diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/pci.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/pci.c
index 13b0259f7ea6..fcace73eae40 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/pci.c
@@ -353,13 +353,10 @@ static int mlxsw_pci_rdq_skb_alloc(struct mlxsw_pci *mlxsw_pci,
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	int err;
 
-	elem_info->u.rdq.skb = NULL;
 	skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(NULL, buf_len);
 	if (!skb)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	/* Assume that wqe was previously zeroed. */
-
 	err = mlxsw_pci_wqe_frag_map(mlxsw_pci, wqe, 0, skb->data,
 				     buf_len, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
 	if (err)
@@ -597,21 +594,26 @@ static void mlxsw_pci_cqe_rdq_handle(struct mlxsw_pci *mlxsw_pci,
 	struct pci_dev *pdev = mlxsw_pci->pdev;
 	struct mlxsw_pci_queue_elem_info *elem_info;
 	struct mlxsw_rx_info rx_info = {};
-	char *wqe;
+	char wqe[MLXSW_PCI_WQE_SIZE];
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	u16 byte_count;
 	int err;
 
 	elem_info = mlxsw_pci_queue_elem_info_consumer_get(q);
-	skb = elem_info->u.sdq.skb;
-	if (!skb)
-		return;
-	wqe = elem_info->elem;
-	mlxsw_pci_wqe_frag_unmap(mlxsw_pci, wqe, 0, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
+	skb = elem_info->u.rdq.skb;
+	memcpy(wqe, elem_info->elem, MLXSW_PCI_WQE_SIZE);
 
 	if (q->consumer_counter++ != consumer_counter_limit)
 		dev_dbg_ratelimited(&pdev->dev, "Consumer counter does not match limit in RDQ\n");
 
+	err = mlxsw_pci_rdq_skb_alloc(mlxsw_pci, elem_info);
+	if (err) {
+		dev_err_ratelimited(&pdev->dev, "Failed to alloc skb for RDQ\n");
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	mlxsw_pci_wqe_frag_unmap(mlxsw_pci, wqe, 0, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
+
 	if (mlxsw_pci_cqe_lag_get(cqe_v, cqe)) {
 		rx_info.is_lag = true;
 		rx_info.u.lag_id = mlxsw_pci_cqe_lag_id_get(cqe_v, cqe);
@@ -647,10 +649,7 @@ static void mlxsw_pci_cqe_rdq_handle(struct mlxsw_pci *mlxsw_pci,
 	skb_put(skb, byte_count);
 	mlxsw_core_skb_receive(mlxsw_pci->core, skb, &rx_info);
 
-	memset(wqe, 0, q->elem_size);
-	err = mlxsw_pci_rdq_skb_alloc(mlxsw_pci, elem_info);
-	if (err)
-		dev_dbg_ratelimited(&pdev->dev, "Failed to alloc skb for RDQ\n");
+out:
 	/* Everything is set up, ring doorbell to pass elem to HW */
 	q->producer_counter++;
 	mlxsw_pci_queue_doorbell_producer_ring(mlxsw_pci, q);