diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_txrx.c
index ce2f6d1ca79f..1f7b842c6763 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_txrx.c
@@ -1374,7 +1374,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *iavf_build_skb(struct iavf_ring *rx_ring,
 #endif
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 
-	if (!rx_buffer)
+	if (!rx_buffer || !size)
 		return NULL;
 	/* prefetch first cache line of first page */
 	va = page_address(rx_buffer->page) + rx_buffer->page_offset;
@@ -1534,7 +1534,7 @@ static int iavf_clean_rx_irq(struct iavf_ring *rx_ring, int budget)
 		/* exit if we failed to retrieve a buffer */
 		if (!skb) {
 			rx_ring->rx_stats.alloc_buff_failed++;
-			if (rx_buffer)
+			if (rx_buffer && size)
 				rx_buffer->pagecnt_bias++;
 			break;
 		}