diff --git a/orchagent/aclorch.cpp b/orchagent/aclorch.cpp
index 4d5d39e017..3f47cb3873 100644
--- a/orchagent/aclorch.cpp
+++ b/orchagent/aclorch.cpp
@@ -1036,6 +1036,12 @@ bool AclRuleL3V6::validateAddMatch(string attr_name, string attr_value)
         return false;
     }
 
+    if (attr_name == MATCH_ETHER_TYPE)
+    {
+        SWSS_LOG_ERROR("Ethertype match is not supported for table type L3V6");
+        return false;
+    }
+
     return AclRule::validateAddMatch(attr_name, attr_value);
 }
 
@@ -1356,7 +1362,7 @@ bool AclTable::create()
         return status == SAI_STATUS_SUCCESS;
     }
 
-    if (type != ACL_TABLE_MIRRORV6)
+    if (type != ACL_TABLE_MIRRORV6 && type != ACL_TABLE_L3V6)
     {
         attr.id = SAI_ACL_TABLE_ATTR_FIELD_ETHER_TYPE;
         attr.value.booldata = true;
diff --git a/tests/mock_tests/aclorch_ut.cpp b/tests/mock_tests/aclorch_ut.cpp
index 65c1862e8c..cc0ca8941f 100644
--- a/tests/mock_tests/aclorch_ut.cpp
+++ b/tests/mock_tests/aclorch_ut.cpp
@@ -388,7 +388,6 @@ namespace aclorch_test
             vector<swss::FieldValueTuple> fields;
 
             fields.push_back({ "SAI_ACL_TABLE_ATTR_ACL_BIND_POINT_TYPE_LIST", "2:SAI_ACL_BIND_POINT_TYPE_PORT,SAI_ACL_BIND_POINT_TYPE_LAG" });
-            fields.push_back({ "SAI_ACL_TABLE_ATTR_FIELD_ETHER_TYPE", "true" });
             fields.push_back({ "SAI_ACL_TABLE_ATTR_FIELD_ACL_IP_TYPE", "true" });
             fields.push_back({ "SAI_ACL_TABLE_ATTR_FIELD_IP_PROTOCOL", "true" });
 
@@ -400,6 +399,7 @@ namespace aclorch_test
             switch (acl_table.type)
             {
                 case ACL_TABLE_L3:
+                    fields.push_back({ "SAI_ACL_TABLE_ATTR_FIELD_ETHER_TYPE", "true" });
                     fields.push_back({ "SAI_ACL_TABLE_ATTR_FIELD_SRC_IP", "true" });
                     fields.push_back({ "SAI_ACL_TABLE_ATTR_FIELD_DST_IP", "true" });
                     break;
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ namespace aclorch_test
     //
     // Using fixed ports = {"1,2"} for now.
     // The bind operations will be another separately test cases.
-    TEST_F(AclOrchTest, ACL_Creation_and_Destorying)
+    TEST_F(AclOrchTest, ACL_Creation_and_Destruction)
     {
         auto orch = createAclOrch();