diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_counters.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_counters.c
index c6c28f56aa29..b080e6f3488d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_counters.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_counters.c
@@ -102,13 +102,15 @@ static struct list_head *mlx5_fc_counters_lookup_next(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev,
 	struct mlx5_fc_stats *fc_stats = &dev->priv.fc_stats;
 	unsigned long next_id = (unsigned long)id + 1;
 	struct mlx5_fc *counter;
+	unsigned long tmp;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	/* skip counters that are in idr, but not yet in counters list */
-	while ((counter = idr_get_next_ul(&fc_stats->counters_idr,
-					  &next_id)) != NULL &&
-	       list_empty(&counter->list))
-		next_id++;
+	idr_for_each_entry_continue_ul(&fc_stats->counters_idr,
+				       counter, tmp, next_id) {
+		if (list_empty(&counter->list))
+			continue;
+	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	return counter ? &counter->list : &fc_stats->counters;
diff --git a/include/linux/idr.h b/include/linux/idr.h
index ee7abae143d3..4ec8986e5dfb 100644
--- a/include/linux/idr.h
+++ b/include/linux/idr.h
@@ -191,14 +191,17 @@ static inline void idr_preload_end(void)
  * idr_for_each_entry_ul() - Iterate over an IDR's elements of a given type.
  * @idr: IDR handle.
  * @entry: The type * to use as cursor.
+ * @tmp: A temporary placeholder for ID.
  * @id: Entry ID.
  *
  * @entry and @id do not need to be initialized before the loop, and
  * after normal termination @entry is left with the value NULL.  This
  * is convenient for a "not found" value.
  */
-#define idr_for_each_entry_ul(idr, entry, id)			\
-	for (id = 0; ((entry) = idr_get_next_ul(idr, &(id))) != NULL; ++id)
+#define idr_for_each_entry_ul(idr, entry, tmp, id)			\
+	for (tmp = 0, id = 0;						\
+	     tmp <= id && ((entry) = idr_get_next_ul(idr, &(id))) != NULL; \
+	     tmp = id, ++id)
 
 /**
  * idr_for_each_entry_continue() - Continue iteration over an IDR's elements of a given type
@@ -213,6 +216,20 @@ static inline void idr_preload_end(void)
 	     entry;							\
 	     ++id, (entry) = idr_get_next((idr), &(id)))
 
+/**
+ * idr_for_each_entry_continue_ul() - Continue iteration over an IDR's elements of a given type
+ * @idr: IDR handle.
+ * @entry: The type * to use as a cursor.
+ * @tmp: A temporary placeholder for ID.
+ * @id: Entry ID.
+ *
+ * Continue to iterate over entries, continuing after the current position.
+ */
+#define idr_for_each_entry_continue_ul(idr, entry, tmp, id)		\
+	for (tmp = id;							\
+	     tmp <= id && ((entry) = idr_get_next_ul(idr, &(id))) != NULL; \
+	     tmp = id, ++id)
+
 /*
  * IDA - ID Allocator, use when translation from id to pointer isn't necessary.
  */
diff --git a/net/sched/act_api.c b/net/sched/act_api.c
index 5567af5d7cb5..835adde28a7e 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_api.c
@@ -221,12 +221,13 @@ static int tcf_dump_walker(struct tcf_idrinfo *idrinfo, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	struct idr *idr = &idrinfo->action_idr;
 	struct tc_action *p;
 	unsigned long id = 1;
+	unsigned long tmp;
 
 	mutex_lock(&idrinfo->lock);
 
 	s_i = cb->args[0];
 
-	idr_for_each_entry_ul(idr, p, id) {
+	idr_for_each_entry_ul(idr, p, tmp, id) {
 		index++;
 		if (index < s_i)
 			continue;
@@ -292,6 +293,7 @@ static int tcf_del_walker(struct tcf_idrinfo *idrinfo, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	struct idr *idr = &idrinfo->action_idr;
 	struct tc_action *p;
 	unsigned long id = 1;
+	unsigned long tmp;
 
 	nest = nla_nest_start_noflag(skb, 0);
 	if (nest == NULL)
@@ -300,7 +302,7 @@ static int tcf_del_walker(struct tcf_idrinfo *idrinfo, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
 	mutex_lock(&idrinfo->lock);
-	idr_for_each_entry_ul(idr, p, id) {
+	idr_for_each_entry_ul(idr, p, tmp, id) {
 		ret = tcf_idr_release_unsafe(p);
 		if (ret == ACT_P_DELETED) {
 			module_put(ops->owner);
@@ -533,8 +535,9 @@ void tcf_idrinfo_destroy(const struct tc_action_ops *ops,
 	struct tc_action *p;
 	int ret;
 	unsigned long id = 1;
+	unsigned long tmp;
 
-	idr_for_each_entry_ul(idr, p, id) {
+	idr_for_each_entry_ul(idr, p, tmp, id) {
 		ret = __tcf_idr_release(p, false, true);
 		if (ret == ACT_P_DELETED)
 			module_put(ops->owner);
diff --git a/net/sched/cls_flower.c b/net/sched/cls_flower.c
index eedd5786c084..01c361eb16a2 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_flower.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_flower.c
@@ -528,17 +528,19 @@ static struct cls_fl_filter *fl_get_next_filter(struct tcf_proto *tp,
 						unsigned long *handle)
 {
 	struct cls_fl_head *head = fl_head_dereference(tp);
+	unsigned long id = *handle;
 	struct cls_fl_filter *f;
+	unsigned long tmp;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	while ((f = idr_get_next_ul(&head->handle_idr, handle))) {
+	idr_for_each_entry_continue_ul(&head->handle_idr, f, tmp, id) {
 		/* don't return filters that are being deleted */
 		if (refcount_inc_not_zero(&f->refcnt))
 			break;
-		++(*handle);
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
+	*handle = id;
 	return f;
 }