diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/tc.c
index 0327639a628a9..236b44a4215ed 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/tc.c
@@ -132,23 +132,6 @@ static void efx_tc_free_action_set_list(struct efx_nic *efx,
 	/* Don't kfree, as acts is embedded inside a struct efx_tc_flow_rule */
 }
 
-static void efx_tc_flow_free(void *ptr, void *arg)
-{
-	struct efx_tc_flow_rule *rule = ptr;
-	struct efx_nic *efx = arg;
-
-	netif_err(efx, drv, efx->net_dev,
-		  "tc rule %lx still present at teardown, removing\n",
-		  rule->cookie);
-
-	efx_mae_delete_rule(efx, rule->fw_id);
-
-	/* Release entries in subsidiary tables */
-	efx_tc_free_action_set_list(efx, &rule->acts, true);
-
-	kfree(rule);
-}
-
 /* Boilerplate for the simple 'copy a field' cases */
 #define _MAP_KEY_AND_MASK(_name, _type, _tcget, _tcfield, _field)	\
 if (flow_rule_match_key(rule, FLOW_DISSECTOR_KEY_##_name)) {		\
@@ -1454,6 +1437,21 @@ static void efx_tc_encap_match_free(void *ptr, void *__unused)
 	kfree(encap);
 }
 
+static void efx_tc_flow_free(void *ptr, void *arg)
+{
+	struct efx_tc_flow_rule *rule = ptr;
+	struct efx_nic *efx = arg;
+
+	netif_err(efx, drv, efx->net_dev,
+		  "tc rule %lx still present at teardown, removing\n",
+		  rule->cookie);
+
+	/* Also releases entries in subsidiary tables */
+	efx_tc_delete_rule(efx, rule);
+
+	kfree(rule);
+}
+
 int efx_init_struct_tc(struct efx_nic *efx)
 {
 	int rc;