diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_xsk.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_xsk.c
index cf48758447c2..6acede0acdca 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_xsk.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_xsk.c
@@ -281,8 +281,8 @@ int i40e_clean_rx_irq_zc(struct i40e_ring *rx_ring, int budget)
 	unsigned int total_rx_bytes = 0, total_rx_packets = 0;
 	u16 cleaned_count = I40E_DESC_UNUSED(rx_ring);
 	unsigned int xdp_res, xdp_xmit = 0;
-	bool failure = false;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
+	bool failure;
 
 	while (likely(total_rx_packets < (unsigned int)budget)) {
 		union i40e_rx_desc *rx_desc;
@@ -290,13 +290,6 @@ int i40e_clean_rx_irq_zc(struct i40e_ring *rx_ring, int budget)
 		unsigned int size;
 		u64 qword;
 
-		if (cleaned_count >= I40E_RX_BUFFER_WRITE) {
-			failure = failure ||
-				  !i40e_alloc_rx_buffers_zc(rx_ring,
-							    cleaned_count);
-			cleaned_count = 0;
-		}
-
 		rx_desc = I40E_RX_DESC(rx_ring, rx_ring->next_to_clean);
 		qword = le64_to_cpu(rx_desc->wb.qword1.status_error_len);
 
@@ -371,6 +364,9 @@ int i40e_clean_rx_irq_zc(struct i40e_ring *rx_ring, int budget)
 		napi_gro_receive(&rx_ring->q_vector->napi, skb);
 	}
 
+	if (cleaned_count >= I40E_RX_BUFFER_WRITE)
+		failure = !i40e_alloc_rx_buffers_zc(rx_ring, cleaned_count);
+
 	i40e_finalize_xdp_rx(rx_ring, xdp_xmit);
 	i40e_update_rx_stats(rx_ring, total_rx_bytes, total_rx_packets);