diff --git a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v2/ipa_rt.c b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v2/ipa_rt.c
index 293a60a60881..4a68b96ca89a 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v2/ipa_rt.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v2/ipa_rt.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (c) 2012-2017, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+/* Copyright (c) 2012-2018, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 and
@@ -1143,6 +1143,15 @@ int __ipa_del_rt_rule(u32 rule_hdl)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	if (!strcmp(entry->tbl->name, IPA_DFLT_RT_TBL_NAME)) {
+		IPADBG("Deleting rule from default rt table idx=%u\n",
+			entry->tbl->idx);
+		if (entry->tbl->rule_cnt == 1) {
+			IPAERR_RL("Default tbl last rule cannot be deleted\n");
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (entry->hdr)
 		__ipa_release_hdr(entry->hdr->id);
 	else if (entry->proc_ctx)
diff --git a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa_rt.c b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa_rt.c
index b9af782b4f6e..a10e2cb9ce8b 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa_rt.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa_rt.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (c) 2012-2017, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+/* Copyright (c) 2012-2018, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 and
@@ -1281,6 +1281,15 @@ int __ipa3_del_rt_rule(u32 rule_hdl)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	if (!strcmp(entry->tbl->name, IPA_DFLT_RT_TBL_NAME)) {
+		IPADBG("Deleting rule from default rt table idx=%u\n",
+			entry->tbl->idx);
+		if (entry->tbl->rule_cnt == 1) {
+			IPAERR_RL("Default tbl last rule cannot be deleted\n");
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (entry->hdr)
 		__ipa3_release_hdr(entry->hdr->id);
 	else if (entry->proc_ctx)