diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index dafd3a3e9844..b37bac337d6a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -2612,7 +2612,7 @@ static void stmmac_dma_operation_mode(struct stmmac_priv *priv)
 		stmmac_dma_rx_mode(priv, priv->ioaddr, rxmode, chan,
 				rxfifosz, qmode);
 
-		if (rx_q->xsk_pool) {
+		if (rx_q->xsk_pool && rx_q->buf_alloc_num) {
 			buf_size = xsk_pool_get_rx_frame_size(rx_q->xsk_pool);
 			stmmac_set_dma_bfsize(priv, priv->ioaddr,
 					      buf_size,