diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index 33814672c842..71858af6fd66 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -5912,18 +5912,23 @@ static int stmmac_rx(struct stmmac_priv *priv, int limit, u32 queue)
 							   status);
 		}
 
-		if (unlikely(status & discard_frame)) {
-			page_pool_put_page(rx_q->page_pool, buf->page, 0, true);
-			buf->page = NULL;
+		if (unlikely(!error && (status & discard_frame))) {
 			error = 1;
 			if (!priv->hwts_rx_en)
 				rx_errors++;
 		}
 
-		if (unlikely(error && (status & rx_not_ls)))
-			goto read_again;
+		/* We do not support SG in XDP mode */
+		if (unlikely(!error && (status & rx_not_ls) &&
+			     stmmac_xdp_is_enabled(priv))) {
+			rx_dropped++;
+			error = 1;
+		}
 
 		if (unlikely(error)) {
+			if (status & rx_not_ls)
+				goto read_again;
+
 			dev_kfree_skb(skb);
 			goto next;
 		}
@@ -5935,6 +5940,14 @@ static int stmmac_rx(struct stmmac_priv *priv, int limit, u32 queue)
 		buf2_len = stmmac_rx_buf2_len(priv, p, status, len);
 		len += buf2_len;
 
+		/* Drop the packet if it is split over buf1 and buf2 on a
+		 * single descriptor if the interface is running in XDP mode.
+		 */
+		if (unlikely(stmmac_xdp_is_enabled(priv) && buf2_len)) {
+			rx_dropped++;
+			goto next;
+		}
+
 		/* ACS is disabled; strip manually. */
 		if (likely(!(status & rx_not_ls)))
 			len -= ETH_FCS_LEN;
@@ -5984,17 +5997,7 @@ static int stmmac_rx(struct stmmac_priv *priv, int limit, u32 queue)
 							   sync_len, true);
 					buf->page = NULL;
 					rx_dropped++;
-
-					/* Clear skb as it was set as
-					 * status by XDP program.
-					 */
-					skb = NULL;
-
-					if (unlikely((status & rx_not_ls)))
-						goto read_again;
-
-					count++;
-					continue;
+					goto next;
 				} else if (xdp_res & (STMMAC_XDP_TX |
 						      STMMAC_XDP_REDIRECT)) {
 					xdp_status |= xdp_res;