diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/net_driver.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/net_driver.h
index 9f7dfdf708cf..8aecb4bd2c0d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/net_driver.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/net_driver.h
@@ -1522,7 +1522,7 @@ static inline bool efx_channel_is_xdp_tx(struct efx_channel *channel)
 
 static inline bool efx_channel_has_tx_queues(struct efx_channel *channel)
 {
-	return true;
+	return channel && channel->channel >= channel->efx->tx_channel_offset;
 }
 
 static inline unsigned int efx_channel_num_tx_queues(struct efx_channel *channel)