diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
index 64a04975bcf8..bc93b69cfd1e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
@@ -816,11 +816,14 @@ static void mvneta_txq_pend_desc_add(struct mvneta_port *pp,
 {
 	u32 val;
 
-	/* Only 255 descriptors can be added at once ; Assume caller
-	 * process TX desriptors in quanta less than 256
-	 */
-	val = pend_desc + txq->pending;
-	mvreg_write(pp, MVNETA_TXQ_UPDATE_REG(txq->id), val);
+	pend_desc += txq->pending;
+
+	/* Only 255 Tx descriptors can be added at once */
+	do {
+		val = min(pend_desc, 255);
+		mvreg_write(pp, MVNETA_TXQ_UPDATE_REG(txq->id), val);
+		pend_desc -= val;
+	} while (pend_desc > 0);
 	txq->pending = 0;
 }