diff --git a/zebra/zapi_msg.c b/zebra/zapi_msg.c
index 859687b98da4..b73511f02775 100644
--- a/zebra/zapi_msg.c
+++ b/zebra/zapi_msg.c
@@ -828,7 +828,9 @@ void zsend_rule_notify_owner(const struct zebra_dplane_ctx *ctx,
 
 	s = stream_new(ZEBRA_MAX_PACKET_SIZ);
 
-	zclient_create_header(s, ZEBRA_RULE_NOTIFY_OWNER, VRF_DEFAULT);
+	zclient_create_header(s, ZEBRA_RULE_NOTIFY_OWNER,
+			      dplane_ctx_rule_get_vrfid(ctx));
+
 	stream_put(s, &note, sizeof(note));
 	stream_putl(s, dplane_ctx_rule_get_seq(ctx));
 	stream_putl(s, dplane_ctx_rule_get_priority(ctx));
diff --git a/zebra/zebra_dplane.c b/zebra/zebra_dplane.c
index 03d7bb88a218..099a6e2725c1 100644
--- a/zebra/zebra_dplane.c
+++ b/zebra/zebra_dplane.c
@@ -3031,6 +3031,13 @@ void dplane_ctx_rule_set_dp_flow_ptr(struct zebra_dplane_ctx *ctx,
 	ctx->u.rule.new.dp_flow_ptr = dp_flow_ptr;
 }
 
+vrf_id_t dplane_ctx_rule_get_vrfid(const struct zebra_dplane_ctx *ctx)
+{
+	DPLANE_CTX_VALID(ctx);
+
+	return ctx->u.rule.new.prule.vrf_id;
+}
+
 /***********************************************************************
  *		PBR RULE ACCESSORS - end
  **********************************************************************/
diff --git a/zebra/zebra_dplane.h b/zebra/zebra_dplane.h
index 4d4a17bbaeba..87c2e0365677 100644
--- a/zebra/zebra_dplane.h
+++ b/zebra/zebra_dplane.h
@@ -740,6 +740,8 @@ intptr_t
 dplane_ctx_rule_get_old_dp_flow_ptr(const struct zebra_dplane_ctx *ctx);
 void dplane_ctx_rule_set_dp_flow_ptr(struct zebra_dplane_ctx *ctx,
 				     intptr_t dp_flow_ptr);
+vrf_id_t dplane_ctx_rule_get_vrfid(const struct zebra_dplane_ctx *ctx);
+
 /* Accessors for policy based routing iptable information */
 struct zebra_pbr_iptable;
 void dplane_ctx_get_pbr_iptable(const struct zebra_dplane_ctx *ctx,