diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
index 6af1fbe62082..00ff2a1651e7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ struct mlx5e_cq_moder {
 struct mlx5e_params {
 	u8  log_sq_size;
 	u8  rq_wq_type;
+	u16 rq_headroom;
 	u8  mpwqe_log_stride_sz;
 	u8  mpwqe_log_num_strides;
 	u8  log_rq_size;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
index c991c1e9ea1f..66173e5545ce 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
@@ -96,9 +96,12 @@ void mlx5e_set_rq_type_params(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev,
 		params->log_rq_size = is_kdump_kernel() ?
 			MLX5E_PARAMS_MINIMUM_LOG_RQ_SIZE :
 			MLX5E_PARAMS_DEFAULT_LOG_RQ_SIZE;
+		params->rq_headroom = params->xdp_prog ?
+			XDP_PACKET_HEADROOM : MLX5_RX_HEADROOM;
+		params->rq_headroom += NET_IP_ALIGN;
 
 		/* Extra room needed for build_skb */
-		params->lro_wqe_sz -= MLX5_RX_HEADROOM +
+		params->lro_wqe_sz -= params->rq_headroom +
 			SKB_DATA_ALIGN(sizeof(struct skb_shared_info));
 	}
 
@@ -579,13 +582,8 @@ static int mlx5e_alloc_rq(struct mlx5e_channel *c,
 		goto err_rq_wq_destroy;
 	}
 
-	if (rq->xdp_prog) {
-		rq->buff.map_dir = DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL;
-		rq->rx_headroom = XDP_PACKET_HEADROOM;
-	} else {
-		rq->buff.map_dir = DMA_FROM_DEVICE;
-		rq->rx_headroom = MLX5_RX_HEADROOM;
-	}
+	rq->buff.map_dir = rq->xdp_prog ? DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL : DMA_FROM_DEVICE;
+	rq->rx_headroom = params->rq_headroom;
 
 	switch (rq->wq_type) {
 	case MLX5_WQ_TYPE_LINKED_LIST_STRIDING_RQ: