diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
index 34b56ec87fba57179e9498b59aeffcf2c0160e4d..f8013c3ea37cd45fefc3e70cba9fcc3f1f7ca91b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
@@ -250,11 +250,7 @@ static int efx_process_channel(struct efx_channel *channel, int budget)
 		struct efx_rx_queue *rx_queue =
 			efx_channel_get_rx_queue(channel);
 
-		/* Deliver last RX packet. */
-		if (channel->rx_pkt) {
-			__efx_rx_packet(channel, channel->rx_pkt);
-			channel->rx_pkt = NULL;
-		}
+		efx_rx_flush_packet(channel);
 		if (rx_queue->enabled)
 			efx_fast_push_rx_descriptors(rx_queue);
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.h
index 64c555e493be3943cdf09a0163768fb889db60f1..00e7077fa1d8faec6f0e202372536f8b02f4b444 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.h
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ extern void __efx_rx_packet(struct efx_channel *channel,
 			    struct efx_rx_buffer *rx_buf);
 extern void efx_rx_packet(struct efx_rx_queue *rx_queue, unsigned int index,
 			  unsigned int len, u16 flags);
+static inline void efx_rx_flush_packet(struct efx_channel *channel)
+{
+	if (channel->rx_pkt) {
+		__efx_rx_packet(channel, channel->rx_pkt);
+		channel->rx_pkt = NULL;
+	}
+}
 extern void efx_schedule_slow_fill(struct efx_rx_queue *rx_queue);
 
 #define EFX_MAX_DMAQ_SIZE 4096UL
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/rx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/rx.c
index 31361db28f9129111ddc187ec82eb5978c026df5..60f4eb7cebc64a7bb8eb901533e55bf8a1b51ba1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/rx.c
@@ -465,8 +465,7 @@ void efx_rx_packet(struct efx_rx_queue *rx_queue, unsigned int index,
 	 */
 	rx_buf->len = len - efx->type->rx_buffer_hash_size;
 out:
-	if (channel->rx_pkt)
-		__efx_rx_packet(channel, channel->rx_pkt);
+	efx_rx_flush_packet(channel);
 	channel->rx_pkt = rx_buf;
 }