diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xsk/rx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xsk/rx.c
index d97e6df66f454..b8dd744536553 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xsk/rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xsk/rx.c
@@ -323,8 +323,11 @@ struct sk_buff *mlx5e_xsk_skb_from_cqe_linear(struct mlx5e_rq *rq,
 	net_prefetch(mxbuf->xdp.data);
 
 	prog = rcu_dereference(rq->xdp_prog);
-	if (likely(prog && mlx5e_xdp_handle(rq, prog, mxbuf)))
+	if (likely(prog && mlx5e_xdp_handle(rq, prog, mxbuf))) {
+		if (likely(__test_and_clear_bit(MLX5E_RQ_FLAG_XDP_XMIT, rq->flags)))
+			wi->flags |= BIT(MLX5E_WQE_FRAG_SKIP_RELEASE);
 		return NULL; /* page/packet was consumed by XDP */
+	}
 
 	/* XDP_PASS: copy the data from the UMEM to a new SKB. The frame reuse
 	 * will be handled by mlx5e_free_rx_wqe.