs.mask.ivlan_vld) |
 		 FW_FILTER_WR_OVLAN_VLDM_V(f->fs.mask.ovlan_vld));
-	fwr->smac_sel = f->smt->idx;
+	if (f->fs.newsmac)
+		fwr->smac_sel = f->smt->idx;
 	fwr->rx_chan_rx_rpl_iq =
 		htons(FW_FILTER_WR_RX_CHAN_V(0) |
 		      FW_FILTER_WR_RX_RPL_IQ_V(adapter->sge.fw_evtq.abs_id));