diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index 7ffed295eb14..a2177777727e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -6017,7 +6017,7 @@ static int stmmac_rx(struct stmmac_priv *priv, int limit, u32 queue)
 		}
 
 		if (!skb) {
-			unsigned int head_pad_len;
+			unsigned int metasize;
 
 			/* XDP program may expand or reduce tail */
 			buf1_len = ctx.xdp.data_end - ctx.xdp.data;
@@ -6034,10 +6034,14 @@ static int stmmac_rx(struct stmmac_priv *priv, int limit, u32 queue)
 			}
 
 			/* XDP program may adjust header */
-			head_pad_len = ctx.xdp.data - ctx.xdp.data_hard_start;
-			skb_reserve(skb, head_pad_len);
+			skb_reserve(skb,
+				    ctx.xdp.data - ctx.xdp.data_hard_start);
 			skb_put(skb, buf1_len);
 			skb_mark_for_recycle(skb);
+
+			metasize = ctx.xdp.data - ctx.xdp.data_meta;
+			if (metasize)
+				skb_metadata_set(skb, metasize);
 			buf->page = NULL;
 		} else if (buf1_len) {
 			dma_sync_single_for_cpu(priv->device, buf->addr,