diff --git a/src/plugins/dpdk/device/flow.c b/src/plugins/dpdk/device/flow.c
index 9f765a6f8..1bda94260 100644
--- a/src/plugins/dpdk/device/flow.c
+++ b/src/plugins/dpdk/device/flow.c
@@ -185,6 +185,9 @@ dpdk_flow_add (dpdk_device_t * xd, vnet_flow_t * f, dpdk_flow_entry_t * fe)
   u8 protocol = IP_PROTOCOL_RESERVED;
   int rv = 0;

+  if ((f->actions & VNET_FLOW_ACTION_RSS) && f->queue_num)
+   goto pattern_end;
+
   /* Handle generic flow first */
   if (f->type == VNET_FLOW_TYPE_GENERIC)
     {
@@ -696,6 +699,12 @@ dpdk_flow_ops_fn (vnet_main_t * vnm, vnet_flow_dev_op_t op, u32 dev_instance,
  goto done;
       break;
     default:
+   if ((flow->actions & VNET_FLOW_ACTION_RSS) && flow->queue_num)
+   {
+     if ((rv = dpdk_flow_add (xd, flow, fe)))
+     goto done;
+   break;
+   }
       rv = VNET_FLOW_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED;
       goto done;
     }