diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/engleder/tsnep_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/engleder/tsnep_main.c
index 0cdf0de555ed..8b992dc9bb52 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/engleder/tsnep_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/engleder/tsnep_main.c
@@ -1734,6 +1734,10 @@ static int tsnep_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 	if (queue->tx)
 		complete = tsnep_tx_poll(queue->tx, budget);
 
+	/* handle case where we are called by netpoll with a budget of 0 */
+	if (unlikely(budget <= 0))
+		return budget;
+
 	if (queue->rx) {
 		done = queue->rx->xsk_pool ?
 		       tsnep_rx_poll_zc(queue->rx, napi, budget) :