diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c
index d6a547238de03fd9778d7f786346c00647963c68..82cffb3a99640f25fa6f6c0a8f52151194874058 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c
@@ -1386,8 +1386,11 @@ int mlx5e_poll_rx_cq(struct mlx5e_cq *cq, int budget)
 	if (unlikely(!test_bit(MLX5E_RQ_STATE_ENABLED, &rq->state)))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (rq->cqd.left)
+	if (rq->cqd.left) {
 		work_done += mlx5e_decompress_cqes_cont(rq, cqwq, 0, budget);
+		if (rq->cqd.left || work_done >= budget)
+			goto out;
+	}
 
 	cqe = mlx5_cqwq_get_cqe(cqwq);
 	if (!cqe) {