diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
index 1ef224fbe3020fa77d781475449fa887c4d390b7..8dce4069472b6c02ed6d5d9cb58cce5a7b1ddeaf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
@@ -2021,9 +2021,9 @@ static void __bnxt_poll_work_done(struct bnxt *bp, struct bnxt_napi *bnapi)
 	if (bnapi->events & BNXT_RX_EVENT) {
 		struct bnxt_rx_ring_info *rxr = bnapi->rx_ring;
 
-		bnxt_db_write(bp, &rxr->rx_db, rxr->rx_prod);
 		if (bnapi->events & BNXT_AGG_EVENT)
 			bnxt_db_write(bp, &rxr->rx_agg_db, rxr->rx_agg_prod);
+		bnxt_db_write(bp, &rxr->rx_db, rxr->rx_prod);
 	}
 	bnapi->events = 0;
 }
@@ -5064,6 +5064,7 @@ static void bnxt_set_db(struct bnxt *bp, struct bnxt_db_info *db, u32 ring_type,
 
 static int bnxt_hwrm_ring_alloc(struct bnxt *bp)
 {
+	bool agg_rings = !!(bp->flags & BNXT_FLAG_AGG_RINGS);
 	int i, rc = 0;
 	u32 type;
 
@@ -5139,7 +5140,9 @@ static int bnxt_hwrm_ring_alloc(struct bnxt *bp)
 		if (rc)
 			goto err_out;
 		bnxt_set_db(bp, &rxr->rx_db, type, map_idx, ring->fw_ring_id);
-		bnxt_db_write(bp, &rxr->rx_db, rxr->rx_prod);
+		/* If we have agg rings, post agg buffers first. */
+		if (!agg_rings)
+			bnxt_db_write(bp, &rxr->rx_db, rxr->rx_prod);
 		bp->grp_info[map_idx].rx_fw_ring_id = ring->fw_ring_id;
 		if (bp->flags & BNXT_FLAG_CHIP_P5) {
 			struct bnxt_cp_ring_info *cpr = &bnapi->cp_ring;
@@ -5158,7 +5161,7 @@ static int bnxt_hwrm_ring_alloc(struct bnxt *bp)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (bp->flags & BNXT_FLAG_AGG_RINGS) {
+	if (agg_rings) {
 		type = HWRM_RING_ALLOC_AGG;
 		for (i = 0; i < bp->rx_nr_rings; i++) {
 			struct bnxt_rx_ring_info *rxr = &bp->rx_ring[i];
@@ -5174,6 +5177,7 @@ static int bnxt_hwrm_ring_alloc(struct bnxt *bp)
 			bnxt_set_db(bp, &rxr->rx_agg_db, type, map_idx,
 				    ring->fw_ring_id);
 			bnxt_db_write(bp, &rxr->rx_agg_db, rxr->rx_agg_prod);
+			bnxt_db_write(bp, &rxr->rx_db, rxr->rx_prod);
 			bp->grp_info[grp_idx].agg_fw_ring_id = ring->fw_ring_id;
 		}
 	}