diff --git a/net/xdp/xsk_queue.h b/net/xdp/xsk_queue.h
index dc1dd5ef70d1..cdb9cf3cd136 100644
--- a/net/xdp/xsk_queue.h
+++ b/net/xdp/xsk_queue.h
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
 
 struct xdp_ring {
 	u32 producer ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
+	/* Hinder the adjacent cache prefetcher to prefetch the consumer
+	 * pointer if the producer pointer is touched and vice versa.
+	 */
+	u32 pad ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
 	u32 consumer ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
 	u32 flags;
 };