diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.c
index 6d23118b7a6c..4735942ed283 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.c
@@ -777,13 +777,18 @@ static inline int mtk_max_buf_size(int frag_size)
 	return buf_size;
 }
 
-static inline void mtk_rx_get_desc(struct mtk_rx_dma *rxd,
+static inline bool mtk_rx_get_desc(struct mtk_rx_dma *rxd,
 				   struct mtk_rx_dma *dma_rxd)
 {
-	rxd->rxd1 = READ_ONCE(dma_rxd->rxd1);
 	rxd->rxd2 = READ_ONCE(dma_rxd->rxd2);
+	if (!(rxd->rxd2 & RX_DMA_DONE))
+		return false;
+
+	rxd->rxd1 = READ_ONCE(dma_rxd->rxd1);
 	rxd->rxd3 = READ_ONCE(dma_rxd->rxd3);
 	rxd->rxd4 = READ_ONCE(dma_rxd->rxd4);
+
+	return true;
 }
 
 /* the qdma core needs scratch memory to be setup */
@@ -1255,8 +1260,7 @@ static int mtk_poll_rx(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget,
 		rxd = &ring->dma[idx];
 		data = ring->data[idx];
 
-		mtk_rx_get_desc(&trxd, rxd);
-		if (!(trxd.rxd2 & RX_DMA_DONE))
+		if (!mtk_rx_get_desc(&trxd, rxd))
 			break;
 
 		/* find out which mac the packet come from. values start at 1 */