diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx.c
index 836dce8407124f2f200f36fab42412f80009469e..97453d1dfafedc501d303ed646f4011edfe732d1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx.c
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ ice_xdp_xmit(struct net_device *dev, int n, struct xdp_frame **frames,
 	if (test_bit(ICE_VSI_DOWN, vsi->state))
 		return -ENETDOWN;
 
-	if (!ice_is_xdp_ena_vsi(vsi) || queue_index >= vsi->num_xdp_txq)
+	if (!ice_is_xdp_ena_vsi(vsi))
 		return -ENXIO;
 
 	if (unlikely(flags & ~XDP_XMIT_FLAGS_MASK))
@@ -621,6 +621,9 @@ ice_xdp_xmit(struct net_device *dev, int n, struct xdp_frame **frames,
 		xdp_ring = vsi->xdp_rings[queue_index];
 		spin_lock(&xdp_ring->tx_lock);
 	} else {
+		/* Generally, should not happen */
+		if (unlikely(queue_index >= vsi->num_xdp_txq))
+			return -ENXIO;
 		xdp_ring = vsi->xdp_rings[queue_index];
 	}