diff --git a/drivers/net/nfb/nfb.h b/drivers/net/nfb/nfb.h
index 59d3ab4986..96c44c3a45 100644
--- a/drivers/net/nfb/nfb.h
+++ b/drivers/net/nfb/nfb.h
@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@ struct pmd_internals {
 
 	char             nfb_dev[PATH_MAX];
 	struct nfb_device *nfb;
-	/* Place to remember if filter was promiscuous or filtering by table,
-	 * when disabling allmulticast
-	 */
-	enum nc_rxmac_mac_filter rx_filter_original;
 };
 
 #endif /* _NFB_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/net/nfb/nfb_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/nfb/nfb_ethdev.c
index d7c0879ef5..6740bc65c5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/nfb/nfb_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/nfb/nfb_ethdev.c
@@ -516,7 +516,6 @@ nfb_eth_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 
 	data->promiscuous = nfb_eth_promiscuous_get(dev);
 	data->all_multicast = nfb_eth_allmulticast_get(dev);
-	internals->rx_filter_original = data->promiscuous;
 
 	dev->data->dev_flags |= RTE_ETH_DEV_AUTOFILL_QUEUE_XSTATS;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/nfb/nfb_rxmode.c b/drivers/net/nfb/nfb_rxmode.c
index 2d0b613d21..ca6e4d5578 100644
--- a/drivers/net/nfb/nfb_rxmode.c
+++ b/drivers/net/nfb/nfb_rxmode.c
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ nfb_eth_promiscuous_enable(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 		dev->data->dev_private;
 	uint16_t i;
 
-	internals->rx_filter_original = RXMAC_MAC_FILTER_PROMISCUOUS;
-
 	for (i = 0; i < internals->max_rxmac; ++i) {
 		nc_rxmac_mac_filter_enable(internals->rxmac[i],
 			RXMAC_MAC_FILTER_PROMISCUOUS);
@@ -30,16 +28,13 @@ nfb_eth_promiscuous_disable(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 	struct pmd_internals *internals = (struct pmd_internals *)
 		dev->data->dev_private;
 	uint16_t i;
+	enum nc_rxmac_mac_filter filter = RXMAC_MAC_FILTER_TABLE_BCAST;
 
-	internals->rx_filter_original = RXMAC_MAC_FILTER_TABLE;
-
-	/* if promisc is not enabled, do nothing */
-	if (!nfb_eth_promiscuous_get(dev))
-		return 0;
+	if (dev->data->all_multicast)
+		filter = RXMAC_MAC_FILTER_TABLE_BCAST_MCAST;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < internals->max_rxmac; ++i) {
-		nc_rxmac_mac_filter_enable(internals->rxmac[i],
-			RXMAC_MAC_FILTER_TABLE);
+		nc_rxmac_mac_filter_enable(internals->rxmac[i], filter);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -67,6 +62,8 @@ nfb_eth_allmulticast_enable(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 		dev->data->dev_private;
 
 	uint16_t i;
+	if (dev->data->promiscuous)
+		return 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < internals->max_rxmac; ++i) {
 		nc_rxmac_mac_filter_enable(internals->rxmac[i],
 			RXMAC_MAC_FILTER_TABLE_BCAST_MCAST);
@@ -83,13 +80,12 @@ nfb_eth_allmulticast_disable(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 
 	uint16_t i;
 
-	/* if multicast is not enabled do nothing */
-	if (!nfb_eth_allmulticast_get(dev))
+	if (dev->data->promiscuous)
 		return 0;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < internals->max_rxmac; ++i) {
 		nc_rxmac_mac_filter_enable(internals->rxmac[i],
-			internals->rx_filter_original);
+			RXMAC_MAC_FILTER_TABLE_BCAST);
 	}
 
 	return 0;