diff --git a/lib/routemap.c b/lib/routemap.c
index 6b3f81b4d41b..ea917ebd8c73 100644
--- a/lib/routemap.c
+++ b/lib/routemap.c
@@ -2548,7 +2548,6 @@ route_map_result_t route_map_apply_ext(struct route_map *map,
 	struct route_map_index *index = NULL;
 	struct route_map_rule *set = NULL;
 	bool skip_match_clause = false;
-	struct prefix conv;
 
 	if (recursion > RMAP_RECURSION_LIMIT) {
 		if (map)
@@ -2571,31 +2570,14 @@ route_map_result_t route_map_apply_ext(struct route_map *map,
 
 	map->applied++;
 
-	/*
-	 * Handling for matching evpn_routes in the prefix table.
-	 *
-	 * We convert type2/5 prefix to ipv4/6 prefix to do longest
-	 * prefix matching on.
-	 */
 	if (prefix->family == AF_EVPN) {
-		if (evpn_prefix2prefix(prefix, &conv) != 0) {
-			if (unlikely(CHECK_FLAG(rmap_debug,
-						DEBUG_ROUTEMAP_DETAIL)))
-				zlog_debug(
-					"Unable to convert EVPN prefix %pFX into IPv4/IPv6 prefix. Falling back to non-optimized route-map lookup",
-					prefix);
-		} else {
-			if (unlikely(CHECK_FLAG(rmap_debug,
-						DEBUG_ROUTEMAP_DETAIL)))
-				zlog_debug(
-					"Converted EVPN prefix %pFX into %pFX for optimized route-map lookup",
-					prefix, &conv);
-
-			prefix = &conv;
-		}
+		index = map->head;
+	} else {
+		skip_match_clause = true;
+		index = route_map_get_index(map, prefix, match_object,
+					    &match_ret);
 	}
 
-	index = route_map_get_index(map, prefix, match_object, &match_ret);
 	if (index) {
 		index->applied++;
 		if (unlikely(CHECK_FLAG(rmap_debug, DEBUG_ROUTEMAP)))
@@ -2619,7 +2601,6 @@ route_map_result_t route_map_apply_ext(struct route_map *map,
 			ret = RMAP_DENYMATCH;
 		goto route_map_apply_end;
 	}
-	skip_match_clause = true;
 
 	for (; index; index = index->next) {
 		if (!skip_match_clause) {
diff --git a/tests/topotests/bgp_evpn_route_map_match/r1/frr.conf b/tests/topotests/bgp_evpn_route_map_match/r1/frr.conf
index 33353a61f11d..4347052c5e75 100644
--- a/tests/topotests/bgp_evpn_route_map_match/r1/frr.conf
+++ b/tests/topotests/bgp_evpn_route_map_match/r1/frr.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 !
 !debug bgp neighbor
+!debug route-map detail
+!
+vni 10
 !
 int lo
  ip address 10.10.10.1/32
@@ -9,22 +12,33 @@ int r1-eth1
 !
 router bgp 65001
  no bgp ebgp-requires-policy
+ no bgp network import-check
  neighbor 192.168.1.2 remote-as external
  neighbor 192.168.1.2 timers 1 3
  neighbor 192.168.1.2 timers connect 1
  !
  address-family ipv4 unicast
   redistribute connected
+  network 10.10.10.10/32
  exit-address-family
  !
  address-family l2vpn evpn
   neighbor 192.168.1.2 activate
   neighbor 192.168.1.2 route-map r2 out
   advertise-all-vni
+  advertise ipv4 unicast
  exit-address-family
 !
 route-map r2 deny 10
  match evpn route-type macip
 !
-route-map r2 permit 20
+route-map r2 deny 20
+ match ip address prefix-list pl
+ match evpn route-type prefix
+!
+route-map r2 permit 30
+!
+ip prefix-list pl seq 5 permit 192.168.1.0/24
+ip prefix-list pl seq 10 permit 10.10.10.1/32
+ip prefix-list pl seq 15 permit 10.10.10.2/32
 !
diff --git a/tests/topotests/bgp_evpn_route_map_match/test_bgp_evpn_route_map_match.py b/tests/topotests/bgp_evpn_route_map_match/test_bgp_evpn_route_map_match.py
index 18e25d56744d..5781684a88d8 100644
--- a/tests/topotests/bgp_evpn_route_map_match/test_bgp_evpn_route_map_match.py
+++ b/tests/topotests/bgp_evpn_route_map_match/test_bgp_evpn_route_map_match.py
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ def _bgp_converge():
         )
         expected = {
             "advertisedRoutes": {
-                "10.10.10.1:2": {
-                    "[3]:[0]:[32]:[10.10.10.1]": {
+                "10.10.10.1:1": {
+                    "[5]:[0]:[32]:[10.10.10.10]": {
                         "valid": True,
                     }
                 },
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def _bgp_converge():
         _bgp_converge,
     )
     _, result = topotest.run_and_expect(test_func, None, count=60, wait=1)
-    assert result is None, "MAC-IP EVPN routes should not be advertised"
+    assert result is None, "Filtered EVPN routes should not be advertised"
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":