diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_xsk.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_xsk.c
index 654ae92342ea25b713a9c4c524cad866dd227626..36a8879536a4a552405de80ad6f6c3a319ebbd6e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_xsk.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_xsk.c
@@ -642,7 +642,8 @@ static bool ixgbe_xmit_zc(struct ixgbe_ring *xdp_ring, unsigned int budget)
 	dma_addr_t dma;
 
 	while (budget-- > 0) {
-		if (unlikely(!ixgbe_desc_unused(xdp_ring))) {
+		if (unlikely(!ixgbe_desc_unused(xdp_ring)) ||
+		    !netif_carrier_ok(xdp_ring->netdev)) {
 			work_done = false;
 			break;
 		}