diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/params.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/params.c
index 150c8e82c738..2cbf18c967f7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/params.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/params.c
@@ -471,6 +471,15 @@ static void mlx5e_build_rx_cq_param(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev,
 	param->cq_period_mode = params->rx_cq_moderation.cq_period_mode;
 }
 
+static u8 rq_end_pad_mode(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev, struct mlx5e_params *params)
+{
+	bool ro = pcie_relaxed_ordering_enabled(mdev->pdev) &&
+		MLX5_CAP_GEN(mdev, relaxed_ordering_write);
+
+	return ro && params->lro_en ?
+		MLX5_WQ_END_PAD_MODE_NONE : MLX5_WQ_END_PAD_MODE_ALIGN;
+}
+
 int mlx5e_build_rq_param(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev,
 			 struct mlx5e_params *params,
 			 struct mlx5e_xsk_param *xsk,
@@ -508,7 +517,7 @@ int mlx5e_build_rq_param(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev,
 	}
 
 	MLX5_SET(wq, wq, wq_type,          params->rq_wq_type);
-	MLX5_SET(wq, wq, end_padding_mode, MLX5_WQ_END_PAD_MODE_ALIGN);
+	MLX5_SET(wq, wq, end_padding_mode, rq_end_pad_mode(mdev, params));
 	MLX5_SET(wq, wq, log_wq_stride,
 		 mlx5e_get_rqwq_log_stride(params->rq_wq_type, ndsegs));
 	MLX5_SET(wq, wq, pd,               mdev->mlx5e_res.hw_objs.pdn);