diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
index 54b0bf574c05f9d7d42f32154acc919fc7889233..183530ed4d1db78a4b3eeadd5043472b5dcb5f2f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
@@ -1834,8 +1834,13 @@ static void mvneta_txq_bufs_free(struct mvneta_port *pp,
 				 struct netdev_queue *nq, bool napi)
 {
 	unsigned int bytes_compl = 0, pkts_compl = 0;
+	struct xdp_frame_bulk bq;
 	int i;
 
+	xdp_frame_bulk_init(&bq);
+
+	rcu_read_lock(); /* need for xdp_return_frame_bulk */
+
 	for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
 		struct mvneta_tx_buf *buf = &txq->buf[txq->txq_get_index];
 		struct mvneta_tx_desc *tx_desc = txq->descs +
@@ -1857,9 +1862,12 @@ static void mvneta_txq_bufs_free(struct mvneta_port *pp,
 			if (napi && buf->type == MVNETA_TYPE_XDP_TX)
 				xdp_return_frame_rx_napi(buf->xdpf);
 			else
-				xdp_return_frame(buf->xdpf);
+				xdp_return_frame_bulk(buf->xdpf, &bq);
 		}
 	}
+	xdp_flush_frame_bulk(&bq);
+
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	netdev_tx_completed_queue(nq, pkts_compl, bytes_compl);
 }