diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa/dpaa_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa/dpaa_eth.c
index 98ead77c673e..39c996b64cce 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa/dpaa_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa/dpaa_eth.c
@@ -2300,9 +2300,9 @@ static void dpaa_tx_conf(struct net_device *net_dev,
 }
 
 static inline int dpaa_eth_napi_schedule(struct dpaa_percpu_priv *percpu_priv,
-					 struct qman_portal *portal)
+					 struct qman_portal *portal, bool sched_napi)
 {
-	if (unlikely(in_irq() || !in_serving_softirq())) {
+	if (sched_napi) {
 		/* Disable QMan IRQ and invoke NAPI */
 		qman_p_irqsource_remove(portal, QM_PIRQ_DQRI);
 
@@ -2333,7 +2333,7 @@ static enum qman_cb_dqrr_result rx_error_dqrr(struct qman_portal *portal,
 
 	percpu_priv = this_cpu_ptr(priv->percpu_priv);
 
-	if (dpaa_eth_napi_schedule(percpu_priv, portal))
+	if (dpaa_eth_napi_schedule(percpu_priv, portal, sched_napi))
 		return qman_cb_dqrr_stop;
 
 	dpaa_eth_refill_bpools(priv);
@@ -2377,7 +2377,7 @@ static enum qman_cb_dqrr_result rx_default_dqrr(struct qman_portal *portal,
 	percpu_priv = this_cpu_ptr(priv->percpu_priv);
 	percpu_stats = &percpu_priv->stats;
 
-	if (unlikely(dpaa_eth_napi_schedule(percpu_priv, portal)))
+	if (unlikely(dpaa_eth_napi_schedule(percpu_priv, portal, sched_napi)))
 		return qman_cb_dqrr_stop;
 
 	/* Make sure we didn't run out of buffers */
@@ -2474,7 +2474,7 @@ static enum qman_cb_dqrr_result conf_error_dqrr(struct qman_portal *portal,
 
 	percpu_priv = this_cpu_ptr(priv->percpu_priv);
 
-	if (dpaa_eth_napi_schedule(percpu_priv, portal))
+	if (dpaa_eth_napi_schedule(percpu_priv, portal, sched_napi))
 		return qman_cb_dqrr_stop;
 
 	dpaa_tx_error(net_dev, priv, percpu_priv, &dq->fd, fq->fqid);
@@ -2499,7 +2499,7 @@ static enum qman_cb_dqrr_result conf_dflt_dqrr(struct qman_portal *portal,
 
 	percpu_priv = this_cpu_ptr(priv->percpu_priv);
 
-	if (dpaa_eth_napi_schedule(percpu_priv, portal))
+	if (dpaa_eth_napi_schedule(percpu_priv, portal, sched_napi))
 		return qman_cb_dqrr_stop;
 
 	dpaa_tx_conf(net_dev, priv, percpu_priv, &dq->fd, fq->fqid);