diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index 87613806ee88..6a12bb1d49ca 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -2077,9 +2077,6 @@ static int ixgbe_clean_rx_irq(struct ixgbe_q_vector *q_vector,
 	q_vector->rx.total_packets += total_rx_packets;
 	q_vector->rx.total_bytes += total_rx_bytes;
 
-	if (cleaned_count)
-		ixgbe_alloc_rx_buffers(rx_ring, cleaned_count);
-
 	return total_rx_packets;
 }