diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index 7b187ec7411ec053d9825b3774fe4036ea4e59f8..dfe78308044dcd2e6c8f8a56d4ebaaf48b258dae 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -1269,7 +1269,9 @@ static int virtnet_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 {
 	struct receive_queue *rq =
 		container_of(napi, struct receive_queue, napi);
-	unsigned int received;
+	struct virtnet_info *vi = rq->vq->vdev->priv;
+	struct send_queue *sq;
+	unsigned int received, qp;
 	bool xdp_xmit = false;
 
 	virtnet_poll_cleantx(rq);
@@ -1280,8 +1282,13 @@ static int virtnet_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 	if (received < budget)
 		virtqueue_napi_complete(napi, rq->vq, received);
 
-	if (xdp_xmit)
+	if (xdp_xmit) {
+		qp = vi->curr_queue_pairs - vi->xdp_queue_pairs +
+		     smp_processor_id();
+		sq = &vi->sq[qp];
+		virtqueue_kick(sq->vq);
 		xdp_do_flush_map();
+	}
 
 	return received;
 }