diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/features.rst b/doc/guides/nics/features.rst
index dbca9a85b9..f6d30d0af3 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/features.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/features.rst
@@ -402,9 +402,9 @@ Supports configuring link flow control.
 Flow API
 --------
 
-Supports the DPDK Flow API for generic filtering.
+Supports flow API family.
 
-* **[implements] eth_dev_ops**: ``filter_ctrl:RTE_ETH_FILTER_GENERIC``.
+* **[implements] eth_dev_ops**: ``flow_ops_get``.
 * **[implements] rte_flow_ops**: ``All``.
 
 
diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/rte_flow.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/rte_flow.rst
index 62a57919eb..aec2ba1ec0 100644
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/rte_flow.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/rte_flow.rst
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@ defined in ``rte_flow.h``.
   queues, to virtual/physical device functions or ports, performing tunnel
   offloads, adding marks and so on.
 
-It is slightly higher-level than the legacy filtering framework which it
-encompasses and supersedes (including all functions and filter types) in
-order to expose a single interface with an unambiguous behavior that is
-common to all poll-mode drivers (PMDs).
-
 Flow rule
 ---------
 
@@ -3104,7 +3099,6 @@ port and may return errors such as ``ENOTSUP`` ("not supported"):
 - Configuring MAC addresses.
 - Configuring multicast addresses.
 - Configuring VLAN filters.
-- Configuring Rx filters through the legacy API (e.g. FDIR).
 - Configuring global RSS settings.
 
 .. code-block:: c
@@ -3331,13 +3325,7 @@ The PMD interface is defined in ``rte_flow_driver.h``. It is not subject to
 API/ABI versioning constraints as it is not exposed to applications and may
 evolve independently.
 
-It is currently implemented on top of the legacy filtering framework through
-filter type *RTE_ETH_FILTER_GENERIC* that accepts the single operation
-*RTE_ETH_FILTER_GET* to return PMD-specific *rte_flow* callbacks wrapped
-inside ``struct rte_flow_ops``.
-
-This overhead is temporarily necessary in order to keep compatibility with
-the legacy filtering framework, which should eventually disappear.
+The PMD interface is based on callbacks pointed by the ``struct rte_flow_ops``.
 
 - PMD callbacks implement exactly the interface described in `Rules
   management`_, except for the port ID argument which has already been
diff --git a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt.h b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt.h
index de1b4af919..05f8804274 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt.h
+++ b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt.h
@@ -997,9 +997,7 @@ void bnxt_flow_cnt_alarm_cb(void *arg);
 int bnxt_flow_stats_req(struct bnxt *bp);
 int bnxt_flow_stats_cnt(struct bnxt *bp);
 uint32_t bnxt_get_speed_capabilities(struct bnxt *bp);
+int bnxt_flow_ops_get_op(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
+			 const struct rte_flow_ops **ops);
 
-int
-bnxt_filter_ctrl_op(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
-		    enum rte_filter_type filter_type,
-		    enum rte_filter_op filter_op, void *arg);
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c
index ed2ae45757..2bd889b15b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c
@@ -3236,9 +3236,8 @@ bnxt_tx_descriptor_status_op(void *tx_queue, uint16_t offset)
 }
 
 int
-bnxt_filter_ctrl_op(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
-		    enum rte_filter_type filter_type,
-		    enum rte_filter_op filter_op, void *arg)
+bnxt_flow_ops_get_op(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
+		     const struct rte_flow_ops **ops)
 {
 	struct bnxt *bp = dev->data->dev_private;
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -3251,10 +3250,8 @@ bnxt_filter_ctrl_op(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 		bp = vfr->parent_dev->data->dev_private;
 		/* parent is deleted while children are still valid */
 		if (!bp) {
-			PMD_DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "BNXT Port:%d VFR Error %d:%d\n",
-				    dev->data->port_id,
-				    filter_type,
-				    filter_op);
+			PMD_DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "BNXT Port:%d VFR Error\n",
+				    dev->data->port_id);
 			return -EIO;
 		}
 	}
@@ -3263,27 +3260,16 @@ bnxt_filter_ctrl_op(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	switch (filter_type) {
-	case RTE_ETH_FILTER_GENERIC:
-		if (filter_op != RTE_ETH_FILTER_GET)
-			return -EINVAL;
+	/* PMD supports thread-safe flow operations.  rte_flow API
+	 * functions can avoid mutex for multi-thread safety.
+	 */
+	dev->data->dev_flags |= RTE_ETH_DEV_FLOW_OPS_THREAD_SAFE;
 
-		/* PMD supports thread-safe flow operations.  rte_flow API
-		 * functions can avoid mutex for multi-thread safety.
-		 */
-		dev->data->dev_flags |= RTE_ETH_DEV_FLOW_OPS_THREAD_SAFE;
+	if (BNXT_TRUFLOW_EN(bp))
+		*ops = &bnxt_ulp_rte_flow_ops;
+	else
+		*ops = &bnxt_flow_ops;
 
-		if (BNXT_TRUFLOW_EN(bp))
-			*(const void **)arg = &bnxt_ulp_rte_flow_ops;
-		else
-			*(const void **)arg = &bnxt_flow_ops;
-		break;
-	default:
-		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR,
-			"Filter type (%d) not supported", filter_type);
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		break;
-	}
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -3800,7 +3786,7 @@ static const struct eth_dev_ops bnxt_dev_ops = {
 	.rx_queue_stop = bnxt_rx_queue_stop,
 	.tx_queue_start = bnxt_tx_queue_start,
 	.tx_queue_stop = bnxt_tx_queue_stop,
-	.filter_ctrl = bnxt_filter_ctrl_op,
+	.flow_ops_get = bnxt_flow_ops_get_op,
 	.dev_supported_ptypes_get = bnxt_dev_supported_ptypes_get_op,
 	.get_eeprom_length    = bnxt_get_eeprom_length_op,
 	.get_eeprom           = bnxt_get_eeprom_op,
diff --git a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_reps.c b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_reps.c
index d94874578e..b224a7d2c2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_reps.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_reps.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ static const struct eth_dev_ops bnxt_rep_dev_ops = {
 	.dev_stop = bnxt_rep_dev_stop_op,
 	.stats_get = bnxt_rep_stats_get_op,
 	.stats_reset = bnxt_rep_stats_reset_op,
-	.filter_ctrl = bnxt_filter_ctrl_op
+	.flow_ops_get = bnxt_flow_ops_get_op
 };
 
 uint16_t
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/rte_eth_bond_pmd.c b/drivers/net/bonding/rte_eth_bond_pmd.c
index 5241c60089..24e3cf3c2e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/rte_eth_bond_pmd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/rte_eth_bond_pmd.c
@@ -3108,14 +3108,11 @@ bond_ethdev_mac_address_set(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 }
 
 static int
-bond_filter_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev __rte_unused,
-		 enum rte_filter_type type, enum rte_filter_op op, void *arg)
+bond_flow_ops_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev __rte_unused,
+		  const struct rte_flow_ops **ops)
 {
-	if (type == RTE_ETH_FILTER_GENERIC && op == RTE_ETH_FILTER_GET) {
-		*(const void **)arg = &bond_flow_ops;
-		return 0;
-	}
-	return -ENOTSUP;
+	*ops = &bond_flow_ops;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int
@@ -3207,7 +3204,7 @@ const struct eth_dev_ops default_dev_ops = {
 	.mac_addr_set         = bond_ethdev_mac_address_set,
 	.mac_addr_add         = bond_ethdev_mac_addr_add,
 	.mac_addr_remove      = bond_ethdev_mac_addr_remove,
-	.filter_ctrl          = bond_filter_ctrl
+	.flow_ops_get         = bond_flow_ops_get
 };
 
 static int
diff --git a/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_ethdev.c
index bfa57c979d..e8a2de3ef3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_ethdev.c
@@ -1335,7 +1335,7 @@ static const struct eth_dev_ops cxgbe_eth_dev_ops = {
 	.rx_queue_start		= cxgbe_dev_rx_queue_start,
 	.rx_queue_stop		= cxgbe_dev_rx_queue_stop,
 	.rx_queue_release	= cxgbe_dev_rx_queue_release,
-	.filter_ctrl            = cxgbe_dev_filter_ctrl,
+	.flow_ops_get           = cxgbe_dev_flow_ops_get,
 	.stats_get		= cxgbe_dev_stats_get,
 	.stats_reset		= cxgbe_dev_stats_reset,
 	.flow_ctrl_get		= cxgbe_flow_ctrl_get,
diff --git a/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_flow.c b/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_flow.c
index 520a5a5c9a..edcbba9d7c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_flow.c
+++ b/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_flow.c
@@ -1448,23 +1448,9 @@ static const struct rte_flow_ops cxgbe_flow_ops = {
 };
 
 int
-cxgbe_dev_filter_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
-		      enum rte_filter_type filter_type,
-		      enum rte_filter_op filter_op,
-		      void *arg)
+cxgbe_dev_flow_ops_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev __rte_unused,
+		       const struct rte_flow_ops **ops)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
-
-	RTE_SET_USED(dev);
-	switch (filter_type) {
-	case RTE_ETH_FILTER_GENERIC:
-		if (filter_op != RTE_ETH_FILTER_GET)
-			return -EINVAL;
-		*(const void **)arg = &cxgbe_flow_ops;
-		break;
-	default:
-		ret = -ENOTSUP;
-		break;
-	}
-	return ret;
+	*ops = &cxgbe_flow_ops;
+	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_flow.h b/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_flow.h
index ec8e47aebe..9cf29550a9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_flow.h
+++ b/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_flow.h
@@ -35,10 +35,7 @@ struct rte_flow {
 	struct rte_eth_dev *dev;
 };
 
-int
-cxgbe_dev_filter_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
-		      enum rte_filter_type filter_type,
-		      enum rte_filter_op filter_op,
-		      void *arg);
+int cxgbe_dev_flow_ops_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
+			   const struct rte_flow_ops **ops);
 
 #endif /* _CXGBE_FLOW_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/net/dpaa2/dpaa2_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/dpaa2/dpaa2_ethdev.c
index 0e7ebf4dc0..9011dcfc12 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dpaa2/dpaa2_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dpaa2/dpaa2_ethdev.c
@@ -99,10 +99,6 @@ static const struct rte_dpaa2_xstats_name_off dpaa2_xstats_strings[] = {
 	{"cgr_reject_bytes", 4, 1},
 };
 
-static const enum rte_filter_op dpaa2_supported_filter_ops[] = {
-	RTE_ETH_FILTER_GET
-};
-
 static struct rte_dpaa2_driver rte_dpaa2_pmd;
 static int dpaa2_dev_link_update(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 				 int wait_to_complete);
@@ -2322,45 +2318,15 @@ int dpaa2_eth_eventq_detach(const struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static inline int
-dpaa2_dev_verify_filter_ops(enum rte_filter_op filter_op)
-{
-	unsigned int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < RTE_DIM(dpaa2_supported_filter_ops); i++) {
-		if (dpaa2_supported_filter_ops[i] == filter_op)
-			return 0;
-	}
-	return -ENOTSUP;
-}
-
 static int
-dpaa2_dev_flow_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
-		    enum rte_filter_type filter_type,
-				 enum rte_filter_op filter_op,
-				 void *arg)
+dpaa2_dev_flow_ops_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
+		       const struct rte_flow_ops **ops)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
-
 	if (!dev)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	switch (filter_type) {
-	case RTE_ETH_FILTER_GENERIC:
-		if (dpaa2_dev_verify_filter_ops(filter_op) < 0) {
-			ret = -ENOTSUP;
-			break;
-		}
-		*(const void **)arg = &dpaa2_flow_ops;
-		dpaa2_filter_type |= filter_type;
-		break;
-	default:
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, PMD, "Filter type (%d) not supported",
-			filter_type);
-		ret = -ENOTSUP;
-		break;
-	}
-	return ret;
+	*ops = &dpaa2_flow_ops;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void
@@ -2453,7 +2419,7 @@ static struct eth_dev_ops dpaa2_ethdev_ops = {
 	.mac_addr_set         = dpaa2_dev_set_mac_addr,
 	.rss_hash_update      = dpaa2_dev_rss_hash_update,
 	.rss_hash_conf_get    = dpaa2_dev_rss_hash_conf_get,
-	.filter_ctrl          = dpaa2_dev_flow_ctrl,
+	.flow_ops_get         = dpaa2_dev_flow_ops_get,
 	.rxq_info_get	      = dpaa2_rxq_info_get,
 	.txq_info_get	      = dpaa2_txq_info_get,
 	.tm_ops_get	      = dpaa2_tm_ops_get,
diff --git a/drivers/net/dpaa2/dpaa2_ethdev.h b/drivers/net/dpaa2/dpaa2_ethdev.h
index 28341178e4..7b76ca7b2d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dpaa2/dpaa2_ethdev.h
+++ b/drivers/net/dpaa2/dpaa2_ethdev.h
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ extern int dpaa2_timestamp_dynfield_offset;
 
 /*Externaly defined*/
 extern const struct rte_flow_ops dpaa2_flow_ops;
-extern enum rte_filter_type dpaa2_filter_type;
 
 extern const struct rte_tm_ops dpaa2_tm_ops;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/dpaa2/dpaa2_flow.c b/drivers/net/dpaa2/dpaa2_flow.c
index 29f1f2e654..bfe17c350a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dpaa2/dpaa2_flow.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dpaa2/dpaa2_flow.c
@@ -89,8 +89,6 @@ enum rte_flow_action_type dpaa2_supported_action_type[] = {
 /* Max of enum rte_flow_item_type + 1, for both IPv4 and IPv6*/
 #define DPAA2_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_GENERIC_IP (RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_META + 1)
 
-enum rte_filter_type dpaa2_filter_type = RTE_ETH_FILTER_NONE;
-
 #ifndef __cplusplus
 static const struct rte_flow_item_eth dpaa2_flow_item_eth_mask = {
 	.dst.addr_bytes = "\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff",
@@ -3969,24 +3967,15 @@ struct rte_flow *dpaa2_flow_create(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 	flow->ipaddr_rule.fs_ipdst_offset =
 		IP_ADDRESS_OFFSET_INVALID;
 
-	switch (dpaa2_filter_type) {
-	case RTE_ETH_FILTER_GENERIC:
-		ret = dpaa2_generic_flow_set(flow, dev, attr, pattern,
-					     actions, error);
-		if (ret < 0) {
-			if (error->type > RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ACTION)
-				rte_flow_error_set(error, EPERM,
-						RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED,
-						attr, "unknown");
-			DPAA2_PMD_ERR(
-			"Failure to create flow, return code (%d)", ret);
-			goto creation_error;
-		}
-		break;
-	default:
-		DPAA2_PMD_ERR("Filter type (%d) not supported",
-		dpaa2_filter_type);
-		break;
+	ret = dpaa2_generic_flow_set(flow, dev, attr, pattern,
+			actions, error);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		if (error->type > RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ACTION)
+			rte_flow_error_set(error, EPERM,
+					RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED,
+					attr, "unknown");
+		DPAA2_PMD_ERR("Failure to create flow, return code (%d)", ret);
+		goto creation_error;
 	}
 
 	return flow;
diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/igb_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/e1000/igb_ethdev.c
index 1716d6b904..17ee6e91a0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000/igb_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000/igb_ethdev.c
@@ -194,10 +194,8 @@ static int igb_add_5tuple_filter_82576(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 			struct rte_eth_ntuple_filter *ntuple_filter);
 static int igb_remove_5tuple_filter_82576(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 			struct rte_eth_ntuple_filter *ntuple_filter);
-static int eth_igb_filter_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
-		     enum rte_filter_type filter_type,
-		     enum rte_filter_op filter_op,
-		     void *arg);
+static int eth_igb_flow_ops_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
+				const struct rte_flow_ops **ops);
 static int eth_igb_get_reg_length(struct rte_eth_dev *dev);
 static int eth_igb_get_regs(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 		struct rte_dev_reg_info *regs);
@@ -374,7 +372,7 @@ static const struct eth_dev_ops eth_igb_ops = {
 	.reta_query           = eth_igb_rss_reta_query,
 	.rss_hash_update      = eth_igb_rss_hash_update,
 	.rss_hash_conf_get    = eth_igb_rss_hash_conf_get,
-	.filter_ctrl          = eth_igb_filter_ctrl,
+	.flow_ops_get         = eth_igb_flow_ops_get,
 	.set_mc_addr_list     = eth_igb_set_mc_addr_list,
 	.rxq_info_get         = igb_rxq_info_get,
 	.txq_info_get         = igb_txq_info_get,
@@ -4583,26 +4581,11 @@ igb_add_del_ethertype_filter(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 }
 
 static int
-eth_igb_filter_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev __rte_unused,
-		     enum rte_filter_type filter_type,
-		     enum rte_filter_op filter_op,
-		     void *arg)
+eth_igb_flow_ops_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev __rte_unused,
+		     const struct rte_flow_ops **ops)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
-
-	switch (filter_type) {
-	case RTE_ETH_FILTER_GENERIC:
-		if (filter_op != RTE_ETH_FILTER_GET)
-			return -EINVAL;
-		*(const void **)arg = &igb_flow_ops;
-		break;
-	default:
-		PMD_DRV_LOG(WARNING, "Filter type (%d) not supported",
-							filter_type);
-		break;
-	}
-
-	return ret;
+	*ops = &igb_flow_ops;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int
diff --git a/drivers/net/enic/enic_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/enic/enic_ethdev.c
index def669f411..d91c2cdc8c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/enic/enic_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/enic/enic_ethdev.c
@@ -74,13 +74,10 @@ static const struct vic_speed_capa {
 RTE_LOG_REGISTER(enic_pmd_logtype, pmd.net.enic, INFO);
 
 static int
-enicpmd_dev_filter_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
-		     enum rte_filter_type filter_type,
-		     enum rte_filter_op filter_op,
-		     void *arg)
+enicpmd_dev_flow_ops_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
+			 const struct rte_flow_ops **ops)
 {
 	struct enic *enic = pmd_priv(dev);
-	int ret = 0;
 
 	ENICPMD_FUNC_TRACE();
 
@@ -90,23 +87,12 @@ enicpmd_dev_filter_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 	 */
 	if (enic->geneve_opt_enabled)
 		return -ENOTSUP;
-	switch (filter_type) {
-	case RTE_ETH_FILTER_GENERIC:
-		if (filter_op != RTE_ETH_FILTER_GET)
-			return -EINVAL;
-		if (enic->flow_filter_mode == FILTER_FLOWMAN)
-			*(const void **)arg = &enic_fm_flow_ops;
-		else
-			*(const void **)arg = &enic_flow_ops;
-		break;
-	default:
-		dev_warning(enic, "Filter type (%d) not supported",
-			filter_type);
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		break;
-	}
 
-	return ret;
+	if (enic->flow_filter_mode == FILTER_FLOWMAN)
+		*ops = &enic_fm_flow_ops;
+	else
+		*ops = &enic_flow_ops;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void enicpmd_dev_tx_queue_release(void *txq)
@@ -1121,7 +1107,7 @@ static const struct eth_dev_ops enicpmd_eth_dev_ops = {
 	.mac_addr_remove      = enicpmd_remove_mac_addr,
 	.mac_addr_set         = enicpmd_set_mac_addr,
 	.set_mc_addr_list     = enicpmd_set_mc_addr_list,
-	.filter_ctrl          = enicpmd_dev_filter_ctrl,
+	.flow_ops_get         = enicpmd_dev_flow_ops_get,
 	.reta_query           = enicpmd_dev_rss_reta_query,
 	.reta_update          = enicpmd_dev_rss_reta_update,
 	.rss_hash_conf_get    = enicpmd_dev_rss_hash_conf_get,
diff --git a/drivers/net/enic/enic_vf_representor.c b/drivers/net/enic/enic_vf_representor.c
index f7b79c1c4e..79dd6e5640 100644
--- a/drivers/net/enic/enic_vf_representor.c
+++ b/drivers/net/enic/enic_vf_representor.c
@@ -377,34 +377,21 @@ static const struct rte_flow_ops enic_vf_flow_ops = {
 };
 
 static int
-enic_vf_filter_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev,
-		    enum rte_filter_type filter_type,
-		    enum rte_filter_op filter_op,
-		    void *arg)
+enic_vf_flow_ops_get(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev,
+		     const struct rte_flow_ops **ops)
 {
 	struct enic_vf_representor *vf;
-	int ret = 0;
 
 	ENICPMD_FUNC_TRACE();
 	vf = eth_dev->data->dev_private;
-	switch (filter_type) {
-	case RTE_ETH_FILTER_GENERIC:
-		if (filter_op != RTE_ETH_FILTER_GET)
-			return -EINVAL;
-		if (vf->enic.flow_filter_mode == FILTER_FLOWMAN) {
-			*(const void **)arg = &enic_vf_flow_ops;
-		} else {
-			ENICPMD_LOG(WARNING, "VF representors require flowman support for rte_flow API");
-			ret = -EINVAL;
-		}
-		break;
-	default:
-		ENICPMD_LOG(WARNING, "Filter type (%d) not supported",
-			    filter_type);
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		break;
+	if (vf->enic.flow_filter_mode != FILTER_FLOWMAN) {
+		ENICPMD_LOG(WARNING,
+				"VF representors require flowman support for rte_flow API");
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
-	return ret;
+
+	*ops = &enic_vf_flow_ops;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int enic_vf_link_update(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev,
@@ -566,7 +553,7 @@ static const struct eth_dev_ops enic_vf_representor_dev_ops = {
 	.dev_start            = enic_vf_dev_start,
 	.dev_stop             = enic_vf_dev_stop,
 	.dev_close            = enic_vf_dev_close,
-	.filter_ctrl          = enic_vf_filter_ctrl,
+	.flow_ops_get         = enic_vf_flow_ops_get,
 	.link_update          = enic_vf_link_update,
 	.promiscuous_enable   = enic_vf_promiscuous_enable,
 	.promiscuous_disable  = enic_vf_promiscuous_disable,
diff --git a/drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe_ops.c b/drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe_ops.c
index 1343777d61..5ff33e03e0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/net/failsafe/failsafe_ops.c
@@ -1514,17 +1514,11 @@ fs_rss_hash_update(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 }
 
 static int
-fs_filter_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev __rte_unused,
-		enum rte_filter_type type,
-		enum rte_filter_op op,
-		void *arg)
+fs_flow_ops_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev __rte_unused,
+		const struct rte_flow_ops **ops)
 {
-	if (type == RTE_ETH_FILTER_GENERIC &&
-	    op == RTE_ETH_FILTER_GET) {
-		*(const void **)arg = &fs_flow_ops;
-		return 0;
-	}
-	return -ENOTSUP;
+	*ops = &fs_flow_ops;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 const struct eth_dev_ops failsafe_ops = {
@@ -1565,5 +1559,5 @@ const struct eth_dev_ops failsafe_ops = {
 	.mac_addr_set = fs_mac_addr_set,
 	.set_mc_addr_list = fs_set_mc_addr_list,
 	.rss_hash_update = fs_rss_hash_update,
-	.filter_ctrl = fs_filter_ctrl,
+	.flow_ops_get = fs_flow_ops_get,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/net/hinic/hinic_pmd_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/hinic/hinic_pmd_ethdev.c
index 1d6b710c9f..2352dd1615 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hinic/hinic_pmd_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hinic/hinic_pmd_ethdev.c
@@ -2504,42 +2504,20 @@ static int hinic_set_mc_addr_list(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 }
 
 /**
- * DPDK callback to manage filter control operations
+ * DPDK callback to get flow operations
  *
  * @param dev
  *   Pointer to Ethernet device structure.
- * @param filter_type
- *   Filter type, which just supports generic type.
- * @param filter_op
- *   Filter operation to perform.
- * @param arg
+ * @param ops
  *   Pointer to operation-specific structure.
  *
  * @return
  *   0 on success, negative error value otherwise.
  */
-static int hinic_dev_filter_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
-		     enum rte_filter_type filter_type,
-		     enum rte_filter_op filter_op,
-		     void *arg)
+static int hinic_dev_flow_ops_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev __rte_unused,
+				  const struct rte_flow_ops **ops)
 {
-	struct hinic_nic_dev *nic_dev = HINIC_ETH_DEV_TO_PRIVATE_NIC_DEV(dev);
-	int func_id = hinic_global_func_id(nic_dev->hwdev);
-
-	switch (filter_type) {
-	case RTE_ETH_FILTER_GENERIC:
-		if (filter_op != RTE_ETH_FILTER_GET)
-			return -EINVAL;
-		*(const void **)arg = &hinic_flow_ops;
-		break;
-	default:
-		PMD_DRV_LOG(INFO, "Filter type (%d) not supported",
-			filter_type);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	PMD_DRV_LOG(INFO, "Set filter_ctrl succeed, func_id: 0x%x, filter_type: 0x%x,"
-			"filter_op: 0x%x.", func_id, filter_type, filter_op);
+	*ops = &hinic_flow_ops;
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -3047,7 +3025,7 @@ static const struct eth_dev_ops hinic_pmd_ops = {
 	.mac_addr_remove               = hinic_mac_addr_remove,
 	.mac_addr_add                  = hinic_mac_addr_add,
 	.set_mc_addr_list              = hinic_set_mc_addr_list,
-	.filter_ctrl                   = hinic_dev_filter_ctrl,
+	.flow_ops_get                  = hinic_dev_flow_ops_get,
 };
 
 static const struct eth_dev_ops hinic_pmd_vf_ops = {
@@ -3082,7 +3060,7 @@ static const struct eth_dev_ops hinic_pmd_vf_ops = {
 	.mac_addr_remove               = hinic_mac_addr_remove,
 	.mac_addr_add                  = hinic_mac_addr_add,
 	.set_mc_addr_list              = hinic_set_mc_addr_list,
-	.filter_ctrl                   = hinic_dev_filter_ctrl,
+	.flow_ops_get                  = hinic_dev_flow_ops_get,
 };
 
 static int hinic_func_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
diff --git a/drivers/net/hns3/hns3_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/hns3/hns3_ethdev.c
index b7bfac8323..d392f6d109 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hns3/hns3_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hns3/hns3_ethdev.c
@@ -6626,7 +6626,7 @@ static const struct eth_dev_ops hns3_eth_dev_ops = {
 	.rss_hash_conf_get      = hns3_dev_rss_hash_conf_get,
 	.reta_update            = hns3_dev_rss_reta_update,
 	.reta_query             = hns3_dev_rss_reta_query,
-	.filter_ctrl            = hns3_dev_filter_ctrl,
+	.flow_ops_get           = hns3_dev_flow_ops_get,
 	.vlan_filter_set        = hns3_vlan_filter_set,
 	.vlan_tpid_set          = hns3_vlan_tpid_set,
 	.vlan_offload_set       = hns3_vlan_offload_set,
diff --git a/drivers/net/hns3/hns3_ethdev.h b/drivers/net/hns3/hns3_ethdev.h
index f69e2d8f9d..d9cd96fa8a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hns3/hns3_ethdev.h
+++ b/drivers/net/hns3/hns3_ethdev.h
@@ -968,9 +968,8 @@ hns3_test_and_clear_bit(unsigned int nr, volatile uint64_t *addr)
 }
 
 int hns3_buffer_alloc(struct hns3_hw *hw);
-int hns3_dev_filter_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
-			 enum rte_filter_type filter_type,
-			 enum rte_filter_op filter_op, void *arg);
+int hns3_dev_flow_ops_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
+			  const struct rte_flow_ops **ops);
 bool hns3_is_reset_pending(struct hns3_adapter *hns);
 bool hns3vf_is_reset_pending(struct hns3_adapter *hns);
 void hns3_update_link_status_and_event(struct hns3_hw *hw);
diff --git a/drivers/net/hns3/hns3_ethdev_vf.c b/drivers/net/hns3/hns3_ethdev_vf.c
index 34a6927e77..30788f5c32 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hns3/hns3_ethdev_vf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hns3/hns3_ethdev_vf.c
@@ -2781,7 +2781,7 @@ static const struct eth_dev_ops hns3vf_eth_dev_ops = {
 	.rss_hash_conf_get  = hns3_dev_rss_hash_conf_get,
 	.reta_update        = hns3_dev_rss_reta_update,
 	.reta_query         = hns3_dev_rss_reta_query,
-	.filter_ctrl        = hns3_dev_filter_ctrl,
+	.flow_ops_get       = hns3_dev_flow_ops_get,
 	.vlan_filter_set    = hns3vf_vlan_filter_set,
 	.vlan_offload_set   = hns3vf_vlan_offload_set,
 	.get_reg            = hns3_get_regs,
diff --git a/drivers/net/hns3/hns3_flow.c b/drivers/net/hns3/hns3_flow.c
index a016857aa5..0c4e91109c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hns3/hns3_flow.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hns3/hns3_flow.c
@@ -2001,34 +2001,16 @@ static const struct rte_flow_ops hns3_flow_ops = {
 	.isolate = NULL,
 };
 
-/*
- * The entry of flow API.
- * @param dev
- *   Pointer to Ethernet device.
- * @return
- *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise is set.
- */
 int
-hns3_dev_filter_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, enum rte_filter_type filter_type,
-		     enum rte_filter_op filter_op, void *arg)
+hns3_dev_flow_ops_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
+		      const struct rte_flow_ops **ops)
 {
 	struct hns3_hw *hw;
-	int ret = 0;
 
 	hw = HNS3_DEV_PRIVATE_TO_HW(dev->data->dev_private);
-	switch (filter_type) {
-	case RTE_ETH_FILTER_GENERIC:
-		if (filter_op != RTE_ETH_FILTER_GET)
-			return -EINVAL;
-		if (hw->adapter_state >= HNS3_NIC_CLOSED)
-			return -ENODEV;
-		*(const void **)arg = &hns3_flow_ops;
-		break;
-	default:
-		hns3_err(hw, "Filter type (%d) not supported", filter_type);
-		ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
-		break;
-	}
+	if (hw->adapter_state >= HNS3_NIC_CLOSED)
+		return -ENODEV;
 
-	return ret;
+	*ops = &hns3_flow_ops;
+	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c
index 09a1402a3f..fcf150e127 100644
--- a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c
@@ -338,10 +338,8 @@ static int i40e_dev_udp_tunnel_port_add(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 static int i40e_dev_udp_tunnel_port_del(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 					struct rte_eth_udp_tunnel *udp_tunnel);
 static void i40e_filter_input_set_init(struct i40e_pf *pf);
-static int i40e_dev_filter_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
-				enum rte_filter_type filter_type,
-				enum rte_filter_op filter_op,
-				void *arg);
+static int i40e_dev_flow_ops_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
+				 const struct rte_flow_ops **ops);
 static int i40e_dev_get_dcb_info(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 				  struct rte_eth_dcb_info *dcb_info);
 static int i40e_dev_sync_phy_type(struct i40e_hw *hw);
@@ -503,7 +501,7 @@ static const struct eth_dev_ops i40e_eth_dev_ops = {
 	.rss_hash_conf_get            = i40e_dev_rss_hash_conf_get,
 	.udp_tunnel_port_add          = i40e_dev_udp_tunnel_port_add,
 	.udp_tunnel_port_del          = i40e_dev_udp_tunnel_port_del,
-	.filter_ctrl                  = i40e_dev_filter_ctrl,
+	.flow_ops_get                 = i40e_dev_flow_ops_get,
 	.rxq_info_get                 = i40e_rxq_info_get,
 	.txq_info_get                 = i40e_txq_info_get,
 	.rx_burst_mode_get            = i40e_rx_burst_mode_get,
@@ -9878,30 +9876,14 @@ i40e_ethertype_filter_set(struct i40e_pf *pf,
 }
 
 static int
-i40e_dev_filter_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
-		     enum rte_filter_type filter_type,
-		     enum rte_filter_op filter_op,
-		     void *arg)
+i40e_dev_flow_ops_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
+		      const struct rte_flow_ops **ops)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
-
 	if (dev == NULL)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	switch (filter_type) {
-	case RTE_ETH_FILTER_GENERIC:
-		if (filter_op != RTE_ETH_FILTER_GET)
-			return -EINVAL;
-		*(const void **)arg = &i40e_flow_ops;
-		break;
-	default:
-		PMD_DRV_LOG(WARNING, "Filter type (%d) not supported",
-							filter_type);
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		break;
-	}
-
-	return ret;
+	*ops = &i40e_flow_ops;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_ethdev.c
index 8610efba6d..3ce5b33382 100644
--- a/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_ethdev.c
@@ -117,10 +117,8 @@ static int iavf_dev_rx_queue_intr_enable(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 					uint16_t queue_id);
 static int iavf_dev_rx_queue_intr_disable(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 					 uint16_t queue_id);
-static int iavf_dev_filter_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
-		     enum rte_filter_type filter_type,
-		     enum rte_filter_op filter_op,
-		     void *arg);
+static int iavf_dev_flow_ops_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
+				 const struct rte_flow_ops **ops);
 static int iavf_set_mc_addr_list(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 			struct rte_ether_addr *mc_addrs,
 			uint32_t mc_addrs_num);
@@ -195,7 +193,7 @@ static const struct eth_dev_ops iavf_eth_dev_ops = {
 	.mtu_set                    = iavf_dev_mtu_set,
 	.rx_queue_intr_enable       = iavf_dev_rx_queue_intr_enable,
 	.rx_queue_intr_disable      = iavf_dev_rx_queue_intr_disable,
-	.filter_ctrl                = iavf_dev_filter_ctrl,
+	.flow_ops_get               = iavf_dev_flow_ops_get,
 	.tx_done_cleanup	    = iavf_dev_tx_done_cleanup,
 };
 
@@ -2079,30 +2077,14 @@ iavf_dev_interrupt_handler(void *param)
 }
 
 static int
-iavf_dev_filter_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
-		     enum rte_filter_type filter_type,
-		     enum rte_filter_op filter_op,
-		     void *arg)
+iavf_dev_flow_ops_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
+		      const struct rte_flow_ops **ops)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
-
 	if (!dev)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	switch (filter_type) {
-	case RTE_ETH_FILTER_GENERIC:
-		if (filter_op != RTE_ETH_FILTER_GET)
-			return -EINVAL;
-		*(const void **)arg = &iavf_flow_ops;
-		break;
-	default:
-		PMD_DRV_LOG(WARNING, "Filter type (%d) not supported",
-			    filter_type);
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		break;
-	}
-
-	return ret;
+	*ops = &iavf_flow_ops;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/drivers/net/ice/ice_dcf_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/ice/ice_dcf_ethdev.c
index 194f57d7b7..215d71e1ba 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ice/ice_dcf_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ice/ice_dcf_ethdev.c
@@ -743,31 +743,14 @@ ice_dcf_dev_allmulticast_disable(__rte_unused struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 }
 
 static int
-ice_dcf_dev_filter_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
-			enum rte_filter_type filter_type,
-			enum rte_filter_op filter_op,
-			void *arg)
+ice_dcf_dev_flow_ops_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
+			 const struct rte_flow_ops **ops)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
-
 	if (!dev)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	switch (filter_type) {
-	case RTE_ETH_FILTER_GENERIC:
-		if (filter_op != RTE_ETH_FILTER_GET)
-			return -EINVAL;
-		*(const void **)arg = &ice_flow_ops;
-		break;
-
-	default:
-		PMD_DRV_LOG(WARNING, "Filter type (%d) not supported",
-			    filter_type);
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		break;
-	}
-
-	return ret;
+	*ops = &ice_flow_ops;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 #define ICE_DCF_32_BIT_WIDTH (CHAR_BIT * 4)
@@ -984,7 +967,7 @@ static const struct eth_dev_ops ice_dcf_eth_dev_ops = {
 	.promiscuous_disable     = ice_dcf_dev_promiscuous_disable,
 	.allmulticast_enable     = ice_dcf_dev_allmulticast_enable,
 	.allmulticast_disable    = ice_dcf_dev_allmulticast_disable,
-	.filter_ctrl             = ice_dcf_dev_filter_ctrl,
+	.flow_ops_get            = ice_dcf_dev_flow_ops_get,
 	.udp_tunnel_port_add	 = ice_dcf_dev_udp_tunnel_port_add,
 	.udp_tunnel_port_del	 = ice_dcf_dev_udp_tunnel_port_del,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/net/ice/ice_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/ice/ice_ethdev.c
index 3e85e5f629..1690a8831c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ice/ice_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ice/ice_ethdev.c
@@ -129,10 +129,8 @@ static int ice_xstats_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 static int ice_xstats_get_names(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 				struct rte_eth_xstat_name *xstats_names,
 				unsigned int limit);
-static int ice_dev_filter_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
-			enum rte_filter_type filter_type,
-			enum rte_filter_op filter_op,
-			void *arg);
+static int ice_dev_flow_ops_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
+				const struct rte_flow_ops **ops);
 static int ice_dev_udp_tunnel_port_add(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 			struct rte_eth_udp_tunnel *udp_tunnel);
 static int ice_dev_udp_tunnel_port_del(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
@@ -215,7 +213,7 @@ static const struct eth_dev_ops ice_eth_dev_ops = {
 	.xstats_get                   = ice_xstats_get,
 	.xstats_get_names             = ice_xstats_get_names,
 	.xstats_reset                 = ice_stats_reset,
-	.filter_ctrl                  = ice_dev_filter_ctrl,
+	.flow_ops_get                 = ice_dev_flow_ops_get,
 	.udp_tunnel_port_add          = ice_dev_udp_tunnel_port_add,
 	.udp_tunnel_port_del          = ice_dev_udp_tunnel_port_del,
 	.tx_done_cleanup              = ice_tx_done_cleanup,
@@ -5267,30 +5265,14 @@ static int ice_xstats_get_names(__rte_unused struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 }
 
 static int
-ice_dev_filter_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
-		     enum rte_filter_type filter_type,
-		     enum rte_filter_op filter_op,
-		     void *arg)
+ice_dev_flow_ops_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
+		     const struct rte_flow_ops **ops)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
-
 	if (!dev)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	switch (filter_type) {
-	case RTE_ETH_FILTER_GENERIC:
-		if (filter_op != RTE_ETH_FILTER_GET)
-			return -EINVAL;
-		*(const void **)arg = &ice_flow_ops;
-		break;
-	default:
-		PMD_DRV_LOG(WARNING, "Filter type (%d) not supported",
-					filter_type);
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		break;
-	}
-
-	return ret;
+	*ops = &ice_flow_ops;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /* Add UDP tunneling port */
diff --git a/drivers/net/igc/igc_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/igc/igc_ethdev.c
index 0ea6e2a045..56d1024af6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/igc/igc_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/igc/igc_ethdev.c
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ static const struct eth_dev_ops eth_igc_ops = {
 	.vlan_offload_set	= eth_igc_vlan_offload_set,
 	.vlan_tpid_set		= eth_igc_vlan_tpid_set,
 	.vlan_strip_queue_set	= eth_igc_vlan_strip_queue_set,
-	.filter_ctrl		= eth_igc_filter_ctrl,
+	.flow_ops_get		= eth_igc_flow_ops_get,
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/net/igc/igc_filter.c b/drivers/net/igc/igc_filter.c
index 836621d4c1..51fcabfb59 100644
--- a/drivers/net/igc/igc_filter.c
+++ b/drivers/net/igc/igc_filter.c
@@ -369,24 +369,9 @@ igc_clear_all_filter(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 }
 
 int
-eth_igc_filter_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, enum rte_filter_type filter_type,
-		enum rte_filter_op filter_op, void *arg)
+eth_igc_flow_ops_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev __rte_unused,
+		     const struct rte_flow_ops **ops)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
-
-	RTE_SET_USED(dev);
-
-	switch (filter_type) {
-	case RTE_ETH_FILTER_GENERIC:
-		if (filter_op != RTE_ETH_FILTER_GET)
-			return -EINVAL;
-		*(const void **)arg = &igc_flow_ops;
-		break;
-	default:
-		PMD_DRV_LOG(WARNING, "Filter type (%d) not supported",
-							filter_type);
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	return ret;
+	*ops = &igc_flow_ops;
+	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/igc/igc_filter.h b/drivers/net/igc/igc_filter.h
index df8516bc40..781d270def 100644
--- a/drivers/net/igc/igc_filter.h
+++ b/drivers/net/igc/igc_filter.h
@@ -29,9 +29,8 @@ int igc_set_syn_filter(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 		const struct igc_syn_filter *filter);
 void igc_clear_syn_filter(struct rte_eth_dev *dev);
 void igc_clear_all_filter(struct rte_eth_dev *dev);
-int
-eth_igc_filter_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, enum rte_filter_type filter_type,
-		enum rte_filter_op filter_op, void *arg);
+int eth_igc_flow_ops_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
+			 const struct rte_flow_ops **ops);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ipn3ke/ipn3ke_representor.c b/drivers/net/ipn3ke/ipn3ke_representor.c
index 856d21ef9b..589d9fa587 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipn3ke/ipn3ke_representor.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipn3ke/ipn3ke_representor.c
@@ -2821,11 +2821,9 @@ ipn3ke_rpst_mtu_set(struct rte_eth_dev *ethdev, uint16_t mtu)
 }
 
 static int
-ipn3ke_afu_filter_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *ethdev,
-	enum rte_filter_type filter_type, enum rte_filter_op filter_op,
-	void *arg)
+ipn3ke_afu_flow_ops_get(struct rte_eth_dev *ethdev,
+			const struct rte_flow_ops **ops)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
 	struct ipn3ke_hw *hw;
 	struct ipn3ke_rpst *rpst;
 
@@ -2836,27 +2834,13 @@ ipn3ke_afu_filter_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *ethdev,
 	rpst = IPN3KE_DEV_PRIVATE_TO_RPST(ethdev);
 
 	if (hw->acc_flow)
-		switch (filter_type) {
-		case RTE_ETH_FILTER_GENERIC:
-			if (filter_op != RTE_ETH_FILTER_GET)
-				return -EINVAL;
-			*(const void **)arg = &ipn3ke_flow_ops;
-			break;
-		default:
-			IPN3KE_AFU_PMD_WARN("Filter type (%d) not supported",
-					filter_type);
-			ret = -EINVAL;
-			break;
-		}
+		*ops = &ipn3ke_flow_ops;
 	else if (rpst->i40e_pf_eth)
-		(*rpst->i40e_pf_eth->dev_ops->filter_ctrl)(ethdev,
-							filter_type,
-							filter_op,
-							arg);
+		(*rpst->i40e_pf_eth->dev_ops->flow_ops_get)(ethdev, ops);
 	else
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static const struct eth_dev_ops ipn3ke_rpst_dev_ops = {
@@ -2874,7 +2858,7 @@ static const struct eth_dev_ops ipn3ke_rpst_dev_ops = {
 	.stats_reset          = ipn3ke_rpst_stats_reset,
 	.xstats_reset         = ipn3ke_rpst_stats_reset,
 
-	.filter_ctrl          = ipn3ke_afu_filter_ctrl,
+	.flow_ops_get         = ipn3ke_afu_flow_ops_get,
 
 	.rx_queue_start       = ipn3ke_rpst_rx_queue_start,
 	.rx_queue_stop        = ipn3ke_rpst_rx_queue_stop,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
index 8a9a21e7c2..be9c438c10 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
@@ -304,10 +304,8 @@ static int ixgbe_add_5tuple_filter(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 			struct ixgbe_5tuple_filter *filter);
 static void ixgbe_remove_5tuple_filter(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 			struct ixgbe_5tuple_filter *filter);
-static int ixgbe_dev_filter_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
-		     enum rte_filter_type filter_type,
-		     enum rte_filter_op filter_op,
-		     void *arg);
+static int ixgbe_dev_flow_ops_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
+				  const struct rte_flow_ops **ops);
 static int ixgbevf_dev_set_mtu(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t mtu);
 
 static int ixgbe_dev_set_mc_addr_list(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
@@ -538,7 +536,7 @@ static const struct eth_dev_ops ixgbe_eth_dev_ops = {
 	.reta_query           = ixgbe_dev_rss_reta_query,
 	.rss_hash_update      = ixgbe_dev_rss_hash_update,
 	.rss_hash_conf_get    = ixgbe_dev_rss_hash_conf_get,
-	.filter_ctrl          = ixgbe_dev_filter_ctrl,
+	.flow_ops_get         = ixgbe_dev_flow_ops_get,
 	.set_mc_addr_list     = ixgbe_dev_set_mc_addr_list,
 	.rxq_info_get         = ixgbe_rxq_info_get,
 	.txq_info_get         = ixgbe_txq_info_get,
@@ -6805,27 +6803,11 @@ ixgbe_add_del_ethertype_filter(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 }
 
 static int
-ixgbe_dev_filter_ctrl(__rte_unused struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
-		     enum rte_filter_type filter_type,
-		     enum rte_filter_op filter_op,
-		     void *arg)
+ixgbe_dev_flow_ops_get(__rte_unused struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
+		       const struct rte_flow_ops **ops)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
-
-	switch (filter_type) {
-	case RTE_ETH_FILTER_GENERIC:
-		if (filter_op != RTE_ETH_FILTER_GET)
-			return -EINVAL;
-		*(const void **)arg = &ixgbe_flow_ops;
-		break;
-	default:
-		PMD_DRV_LOG(WARNING, "Filter type (%d) not supported",
-							filter_type);
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		break;
-	}
-
-	return ret;
+	*ops = &ixgbe_flow_ops;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static u8 *
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c
index 041c1934f5..d048d21033 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ static const struct eth_dev_ops mlx4_dev_ops = {
 	.flow_ctrl_get = mlx4_flow_ctrl_get,
 	.flow_ctrl_set = mlx4_flow_ctrl_set,
 	.mtu_set = mlx4_mtu_set,
-	.filter_ctrl = mlx4_filter_ctrl,
+	.flow_ops_get = mlx4_flow_ops_get,
 	.rx_queue_intr_enable = mlx4_rx_intr_enable,
 	.rx_queue_intr_disable = mlx4_rx_intr_disable,
 	.is_removed = mlx4_is_removed,
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_flow.c b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_flow.c
index b8ecfa829b..43a65abcc0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_flow.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_flow.c
@@ -1590,37 +1590,19 @@ static const struct rte_flow_ops mlx4_flow_ops = {
 };
 
 /**
- * Manage filter operations.
+ * Get rte_flow callbacks.
  *
  * @param dev
  *   Pointer to Ethernet device structure.
- * @param filter_type
- *   Filter type.
- * @param filter_op
- *   Operation to perform.
- * @param arg
+ * @param ops
  *   Pointer to operation-specific structure.
  *
- * @return
- *   0 on success, negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
+ * @return 0
  */
 int
-mlx4_filter_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
-		 enum rte_filter_type filter_type,
-		 enum rte_filter_op filter_op,
-		 void *arg)
+mlx4_flow_ops_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev __rte_unused,
+		  const struct rte_flow_ops **ops)
 {
-	switch (filter_type) {
-	case RTE_ETH_FILTER_GENERIC:
-		if (filter_op != RTE_ETH_FILTER_GET)
-			break;
-		*(const void **)arg = &mlx4_flow_ops;
-		return 0;
-	default:
-		ERROR("%p: filter type (%d) not supported",
-		      (void *)dev, filter_type);
-		break;
-	}
-	rte_errno = ENOTSUP;
-	return -rte_errno;
+	*ops = &mlx4_flow_ops;
+	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_flow.h b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_flow.h
index e4366f28bb..5e82df6bd6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_flow.h
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4_flow.h
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@ uint64_t mlx4_conv_rss_types(struct mlx4_priv *priv, uint64_t types,
 			     int verbs_to_dpdk);
 int mlx4_flow_sync(struct mlx4_priv *priv, struct rte_flow_error *error);
 void mlx4_flow_clean(struct mlx4_priv *priv);
-int mlx4_filter_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
-		     enum rte_filter_type filter_type,
-		     enum rte_filter_op filter_op,
-		     void *arg);
+int mlx4_flow_ops_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, const struct rte_flow_ops **ops);
 
 #endif /* RTE_PMD_MLX4_FLOW_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c
index abd7ff70df..d9372f0a00 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c
@@ -1477,7 +1477,7 @@ const struct eth_dev_ops mlx5_dev_ops = {
 	.reta_query = mlx5_dev_rss_reta_query,
 	.rss_hash_update = mlx5_rss_hash_update,
 	.rss_hash_conf_get = mlx5_rss_hash_conf_get,
-	.filter_ctrl = mlx5_dev_filter_ctrl,
+	.flow_ops_get = mlx5_flow_ops_get,
 	.rxq_info_get = mlx5_rxq_info_get,
 	.txq_info_get = mlx5_txq_info_get,
 	.rx_burst_mode_get = mlx5_rx_burst_mode_get,
@@ -1562,7 +1562,7 @@ const struct eth_dev_ops mlx5_dev_ops_isolate = {
 	.mtu_set = mlx5_dev_set_mtu,
 	.vlan_strip_queue_set = mlx5_vlan_strip_queue_set,
 	.vlan_offload_set = mlx5_vlan_offload_set,
-	.filter_ctrl = mlx5_dev_filter_ctrl,
+	.flow_ops_get = mlx5_flow_ops_get,
 	.rxq_info_get = mlx5_rxq_info_get,
 	.txq_info_get = mlx5_txq_info_get,
 	.rx_burst_mode_get = mlx5_rx_burst_mode_get,
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h
index 14043b68d3..e4963bd107 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h
@@ -1195,10 +1195,7 @@ int mlx5_flow_query(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rte_flow *flow,
 		    struct rte_flow_error *error);
 int mlx5_flow_isolate(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, int enable,
 		      struct rte_flow_error *error);
-int mlx5_dev_filter_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
-			 enum rte_filter_type filter_type,
-			 enum rte_filter_op filter_op,
-			 void *arg);
+int mlx5_flow_ops_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, const struct rte_flow_ops **ops);
 int mlx5_flow_start_default(struct rte_eth_dev *dev);
 void mlx5_flow_stop_default(struct rte_eth_dev *dev);
 int mlx5_flow_verify(struct rte_eth_dev *dev);
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c
index de4e4a374a..7ab7f63264 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_flow.c
@@ -6498,40 +6498,20 @@ mlx5_flow_query(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 }
 
 /**
- * Manage filter operations.
+ * Get rte_flow callbacks.
  *
  * @param dev
  *   Pointer to Ethernet device structure.
- * @param filter_type
- *   Filter type.
- * @param filter_op
- *   Operation to perform.
- * @param arg
+ * @param ops
  *   Pointer to operation-specific structure.
  *
- * @return
- *   0 on success, a negative errno value otherwise and rte_errno is set.
+ * @return 0
  */
 int
-mlx5_dev_filter_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
-		     enum rte_filter_type filter_type,
-		     enum rte_filter_op filter_op,
-		     void *arg)
+mlx5_flow_ops_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev __rte_unused,
+		  const struct rte_flow_ops **ops)
 {
-	switch (filter_type) {
-	case RTE_ETH_FILTER_GENERIC:
-		if (filter_op != RTE_ETH_FILTER_GET) {
-			rte_errno = EINVAL;
-			return -rte_errno;
-		}
-		*(const void **)arg = &mlx5_flow_ops;
-		return 0;
-	default:
-		DRV_LOG(ERR, "port %u filter type (%d) not supported",
-			dev->data->port_id, filter_type);
-		rte_errno = ENOTSUP;
-		return -rte_errno;
-	}
+	*ops = &mlx5_flow_ops;
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/mvpp2/mrvl_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/mvpp2/mrvl_ethdev.c
index e119952340..1d41788974 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mvpp2/mrvl_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mvpp2/mrvl_ethdev.c
@@ -2340,32 +2340,18 @@ mrvl_rss_hash_conf_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
  *
  * @param dev
  *   Pointer to the device structure.
- * @param filer_type
- *   Flow filter type.
- * @param filter_op
- *   Flow filter operation.
- * @param arg
+ * @param ops
  *   Pointer to pass the flow ops.
  *
  * @return
  *   0 on success, negative error value otherwise.
  */
 static int
-mrvl_eth_filter_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev __rte_unused,
-		     enum rte_filter_type filter_type,
-		     enum rte_filter_op filter_op, void *arg)
+mrvl_eth_flow_ops_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev __rte_unused,
+		      const struct rte_flow_ops **ops)
 {
-	switch (filter_type) {
-	case RTE_ETH_FILTER_GENERIC:
-		if (filter_op != RTE_ETH_FILTER_GET)
-			return -EINVAL;
-		*(const void **)arg = &mrvl_flow_ops;
-		return 0;
-	default:
-		MRVL_LOG(WARNING, "Filter type (%d) not supported",
-				filter_type);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
+	*ops = &mrvl_flow_ops;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2443,7 +2429,7 @@ static const struct eth_dev_ops mrvl_ops = {
 	.flow_ctrl_set = mrvl_flow_ctrl_set,
 	.rss_hash_update = mrvl_rss_hash_update,
 	.rss_hash_conf_get = mrvl_rss_hash_conf_get,
-	.filter_ctrl = mrvl_eth_filter_ctrl,
+	.flow_ops_get = mrvl_eth_flow_ops_get,
 	.mtr_ops_get = mrvl_mtr_ops_get,
 	.tm_ops_get = mrvl_tm_ops_get,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev.c
index 389b66d030..b4e58853b3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev.c
@@ -2330,7 +2330,7 @@ static const struct eth_dev_ops otx2_eth_dev_ops = {
 	.tx_done_cleanup          = otx2_nix_tx_done_cleanup,
 	.set_queue_rate_limit     = otx2_nix_tm_set_queue_rate_limit,
 	.pool_ops_supported       = otx2_nix_pool_ops_supported,
-	.filter_ctrl              = otx2_nix_dev_filter_ctrl,
+	.flow_ops_get             = otx2_nix_dev_flow_ops_get,
 	.get_module_info          = otx2_nix_get_module_info,
 	.get_module_eeprom        = otx2_nix_get_module_eeprom,
 	.fw_version_get           = otx2_nix_fw_version_get,
diff --git a/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev.h b/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev.h
index 99f0469d89..7391f09b8a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev.h
+++ b/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev.h
@@ -396,9 +396,8 @@ otx2_eth_pmd_priv(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 /* Ops */
 int otx2_nix_info_get(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev,
 		      struct rte_eth_dev_info *dev_info);
-int otx2_nix_dev_filter_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev,
-			     enum rte_filter_type filter_type,
-			     enum rte_filter_op filter_op, void *arg);
+int otx2_nix_dev_flow_ops_get(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev,
+			      const struct rte_flow_ops **ops);
 int otx2_nix_fw_version_get(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, char *fw_version,
 			    size_t fw_size);
 int otx2_nix_get_module_info(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev,
diff --git a/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev_ops.c b/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev_ops.c
index 963cc285ed..9e3f80937d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev_ops.c
@@ -471,24 +471,11 @@ otx2_nix_pool_ops_supported(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, const char *pool)
 }
 
 int
-otx2_nix_dev_filter_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev,
-			 enum rte_filter_type filter_type,
-			 enum rte_filter_op filter_op, void *arg)
+otx2_nix_dev_flow_ops_get(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev __rte_unused,
+			  const struct rte_flow_ops **ops)
 {
-	RTE_SET_USED(eth_dev);
-
-	if (filter_type != RTE_ETH_FILTER_GENERIC) {
-		otx2_err("Unsupported filter type %d", filter_type);
-		return -ENOTSUP;
-	}
-
-	if (filter_op == RTE_ETH_FILTER_GET) {
-		*(const void **)arg = &otx2_flow_ops;
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	otx2_err("Invalid filter_op %d", filter_op);
-	return -EINVAL;
+	*ops = &otx2_flow_ops;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static struct cgx_fw_data *
diff --git a/drivers/net/qede/qede_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/qede/qede_ethdev.c
index bfd38a9772..057a7b00e2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/qede/qede_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/qede/qede_ethdev.c
@@ -2436,7 +2436,7 @@ static const struct eth_dev_ops qede_eth_dev_ops = {
 	.reta_update  = qede_rss_reta_update,
 	.reta_query  = qede_rss_reta_query,
 	.mtu_set = qede_set_mtu,
-	.filter_ctrl = qede_dev_filter_ctrl,
+	.flow_ops_get = qede_dev_flow_ops_get,
 	.udp_tunnel_port_add = qede_udp_dst_port_add,
 	.udp_tunnel_port_del = qede_udp_dst_port_del,
 	.fw_version_get = qede_fw_version_get,
diff --git a/drivers/net/qede/qede_ethdev.h b/drivers/net/qede/qede_ethdev.h
index da4b87f5e2..a38b701183 100644
--- a/drivers/net/qede/qede_ethdev.h
+++ b/drivers/net/qede/qede_ethdev.h
@@ -285,11 +285,8 @@ int qede_dev_set_link_state(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, bool link_up);
 int qede_link_update(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev,
 		     __rte_unused int wait_to_complete);
 
-int qede_dev_filter_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, enum rte_filter_type type,
-			 enum rte_filter_op op, void *arg);
-
-int qede_ntuple_filter_conf(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev,
-			    enum rte_filter_op filter_op, void *arg);
+int qede_dev_flow_ops_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
+			  const struct rte_flow_ops **ops);
 
 int qede_check_fdir_support(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/qede/qede_filter.c b/drivers/net/qede/qede_filter.c
index df5c07dfe5..c756594bfc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/qede/qede_filter.c
+++ b/drivers/net/qede/qede_filter.c
@@ -1050,31 +1050,18 @@ const struct rte_flow_ops qede_flow_ops = {
 	.flush = qede_flow_flush,
 };
 
-int qede_dev_filter_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev,
-			 enum rte_filter_type filter_type,
-			 enum rte_filter_op filter_op,
-			 void *arg)
+int
+qede_dev_flow_ops_get(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev,
+		      const struct rte_flow_ops **ops)
 {
 	struct qede_dev *qdev = QEDE_INIT_QDEV(eth_dev);
 	struct ecore_dev *edev = QEDE_INIT_EDEV(qdev);
 
-	switch (filter_type) {
-	case RTE_ETH_FILTER_GENERIC:
-		if (ECORE_IS_CMT(edev)) {
-			DP_ERR(edev, "flowdir is not supported in 100G mode\n");
-			return -ENOTSUP;
-		}
-
-		if (filter_op != RTE_ETH_FILTER_GET)
-			return -EINVAL;
-
-		*(const void **)arg = &qede_flow_ops;
-		return 0;
-	default:
-		DP_ERR(edev, "Unsupported filter type %d\n",
-			filter_type);
-		return -EINVAL;
+	if (ECORE_IS_CMT(edev)) {
+		DP_ERR(edev, "flowdir is not supported in 100G mode\n");
+		return -ENOTSUP;
 	}
 
+	*ops = &qede_flow_ops;
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ethdev.c
index 23828c24ff..52ba7b67b0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ethdev.c
@@ -1751,32 +1751,11 @@ sfc_dev_rss_reta_update(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 }
 
 static int
-sfc_dev_filter_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, enum rte_filter_type filter_type,
-		    enum rte_filter_op filter_op,
-		    void *arg)
+sfc_dev_flow_ops_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev __rte_unused,
+		     const struct rte_flow_ops **ops)
 {
-	struct sfc_adapter *sa = sfc_adapter_by_eth_dev(dev);
-	int rc = ENOTSUP;
-
-	sfc_log_init(sa, "entry");
-
-	switch (filter_type) {
-	case RTE_ETH_FILTER_GENERIC:
-		if (filter_op != RTE_ETH_FILTER_GET) {
-			rc = EINVAL;
-		} else {
-			*(const void **)arg = &sfc_flow_ops;
-			rc = 0;
-		}
-		break;
-	default:
-		sfc_err(sa, "Unknown filter type %u", filter_type);
-		break;
-	}
-
-	sfc_log_init(sa, "exit: %d", -rc);
-	SFC_ASSERT(rc >= 0);
-	return -rc;
+	*ops = &sfc_flow_ops;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int
@@ -1859,7 +1838,7 @@ static const struct eth_dev_ops sfc_eth_dev_ops = {
 	.reta_query			= sfc_dev_rss_reta_query,
 	.rss_hash_update		= sfc_dev_rss_hash_update,
 	.rss_hash_conf_get		= sfc_dev_rss_hash_conf_get,
-	.filter_ctrl			= sfc_dev_filter_ctrl,
+	.flow_ops_get			= sfc_dev_flow_ops_get,
 	.set_mc_addr_list		= sfc_set_mc_addr_list,
 	.rxq_info_get			= sfc_rx_queue_info_get,
 	.txq_info_get			= sfc_tx_queue_info_get,
diff --git a/drivers/net/softnic/rte_eth_softnic.c b/drivers/net/softnic/rte_eth_softnic.c
index 99d8468c94..0c2a79a7d2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/softnic/rte_eth_softnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/softnic/rte_eth_softnic.c
@@ -248,18 +248,11 @@ pmd_link_update(struct rte_eth_dev *dev __rte_unused,
 }
 
 static int
-pmd_filter_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev __rte_unused,
-		enum rte_filter_type filter_type,
-		enum rte_filter_op filter_op,
-		void *arg)
+pmd_flow_ops_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev __rte_unused,
+		 const struct rte_flow_ops **ops)
 {
-	if (filter_type == RTE_ETH_FILTER_GENERIC &&
-			filter_op == RTE_ETH_FILTER_GET) {
-		*(const void **)arg = &pmd_flow_ops;
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	return -ENOTSUP;
+	*ops = &pmd_flow_ops;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int
@@ -287,7 +280,7 @@ static const struct eth_dev_ops pmd_ops = {
 	.dev_infos_get = pmd_dev_infos_get,
 	.rx_queue_setup = pmd_rx_queue_setup,
 	.tx_queue_setup = pmd_tx_queue_setup,
-	.filter_ctrl = pmd_filter_ctrl,
+	.flow_ops_get = pmd_flow_ops_get,
 	.tm_ops_get = pmd_tm_ops_get,
 	.mtr_ops_get = pmd_mtr_ops_get,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c b/drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c
index c36d4bf76e..68baa18523 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c
@@ -1890,7 +1890,7 @@ static const struct eth_dev_ops ops = {
 	.stats_reset            = tap_stats_reset,
 	.dev_supported_ptypes_get = tap_dev_supported_ptypes_get,
 	.rss_hash_update        = tap_rss_hash_update,
-	.filter_ctrl            = tap_dev_filter_ctrl,
+	.flow_ops_get           = tap_dev_flow_ops_get,
 };
 
 static int
diff --git a/drivers/net/tap/tap_flow.c b/drivers/net/tap/tap_flow.c
index 1538349e9c..1ee6fb30ab 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tap/tap_flow.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tap/tap_flow.c
@@ -2160,35 +2160,20 @@ static int rss_add_actions(struct rte_flow *flow, struct pmd_internals *pmd,
 }
 
 /**
- * Manage filter operations.
+ * Get rte_flow operations.
  *
  * @param dev
  *   Pointer to Ethernet device structure.
- * @param filter_type
- *   Filter type.
- * @param filter_op
- *   Operation to perform.
- * @param arg
+ * @param ops
  *   Pointer to operation-specific structure.
  *
  * @return
  *   0 on success, negative errno value on failure.
  */
 int
-tap_dev_filter_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
-		    enum rte_filter_type filter_type,
-		    enum rte_filter_op filter_op,
-		    void *arg)
+tap_dev_flow_ops_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev __rte_unused,
+		     const struct rte_flow_ops **ops)
 {
-	switch (filter_type) {
-	case RTE_ETH_FILTER_GENERIC:
-		if (filter_op != RTE_ETH_FILTER_GET)
-			return -EINVAL;
-		*(const void **)arg = &tap_flow_ops;
-		return 0;
-	default:
-		TAP_LOG(ERR, "%p: filter type (%d) not supported",
-			dev, filter_type);
-	}
-	return -EINVAL;
+	*ops = &tap_flow_ops;
+	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/tap/tap_flow.h b/drivers/net/tap/tap_flow.h
index ac60a9ae20..240fbc3dfa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tap/tap_flow.h
+++ b/drivers/net/tap/tap_flow.h
@@ -46,10 +46,8 @@ enum bpf_fd_idx {
 	SEC_MAX,
 };
 
-int tap_dev_filter_ctrl(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
-			enum rte_filter_type filter_type,
-			enum rte_filter_op filter_op,
-			void *arg);
+int tap_dev_flow_ops_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
+			 const struct rte_flow_ops **ops);
 int tap_flow_flush(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rte_flow_error *error);
 
 int tap_flow_implicit_create(struct pmd_internals *pmd,
diff --git a/drivers/net/txgbe/txgbe_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/txgbe/txgbe_ethdev.c
index 5509e5f355..9949d4e09d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/txgbe/txgbe_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/txgbe/txgbe_ethdev.c
@@ -4080,27 +4080,11 @@ txgbe_add_del_ethertype_filter(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 }
 
 static int
-txgbe_dev_filter_ctrl(__rte_unused struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
-		     enum rte_filter_type filter_type,
-		     enum rte_filter_op filter_op,
-		     void *arg)
+txgbe_dev_flow_ops_get(__rte_unused struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
+		       const struct rte_flow_ops **ops)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
-
-	switch (filter_type) {
-	case RTE_ETH_FILTER_GENERIC:
-		if (filter_op != RTE_ETH_FILTER_GET)
-			return -EINVAL;
-		*(const void **)arg = &txgbe_flow_ops;
-		break;
-	default:
-		PMD_DRV_LOG(WARNING, "Filter type (%d) not supported",
-							filter_type);
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		break;
-	}
-
-	return ret;
+	*ops = &txgbe_flow_ops;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static u8 *
@@ -5210,7 +5194,7 @@ static const struct eth_dev_ops txgbe_eth_dev_ops = {
 	.reta_query                 = txgbe_dev_rss_reta_query,
 	.rss_hash_update            = txgbe_dev_rss_hash_update,
 	.rss_hash_conf_get          = txgbe_dev_rss_hash_conf_get,
-	.filter_ctrl                = txgbe_dev_filter_ctrl,
+	.flow_ops_get               = txgbe_dev_flow_ops_get,
 	.set_mc_addr_list           = txgbe_dev_set_mc_addr_list,
 	.rxq_info_get               = txgbe_rxq_info_get,
 	.txq_info_get               = txgbe_txq_info_get,
diff --git a/lib/librte_ethdev/ethdev_driver.h b/lib/librte_ethdev/ethdev_driver.h
index cdd4b4376c..113129d5e1 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ethdev/ethdev_driver.h
+++ b/lib/librte_ethdev/ethdev_driver.h
@@ -465,34 +465,16 @@ typedef int (*eth_get_module_eeprom_t)(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 				       struct rte_dev_eeprom_info *info);
 /**< @internal Retrieve plugin module eeprom data */
 
+struct rte_flow_ops;
 /**
- * Feature filter types
+ * @internal
+ * Get flow operations.
+ *
+ * If the flow API is not supported for the specified device,
+ * the driver can return NULL.
  */
-enum rte_filter_type {
-	RTE_ETH_FILTER_NONE = 0,
-	RTE_ETH_FILTER_ETHERTYPE,
-	RTE_ETH_FILTER_FLEXIBLE,
-	RTE_ETH_FILTER_SYN,
-	RTE_ETH_FILTER_NTUPLE,
-	RTE_ETH_FILTER_TUNNEL,
-	RTE_ETH_FILTER_FDIR,
-	RTE_ETH_FILTER_HASH,
-	RTE_ETH_FILTER_L2_TUNNEL,
-	RTE_ETH_FILTER_GENERIC,
-};
-
-/**
- * Generic operations on filters
- */
-enum rte_filter_op {
-	RTE_ETH_FILTER_GET,      /**< get flow API ops */
-};
-
-typedef int (*eth_filter_ctrl_t)(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
-				 enum rte_filter_type filter_type,
-				 enum rte_filter_op filter_op,
-				 void *arg);
-/**< @internal Take operations to assigned filter type on an Ethernet device */
+typedef int (*eth_flow_ops_get_t)(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
+				  const struct rte_flow_ops **ops);
 
 typedef int (*eth_tm_ops_get_t)(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, void *ops);
 /**< @internal Get Traffic Management (TM) operations on an Ethernet device */
@@ -904,7 +886,7 @@ struct eth_dev_ops {
 	eth_get_module_eeprom_t    get_module_eeprom;
 	/** Get plugin module eeprom data. */
 
-	eth_filter_ctrl_t          filter_ctrl; /**< common filter control. */
+	eth_flow_ops_get_t         flow_ops_get; /**< Get flow operations. */
 
 	eth_get_dcb_info           get_dcb_info; /** Get DCB information. */
 
@@ -1445,6 +1427,18 @@ rte_eth_hairpin_queue_peer_unbind(uint16_t cur_port, uint16_t cur_queue,
  * Legacy ethdev API used internally by drivers.
  */
 
+enum rte_filter_type {
+	RTE_ETH_FILTER_NONE = 0,
+	RTE_ETH_FILTER_ETHERTYPE,
+	RTE_ETH_FILTER_FLEXIBLE,
+	RTE_ETH_FILTER_SYN,
+	RTE_ETH_FILTER_NTUPLE,
+	RTE_ETH_FILTER_TUNNEL,
+	RTE_ETH_FILTER_FDIR,
+	RTE_ETH_FILTER_HASH,
+	RTE_ETH_FILTER_L2_TUNNEL,
+};
+
 /**
  * Define all structures for Ethertype Filter type.
  */
diff --git a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_eth_ctrl.h b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_eth_ctrl.h
index 8a50dbfef9..42652f9cce 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_eth_ctrl.h
+++ b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_eth_ctrl.h
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ struct rte_eth_fdir_action {
 };
 
 /**
- * A structure used to define the flow director filter entry by filter_ctrl API.
+ * A structure used to define the flow director filter entry.
  */
 struct rte_eth_fdir_filter {
 	uint32_t soft_id;
diff --git a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_flow.c b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_flow.c
index 241af6c4ca..e07e617d74 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_flow.c
+++ b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_flow.c
@@ -255,18 +255,21 @@ rte_flow_ops_get(uint16_t port_id, struct rte_flow_error *error)
 
 	if (unlikely(!rte_eth_dev_is_valid_port(port_id)))
 		code = ENODEV;
-	else if (unlikely(!dev->dev_ops->filter_ctrl ||
-			  dev->dev_ops->filter_ctrl(dev,
-						    RTE_ETH_FILTER_GENERIC,
-						    RTE_ETH_FILTER_GET,
-						    &ops) ||
-			  !ops))
+	else if (unlikely(dev->dev_ops->flow_ops_get == NULL))
+		/* flow API not supported with this driver dev_ops */
 		code = ENOSYS;
 	else
-		return ops;
-	rte_flow_error_set(error, code, RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED,
-			   NULL, rte_strerror(code));
-	return NULL;
+		code = dev->dev_ops->flow_ops_get(dev, &ops);
+	if (code == 0 && ops == NULL)
+		/* flow API not supported with this device */
+		code = ENOSYS;
+
+	if (code != 0) {
+		rte_flow_error_set(error, code, RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED,
+				   NULL, rte_strerror(code));
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	return ops;
 }
 
 /* Check whether a flow rule can be created on a given port. */
diff --git a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_flow_driver.h b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_flow_driver.h
index dabd819d10..da594d9256 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_flow_driver.h
+++ b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_flow_driver.h
@@ -28,31 +28,6 @@ extern "C" {
 /**
  * Generic flow operations structure implemented and returned by PMDs.
  *
- * To implement this API, PMDs must handle the RTE_ETH_FILTER_GENERIC filter
- * type in their .filter_ctrl callback function (struct eth_dev_ops) as well
- * as the RTE_ETH_FILTER_GET filter operation.
- *
- * If successful, this operation must result in a pointer to a PMD-specific
- * struct rte_flow_ops written to the argument address as described below:
- *
- * \code
- *
- * // PMD filter_ctrl callback
- *
- * static const struct rte_flow_ops pmd_flow_ops = { ... };
- *
- * switch (filter_type) {
- * case RTE_ETH_FILTER_GENERIC:
- *     if (filter_op != RTE_ETH_FILTER_GET)
- *         return -EINVAL;
- *     *(const void **)arg = &pmd_flow_ops;
- *     return 0;
- * }
- *
- * \endcode
- *
- * See also rte_flow_ops_get().
- *
  * These callback functions are not supposed to be used by applications
  * directly, which must rely on the API defined in rte_flow.h.
  *