diff --git a/pkg/networkservice/mechanisms/vxlan/client.go b/pkg/networkservice/mechanisms/vxlan/client.go
index c08c7fc8..f53da26b 100644
--- a/pkg/networkservice/mechanisms/vxlan/client.go
+++ b/pkg/networkservice/mechanisms/vxlan/client.go
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/empty"
 	"github.com/networkservicemesh/sdk/pkg/networkservice/core/chain"
 
+	"github.com/networkservicemesh/sdk-vpp/pkg/networkservice/mechanisms/vxlan/vxlanacl"
+
 	"github.com/networkservicemesh/api/pkg/api/networkservice"
 	"github.com/networkservicemesh/api/pkg/api/networkservice/mechanisms/cls"
 	"github.com/networkservicemesh/api/pkg/api/networkservice/payload"
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ func NewClient(vppConn api.Connection, tunnelIP net.IP) networkservice.NetworkSe
 		&vxlanClient{
 			vppConn: vppConn,
 		},
+		vxlanacl.NewClient(vppConn),
 		mtu.NewClient(vppConn, tunnelIP),
 		vni.NewClient(tunnelIP),
 	)
diff --git a/pkg/networkservice/mechanisms/vxlan/server.go b/pkg/networkservice/mechanisms/vxlan/server.go
index f1b53304..457276c8 100644
--- a/pkg/networkservice/mechanisms/vxlan/server.go
+++ b/pkg/networkservice/mechanisms/vxlan/server.go
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/networkservicemesh/sdk/pkg/networkservice/core/chain"
 	"github.com/networkservicemesh/sdk/pkg/networkservice/core/next"
 
+	"github.com/networkservicemesh/sdk-vpp/pkg/networkservice/mechanisms/vxlan/vxlanacl"
+
 	"github.com/networkservicemesh/sdk/pkg/networkservice/utils/metadata"
 
 	"github.com/networkservicemesh/api/pkg/api/networkservice/payload"
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ func NewServer(vppConn api.Connection, tunnelIP net.IP) networkservice.NetworkSe
 	return chain.NewNetworkServiceServer(
 		vni.NewServer(tunnelIP),
 		mtu.NewServer(vppConn, tunnelIP),
+		vxlanacl.NewServer(vppConn),
 		&vxlanServer{
 			vppConn: vppConn,
 		},
diff --git a/pkg/networkservice/mechanisms/vxlan/vxlanacl/server.go b/pkg/networkservice/mechanisms/vxlan/vxlanacl/server.go
index 394f9d7e..9b5fc518 100644
--- a/pkg/networkservice/mechanisms/vxlan/vxlanacl/server.go
+++ b/pkg/networkservice/mechanisms/vxlan/vxlanacl/server.go
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ func NewServer(vppConn api.Connection) networkservice.NetworkServiceServer {
 }
 
 func (v *vxlanACLServer) Request(ctx context.Context, request *networkservice.NetworkServiceRequest) (*networkservice.Connection, error) {
+	conn, err := next.Server(ctx).Request(ctx, request)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 	if mechanism := vxlan.ToMechanism(request.GetConnection().GetMechanism()); mechanism != nil {
 		if _, ok := v.IPMap.LoadOrStore(mechanism.DstIP().String(), struct{}{}); !ok {
 			if err := create(ctx, v.vppConn, mechanism.DstIP(), aclTag); err != nil {
@@ -48,7 +52,7 @@ func (v *vxlanACLServer) Request(ctx context.Context, request *networkservice.Ne
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	return next.Server(ctx).Request(ctx, request)
+	return conn, nil
 }
 
 func (v *vxlanACLServer) Close(ctx context.Context, conn *networkservice.Connection) (*empty.Empty, error) {