diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
index 2445428bd79c..2c5fe532dcf1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
@@ -2784,14 +2784,14 @@ static int mvneta_rxq_init(struct mvneta_port *pp,
 		mvneta_rxq_buf_size_set(pp, rxq,
 					MVNETA_RX_BUF_SIZE(pp->pkt_size));
 		mvneta_rxq_bm_disable(pp, rxq);
+		mvneta_rxq_fill(pp, rxq, rxq->size);
 	} else {
 		mvneta_rxq_bm_enable(pp, rxq);
 		mvneta_rxq_long_pool_set(pp, rxq);
 		mvneta_rxq_short_pool_set(pp, rxq);
+		mvneta_rxq_non_occup_desc_add(pp, rxq, rxq->size);
 	}
 
-	mvneta_rxq_fill(pp, rxq, rxq->size);
-
 	return 0;
 }