diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_device.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_device.c
index f878a552fef3..d0ed6c4f9e1a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_device.c
@@ -1450,8 +1450,9 @@ void lio_enable_irq(struct octeon_droq *droq, struct octeon_instr_queue *iq)
 	}
 	if (iq) {
 		spin_lock_bh(&iq->lock);
-		writel(iq->pkt_in_done, iq->inst_cnt_reg);
-		iq->pkt_in_done = 0;
+		writel(iq->pkts_processed, iq->inst_cnt_reg);
+		iq->pkt_in_done -= iq->pkts_processed;
+		iq->pkts_processed = 0;
 		/* this write needs to be flushed before we release the lock */
 		mmiowb();
 		spin_unlock_bh(&iq->lock);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_iq.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_iq.h
index 2327062e8af6..aecd0d36d634 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_iq.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_iq.h
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ struct octeon_instr_queue {
 
 	u32 pkt_in_done;
 
+	u32 pkts_processed;
+
 	/** A spinlock to protect access to the input ring.*/
 	spinlock_t iq_flush_running_lock;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/request_manager.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/request_manager.c
index 0a06fbb4ff8a..5de5ce9a8f54 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/request_manager.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/request_manager.c
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ int octeon_init_instr_queue(struct octeon_device *oct,
 	iq->do_auto_flush = 1;
 	iq->db_timeout = (u32)conf->db_timeout;
 	atomic_set(&iq->instr_pending, 0);
+	iq->pkts_processed = 0;
 
 	/* Initialize the spinlock for this instruction queue */
 	spin_lock_init(&iq->lock);
@@ -495,6 +496,7 @@ octeon_flush_iq(struct octeon_device *oct, struct octeon_instr_queue *iq,
 				lio_process_iq_request_list(oct, iq, 0);
 
 		if (inst_processed) {
+			iq->pkts_processed += inst_processed;
 			atomic_sub(inst_processed, &iq->instr_pending);
 			iq->stats.instr_processed += inst_processed;
 		}