diff --git a/src/vnsw/agent/pkt/flow_entry.cc b/src/vnsw/agent/pkt/flow_entry.cc
index 6c608aff365..ff116a0ae4a 100644
--- a/src/vnsw/agent/pkt/flow_entry.cc
+++ b/src/vnsw/agent/pkt/flow_entry.cc
@@ -2083,11 +2083,6 @@ bool FlowEntry::ActionRecompute() {
         }
     }
 
-    // Force short flows to DROP
-    if (is_flags_set(FlowEntry::ShortFlow)) {
-        action |= (1 << TrafficAction::DENY);
-    }
-
     if (SetQosConfigIndex()) {
         ret = true;
     }
diff --git a/src/vnsw/agent/pkt/test/test_flow_util.h b/src/vnsw/agent/pkt/test/test_flow_util.h
index d2d400c0f30..80106c0171a 100644
--- a/src/vnsw/agent/pkt/test/test_flow_util.h
+++ b/src/vnsw/agent/pkt/test/test_flow_util.h
@@ -323,10 +323,8 @@ class ShortFlow : public FlowVerify {
 
     virtual void Verify(FlowEntry *fe) {
         EXPECT_TRUE(fe->is_flags_set(FlowEntry::ShortFlow) == true);
-        EXPECT_TRUE((fe->data().match_p.action_info.action & (1 << TrafficAction::DENY)) != 0);
         FlowEntry *rev = fe->reverse_flow_entry();
         EXPECT_TRUE(rev->is_flags_set(FlowEntry::ShortFlow) == true);
-        EXPECT_TRUE((rev->data().match_p.action_info.action & (1 << TrafficAction::DENY)) != 0);
     }
 private:
 };
diff --git a/src/vnsw/agent/test-xml/test_xml_oper.cc b/src/vnsw/agent/test-xml/test_xml_oper.cc
index dcfc2a2520e..57202c3ca93 100644
--- a/src/vnsw/agent/test-xml/test_xml_oper.cc
+++ b/src/vnsw/agent/test-xml/test_xml_oper.cc
@@ -1325,7 +1325,8 @@ static bool MatchFlowAction(FlowEntry *flow, const string &str) {
     }
 
     if (str == "deny") {
-        return ((action & TrafficAction::DROP_FLAGS) != 0);
+        return (((action & TrafficAction::DROP_FLAGS) != 0) |
+                (flow->IsShortFlow()));
     }
 
     return false;
diff --git a/src/vnsw/agent/vrouter/ksync/flowtable_ksync.cc b/src/vnsw/agent/vrouter/ksync/flowtable_ksync.cc
index 120ea672a92..02168c95dc3 100644
--- a/src/vnsw/agent/vrouter/ksync/flowtable_ksync.cc
+++ b/src/vnsw/agent/vrouter/ksync/flowtable_ksync.cc
@@ -400,6 +400,10 @@ int FlowTableKSyncEntry::Encode(sandesh_op::type op, char *buf, int buf_len) {
             }
         }
 
+        if (flow_entry_->IsShortFlow()) {
+            action = VR_FLOW_ACTION_DROP;
+        }
+
         req.set_fr_flags(flags);
         req.set_fr_action(action);
         req.set_fr_drop_reason(drop_reason);