diff --git a/orchagent/aclorch.cpp b/orchagent/aclorch.cpp
index c3a9f23ec78b..dbe2f0537984 100644
--- a/orchagent/aclorch.cpp
+++ b/orchagent/aclorch.cpp
@@ -3617,7 +3617,9 @@ bool AclOrch::removeAclRule(string table_id, string rule_id)
     auto rule = getAclRule(table_id, rule_id);
     if (!rule)
     {
-        return false;
+        SWSS_LOG_NOTICE("ACL rule [%s] in table [%s] already deleted",
+                        rule_id.c_str(), table_id.c_str());
+        return true;
     }
 
     if (rule->hasCounter())
diff --git a/tests/mock_tests/aclorch_ut.cpp b/tests/mock_tests/aclorch_ut.cpp
index 295fed20baa6..11afa57313cd 100644
--- a/tests/mock_tests/aclorch_ut.cpp
+++ b/tests/mock_tests/aclorch_ut.cpp
@@ -1719,4 +1719,28 @@ namespace aclorch_test
         ASSERT_TRUE(orch->m_aclOrch->removeAclRule(rule->getTableId(), rule->getId()));
     }
 
+    TEST_F(AclOrchTest, deleteNonExistingRule)
+    {
+        string tableId = "acl_table";
+        string ruleId = "acl_rule";
+
+        auto orch = createAclOrch();
+
+        // add acl table
+        auto kvfAclTable = deque<KeyOpFieldsValuesTuple>({{
+            tableId,
+            SET_COMMAND,
+            {
+                { ACL_TABLE_DESCRIPTION, "L3 table" },
+                { ACL_TABLE_TYPE, TABLE_TYPE_L3 },
+                { ACL_TABLE_STAGE, STAGE_INGRESS },
+                { ACL_TABLE_PORTS, "1,2" }
+            }
+        }});
+
+        orch->doAclTableTask(kvfAclTable);
+
+        // try to delete non existing acl rule
+        ASSERT_TRUE(orch->m_aclOrch->removeAclRule(tableId, ruleId));
+    }
 } // namespace nsAclOrchTest