return ionic_lif_filter_add(lif, &ac);
 }
 
-int ionic_lif_addr_del(struct ionic_lif *lif, const u8 *addr)
+static int ionic_lif_filter_del(struct ionic_lif *lif,
+                               struct ionic_rx_filter_add_cmd *ac)
 {
        struct ionic_admin_ctx ctx = {
                .work = COMPLETION_INITIALIZER_ONSTACK(ctx.work),
        int err;
 
        spin_lock_bh(&lif->rx_filters.lock);
-       f = ionic_rx_filter_by_addr(lif, addr);
+       f = ionic_rx_filter_find(lif, ac);
        if (!f) {
                spin_unlock_bh(&lif->rx_filters.lock);
                return -ENOENT;
        }
 
-       netdev_dbg(lif->netdev, "rx_filter del ADDR %pM (id %d)\n",
-                  addr, f->filter_id);
+       switch (le16_to_cpu(ac->match)) {
+       case IONIC_RX_FILTER_MATCH_MAC:
+               netdev_dbg(lif->netdev, "%s: rx_filter del ADDR %pM id %d\n",
+                          __func__, ac->mac.addr, f->filter_id);
+               if (is_multicast_ether_addr(ac->mac.addr) && lif->nmcast)
+                       lif->nmcast--;
+               else if (!is_multicast_ether_addr(ac->mac.addr) && lif->nucast)
+                       lif->nucast--;
+               break;
+       }
 
        state = f->state;
        ctx.cmd.rx_filter_del.filter_id = cpu_to_le32(f->filter_id);
        ionic_rx_filter_free(lif, f);
 
-       if (is_multicast_ether_addr(addr) && lif->nmcast)
-               lif->nmcast--;
-       else if (!is_multicast_ether_addr(addr) && lif->nucast)
-               lif->nucast--;
-
        spin_unlock_bh(&lif->rx_filters.lock);
 
        if (state != IONIC_FILTER_STATE_NEW) {
        return 0;
 }
 
+int ionic_lif_addr_del(struct ionic_lif *lif, const u8 *addr)
+{
+       struct ionic_rx_filter_add_cmd ac = {
+               .match = cpu_to_le16(IONIC_RX_FILTER_MATCH_MAC),
+       };
+
+       memcpy(&ac.mac.addr, addr, ETH_ALEN);
+
+       return ionic_lif_filter_del(lif, &ac);
+}
+
 struct sync_item {
        struct list_head list;
        struct ionic_rx_filter f;
         * they can clear room for some new filters
         */
        list_for_each_entry_safe(sync_item, spos, &sync_del_list, list) {
-               (void)ionic_lif_addr_del(lif, sync_item->f.cmd.mac.addr);
+               (void)ionic_lif_filter_del(lif, &sync_item->f.cmd);
 
                list_del(&sync_item->list);
                devm_kfree(dev, sync_item);