diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
index 8afb72ec957d..ba049ae88749 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
@@ -661,6 +661,9 @@ int mlx4_en_process_rx_cq(struct net_device *dev, struct mlx4_en_cq *cq, int bud
 	if (!priv->port_up)
 		return 0;
 
+	if (budget <= 0)
+		return polled;
+
 	/* We assume a 1:1 mapping between CQEs and Rx descriptors, so Rx
 	 * descriptor offset can be deduced from the CQE index instead of
 	 * reading 'cqe->index' */