diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
index 9b11f2e7e3610044e6a1e17f951eb1718038a9b7..5a1a67733b880232e71589f3f564b4fd8aa17654 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
@@ -1565,8 +1565,11 @@ static int i40e_clean_rx_irq_ps(struct i40e_ring *rx_ring, int budget)
 		if (likely(!skb)) {
 			skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(rx_ring->netdev,
 							rx_ring->rx_hdr_len);
-			if (!skb)
+			if (!skb) {
 				rx_ring->rx_stats.alloc_buff_failed++;
+				break;
+			}
+
 			/* initialize queue mapping */
 			skb_record_rx_queue(skb, rx_ring->queue_index);
 			/* we are reusing so sync this buffer for CPU use */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
index 1b5ee4655b2504c4d0eb88cc1732cef869f0f39b..2be50a8d36711f27c562ab3cf538b8937b07d4a8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
@@ -1040,8 +1040,11 @@ static int i40e_clean_rx_irq_ps(struct i40e_ring *rx_ring, int budget)
 		if (likely(!skb)) {
 			skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(rx_ring->netdev,
 							rx_ring->rx_hdr_len);
-			if (!skb)
+			if (!skb) {
 				rx_ring->rx_stats.alloc_buff_failed++;
+				break;
+			}
+
 			/* initialize queue mapping */
 			skb_record_rx_queue(skb, rx_ring->queue_index);
 			/* we are reusing so sync this buffer for CPU use */