diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/vcap/vcap_api.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/vcap/vcap_api.c
index 93efa8243b02c..f2435d7ab515f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/vcap/vcap_api.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/vcap/vcap_api.c
@@ -985,17 +985,12 @@ static u32 vcap_next_rule_addr(u32 addr, struct vcap_rule_internal *ri)
 /* Assign a unique rule id and autogenerate one if id == 0 */
 static u32 vcap_set_rule_id(struct vcap_rule_internal *ri)
 {
-	u32 next_id;
-
 	if (ri->data.id != 0)
 		return ri->data.id;
 
-	next_id = ri->vctrl->rule_id + 1;
-
-	for (next_id = ri->vctrl->rule_id + 1; next_id < ~0; ++next_id) {
+	for (u32 next_id = 1; next_id < ~0; ++next_id) {
 		if (!vcap_lookup_rule(ri->vctrl, next_id)) {
 			ri->data.id = next_id;
-			ri->vctrl->rule_id = next_id;
 			break;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/vcap/vcap_api.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/vcap/vcap_api.h
index ca4499838306f..689c7270f2a89 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/vcap/vcap_api.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/vcap/vcap_api.h
@@ -268,7 +268,6 @@ struct vcap_operations {
 
 /* VCAP API Client control interface */
 struct vcap_control {
-	u32 rule_id; /* last used rule id (unique across VCAP instances) */
 	struct vcap_operations *ops;  /* client supplied operations */
 	const struct vcap_info *vcaps; /* client supplied vcap models */
 	const struct vcap_statistics *stats; /* client supplied vcap stats */