diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
index aa3a4f7c3f7c..c7b37e07f870 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
@@ -611,6 +611,7 @@ mvneta_rxq_next_desc_get(struct mvneta_rx_queue *rxq)
 	int rx_desc = rxq->next_desc_to_proc;
 
 	rxq->next_desc_to_proc = MVNETA_QUEUE_NEXT_DESC(rxq, rx_desc);
+	prefetch(rxq->descs + rxq->next_desc_to_proc);
 	return rxq->descs + rx_desc;
 }
 
@@ -1442,7 +1443,6 @@ static int mvneta_rx(struct mvneta_port *pp, int rx_todo,
 		u32 rx_status;
 		int rx_bytes, err;
 
-		prefetch(rx_desc);
 		rx_done++;
 		rx_filled++;
 		rx_status = rx_desc->status;