diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
index 7d47a1da8b6b..f0407a850ea8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
@@ -1939,8 +1939,10 @@ int mlx5e_open_txqsq(struct mlx5e_channel *c, u32 tisn, int txq_ix,
 void mlx5e_activate_txqsq(struct mlx5e_txqsq *sq)
 {
 	sq->txq = netdev_get_tx_queue(sq->netdev, sq->txq_ix);
+	/* Reset BQL only when the SQ has no bytes in flight. */
+	if (sq->cc == sq->pc)
+		netdev_tx_reset_queue(sq->txq);
 	set_bit(MLX5E_SQ_STATE_ENABLED, &sq->state);
-	netdev_tx_reset_queue(sq->txq);
 	netif_tx_start_queue(sq->txq);
 	netif_queue_set_napi(sq->netdev, sq->txq_ix, NETDEV_QUEUE_TYPE_TX, sq->cq.napi);
 }