diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx.c
index b77514bbd7ba1a484b8b60444f2649d3b0484651..fd17ace6b226edb2b2523ba398b5d2c38371dc04 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx.c
@@ -1071,13 +1071,16 @@ static int ice_clean_rx_irq(struct ice_ring *rx_ring, int budget)
 		ice_put_rx_buf(rx_ring, rx_buf);
 		continue;
 construct_skb:
-		if (skb)
+		if (skb) {
 			ice_add_rx_frag(rx_ring, rx_buf, skb, size);
-		else if (ice_ring_uses_build_skb(rx_ring))
-			skb = ice_build_skb(rx_ring, rx_buf, &xdp);
-		else
+		} else if (likely(xdp.data)) {
+			if (ice_ring_uses_build_skb(rx_ring))
+				skb = ice_build_skb(rx_ring, rx_buf, &xdp);
+			else
+				skb = ice_construct_skb(rx_ring, rx_buf, &xdp);
+		} else {
 			skb = ice_construct_skb(rx_ring, rx_buf, &xdp);
-
+		}
 		/* exit if we failed to retrieve a buffer */
 		if (!skb) {
 			rx_ring->rx_stats.alloc_buf_failed++;