diff --git a/drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethernet/dpaa2-eth.c b/drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethernet/dpaa2-eth.c
index b63ae09afb1a..824c4ad7b4b4 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethernet/dpaa2-eth.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/fsl-dpaa2/ethernet/dpaa2-eth.c
@@ -1620,9 +1620,10 @@ static struct dpaa2_eth_channel *get_affine_channel(struct dpaa2_eth_priv *priv,
 static void set_fq_affinity(struct dpaa2_eth_priv *priv)
 {
 	struct device *dev = priv->net_dev->dev.parent;
+	struct cpumask xps_mask;
 	struct dpaa2_eth_fq *fq;
 	int rx_cpu, txc_cpu;
-	int i;
+	int i, err;
 
 	/* For each FQ, pick one channel/CPU to deliver frames to.
 	 * This may well change at runtime, either through irqbalance or
@@ -1641,6 +1642,17 @@ static void set_fq_affinity(struct dpaa2_eth_priv *priv)
 			break;
 		case DPAA2_TX_CONF_FQ:
 			fq->target_cpu = txc_cpu;
+
+			/* Tell the stack to affine to txc_cpu the Tx queue
+			 * associated with the confirmation one
+			 */
+			cpumask_clear(&xps_mask);
+			cpumask_set_cpu(txc_cpu, &xps_mask);
+			err = netif_set_xps_queue(priv->net_dev, &xps_mask,
+						  fq->flowid);
+			if (err)
+				dev_err(dev, "Error setting XPS queue\n");
+
 			txc_cpu = cpumask_next(txc_cpu, &priv->dpio_cpumask);
 			if (txc_cpu >= nr_cpu_ids)
 				txc_cpu = cpumask_first(&priv->dpio_cpumask);