diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
index 3c37e216bbf324d527a27bee53418f2ecd62e724..eac527e25ec902c2a586e9952272b9e8e599e2c8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
@@ -445,8 +445,14 @@ int mlx4_en_activate_rx_rings(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv)
 		ring->cqn = priv->rx_cq[ring_ind]->mcq.cqn;
 
 		ring->stride = stride;
-		if (ring->stride <= TXBB_SIZE)
+		if (ring->stride <= TXBB_SIZE) {
+			/* Stamp first unused send wqe */
+			__be32 *ptr = (__be32 *)ring->buf;
+			__be32 stamp = cpu_to_be32(1 << STAMP_SHIFT);
+			*ptr = stamp;
+			/* Move pointer to start of rx section */
 			ring->buf += TXBB_SIZE;
+		}
 
 		ring->log_stride = ffs(ring->stride) - 1;
 		ring->buf_size = ring->size * ring->stride;