diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index 45ae33e15303..f3f449f53920 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -1945,7 +1945,8 @@ static inline bool ixgbe_page_is_reserved(struct page *page)
 	return (page_to_nid(page) != numa_mem_id()) || page_is_pfmemalloc(page);
 }
 
-static bool ixgbe_can_reuse_rx_page(struct ixgbe_rx_buffer *rx_buffer)
+static bool ixgbe_can_reuse_rx_page(struct ixgbe_rx_buffer *rx_buffer,
+				    int rx_buffer_pgcnt)
 {
 	unsigned int pagecnt_bias = rx_buffer->pagecnt_bias;
 	struct page *page = rx_buffer->page;
@@ -1956,7 +1957,7 @@ static bool ixgbe_can_reuse_rx_page(struct ixgbe_rx_buffer *rx_buffer)
 
 #if (PAGE_SIZE < 8192)
 	/* if we are only owner of page we can reuse it */
-	if (unlikely((page_ref_count(page) - pagecnt_bias) > 1))
+	if (unlikely((rx_buffer_pgcnt - pagecnt_bias) > 1))
 		return false;
 #else
 	/* The last offset is a bit aggressive in that we assume the
@@ -2021,11 +2022,18 @@ static void ixgbe_add_rx_frag(struct ixgbe_ring *rx_ring,
 static struct ixgbe_rx_buffer *ixgbe_get_rx_buffer(struct ixgbe_ring *rx_ring,
 						   union ixgbe_adv_rx_desc *rx_desc,
 						   struct sk_buff **skb,
-						   const unsigned int size)
+						   const unsigned int size,
+						   int *rx_buffer_pgcnt)
 {
 	struct ixgbe_rx_buffer *rx_buffer;
 
 	rx_buffer = &rx_ring->rx_buffer_info[rx_ring->next_to_clean];
+	*rx_buffer_pgcnt =
+#if (PAGE_SIZE < 8192)
+		page_count(rx_buffer->page);
+#else
+		0;
+#endif
 	prefetchw(rx_buffer->page);
 	*skb = rx_buffer->skb;
 
@@ -2055,9 +2063,10 @@ skip_sync:
 
 static void ixgbe_put_rx_buffer(struct ixgbe_ring *rx_ring,
 				struct ixgbe_rx_buffer *rx_buffer,
-				struct sk_buff *skb)
+				struct sk_buff *skb,
+				int rx_buffer_pgcnt)
 {
-	if (ixgbe_can_reuse_rx_page(rx_buffer)) {
+	if (ixgbe_can_reuse_rx_page(rx_buffer, rx_buffer_pgcnt)) {
 		/* hand second half of page back to the ring */
 		ixgbe_reuse_rx_page(rx_ring, rx_buffer);
 	} else {
@@ -2303,6 +2312,7 @@ static int ixgbe_clean_rx_irq(struct ixgbe_q_vector *q_vector,
 		union ixgbe_adv_rx_desc *rx_desc;
 		struct ixgbe_rx_buffer *rx_buffer;
 		struct sk_buff *skb;
+		int rx_buffer_pgcnt;
 		unsigned int size;
 
 		/* return some buffers to hardware, one at a time is too slow */
@@ -2322,7 +2332,7 @@ static int ixgbe_clean_rx_irq(struct ixgbe_q_vector *q_vector,
 		 */
 		dma_rmb();
 
-		rx_buffer = ixgbe_get_rx_buffer(rx_ring, rx_desc, &skb, size);
+		rx_buffer = ixgbe_get_rx_buffer(rx_ring, rx_desc, &skb, size, &rx_buffer_pgcnt);
 
 		/* retrieve a buffer from the ring */
 		if (!skb) {
@@ -2367,7 +2377,7 @@ static int ixgbe_clean_rx_irq(struct ixgbe_q_vector *q_vector,
 			break;
 		}
 
-		ixgbe_put_rx_buffer(rx_ring, rx_buffer, skb);
+		ixgbe_put_rx_buffer(rx_ring, rx_buffer, skb, rx_buffer_pgcnt);
 		cleaned_count++;
 
 		/* place incomplete frames back on ring for completion */