diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
index 65cb63f6c465..61a0fd8424a2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
@@ -450,6 +450,8 @@ int mlx4_en_process_tx_cq(struct net_device *dev,
 
 	if (unlikely(!priv->port_up))
 		return 0;
+	if (unlikely(!napi_budget) && cq->type == TX_XDP)
+		return 0;
 
 	netdev_txq_bql_complete_prefetchw(ring->tx_queue);