diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
index f098952d4fb4ac9f983d43b6fbf91c0170d9f2a8..478c0f1f12bb0827a48616d1e98b061bafee09f0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
@@ -1016,6 +1016,8 @@ static int ixgbevf_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 	ixgbevf_for_each_ring(ring, q_vector->tx)
 		clean_complete &= ixgbevf_clean_tx_irq(q_vector, ring);
 
+	if (budget <= 0)
+		return budget;
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_RX_BUSY_POLL
 	if (!ixgbevf_qv_lock_napi(q_vector))
 		return budget;