diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tx.c
index 7b61126fcec9..195a7d903cec 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tx.c
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ netdev_tx_t mlx5e_sq_xmit(struct mlx5e_txqsq *sq, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	}
 
 	stats->bytes     += num_bytes;
-	stats->xmit_more += netdev_xmit_more();
+	stats->xmit_more += xmit_more;
 
 	headlen = skb->len - ihs - skb->data_len;
 	ds_cnt += !!headlen;
@@ -624,7 +624,8 @@ mlx5i_txwqe_build_datagram(struct mlx5_av *av, u32 dqpn, u32 dqkey,
 }
 
 netdev_tx_t mlx5i_sq_xmit(struct mlx5e_txqsq *sq, struct sk_buff *skb,
-			  struct mlx5_av *av, u32 dqpn, u32 dqkey)
+			  struct mlx5_av *av, u32 dqpn, u32 dqkey,
+			  bool xmit_more)
 {
 	struct mlx5_wq_cyc *wq = &sq->wq;
 	struct mlx5i_tx_wqe *wqe;
@@ -660,7 +661,7 @@ netdev_tx_t mlx5i_sq_xmit(struct mlx5e_txqsq *sq, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	}
 
 	stats->bytes     += num_bytes;
-	stats->xmit_more += netdev_xmit_more();
+	stats->xmit_more += xmit_more;
 
 	headlen = skb->len - ihs - skb->data_len;
 	ds_cnt += !!headlen;
@@ -705,7 +706,7 @@ netdev_tx_t mlx5i_sq_xmit(struct mlx5e_txqsq *sq, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		goto err_drop;
 
 	mlx5e_txwqe_complete(sq, skb, opcode, ds_cnt, num_wqebbs, num_bytes,
-			     num_dma, wi, cseg, false);
+			     num_dma, wi, cseg, xmit_more);
 
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/ipoib/ipoib.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/ipoib/ipoib.c
index ada1b7c0e0b8..9ca492b430d8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/ipoib/ipoib.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/ipoib/ipoib.c
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ static int mlx5i_xmit(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	struct mlx5_ib_ah *mah   = to_mah(address);
 	struct mlx5i_priv *ipriv = epriv->ppriv;
 
-	return mlx5i_sq_xmit(sq, skb, &mah->av, dqpn, ipriv->qkey);
+	return mlx5i_sq_xmit(sq, skb, &mah->av, dqpn, ipriv->qkey, netdev_xmit_more());
 }
 
 static void mlx5i_set_pkey_index(struct net_device *netdev, int id)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/ipoib/ipoib.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/ipoib/ipoib.h
index 9165ca567047..e19ba3fcd1b7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/ipoib/ipoib.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/ipoib/ipoib.h
@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ static inline void mlx5i_sq_fetch_wqe(struct mlx5e_txqsq *sq,
 }
 
 netdev_tx_t mlx5i_sq_xmit(struct mlx5e_txqsq *sq, struct sk_buff *skb,
-			  struct mlx5_av *av, u32 dqpn, u32 dqkey);
+			  struct mlx5_av *av, u32 dqpn, u32 dqkey,
+			  bool xmit_more);
 void mlx5i_handle_rx_cqe(struct mlx5e_rq *rq, struct mlx5_cqe64 *cqe);
 void mlx5i_get_stats(struct net_device *dev, struct rtnl_link_stats64 *stats);