diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c
index fc0eb82cdd6a..f545cb99388a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c
@@ -223,31 +223,31 @@ static void dpaa2_eth_free_bufs(struct dpaa2_eth_priv *priv, u64 *buf_array,
 	}
 }
 
-static void dpaa2_eth_xdp_release_buf(struct dpaa2_eth_priv *priv,
-				      struct dpaa2_eth_channel *ch,
-				      dma_addr_t addr)
+static void dpaa2_eth_recycle_buf(struct dpaa2_eth_priv *priv,
+				  struct dpaa2_eth_channel *ch,
+				  dma_addr_t addr)
 {
 	int retries = 0;
 	int err;
 
-	ch->xdp.drop_bufs[ch->xdp.drop_cnt++] = addr;
-	if (ch->xdp.drop_cnt < DPAA2_ETH_BUFS_PER_CMD)
+	ch->recycled_bufs[ch->recycled_bufs_cnt++] = addr;
+	if (ch->recycled_bufs_cnt < DPAA2_ETH_BUFS_PER_CMD)
 		return;
 
 	while ((err = dpaa2_io_service_release(ch->dpio, priv->bpid,
-					       ch->xdp.drop_bufs,
-					       ch->xdp.drop_cnt)) == -EBUSY) {
+					       ch->recycled_bufs,
+					       ch->recycled_bufs_cnt)) == -EBUSY) {
 		if (retries++ >= DPAA2_ETH_SWP_BUSY_RETRIES)
 			break;
 		cpu_relax();
 	}
 
 	if (err) {
-		dpaa2_eth_free_bufs(priv, ch->xdp.drop_bufs, ch->xdp.drop_cnt);
-		ch->buf_count -= ch->xdp.drop_cnt;
+		dpaa2_eth_free_bufs(priv, ch->recycled_bufs, ch->recycled_bufs_cnt);
+		ch->buf_count -= ch->recycled_bufs_cnt;
 	}
 
-	ch->xdp.drop_cnt = 0;
+	ch->recycled_bufs_cnt = 0;
 }
 
 static int dpaa2_eth_xdp_flush(struct dpaa2_eth_priv *priv,
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ static void dpaa2_eth_xdp_tx_flush(struct dpaa2_eth_priv *priv,
 		ch->stats.xdp_tx++;
 	}
 	for (i = enqueued; i < fq->xdp_tx_fds.num; i++) {
-		dpaa2_eth_xdp_release_buf(priv, ch, dpaa2_fd_get_addr(&fds[i]));
+		dpaa2_eth_recycle_buf(priv, ch, dpaa2_fd_get_addr(&fds[i]));
 		percpu_stats->tx_errors++;
 		ch->stats.xdp_tx_err++;
 	}
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ static u32 dpaa2_eth_run_xdp(struct dpaa2_eth_priv *priv,
 		trace_xdp_exception(priv->net_dev, xdp_prog, xdp_act);
 		fallthrough;
 	case XDP_DROP:
-		dpaa2_eth_xdp_release_buf(priv, ch, addr);
+		dpaa2_eth_recycle_buf(priv, ch, addr);
 		ch->stats.xdp_drop++;
 		break;
 	case XDP_REDIRECT:
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ static u32 dpaa2_eth_run_xdp(struct dpaa2_eth_priv *priv,
 				free_pages((unsigned long)vaddr, 0);
 			} else {
 				ch->buf_count++;
-				dpaa2_eth_xdp_release_buf(priv, ch, addr);
+				dpaa2_eth_recycle_buf(priv, ch, addr);
 			}
 			ch->stats.xdp_drop++;
 		} else {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.h
index 9b6a89709ce1..9ba31c2706bb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.h
@@ -438,8 +438,6 @@ struct dpaa2_eth_fq {
 
 struct dpaa2_eth_ch_xdp {
 	struct bpf_prog *prog;
-	u64 drop_bufs[DPAA2_ETH_BUFS_PER_CMD];
-	int drop_cnt;
 	unsigned int res;
 };
 
@@ -457,6 +455,10 @@ struct dpaa2_eth_channel {
 	struct dpaa2_eth_ch_xdp xdp;
 	struct xdp_rxq_info xdp_rxq;
 	struct list_head *rx_list;
+
+	/* Buffers to be recycled back in the buffer pool */
+	u64 recycled_bufs[DPAA2_ETH_BUFS_PER_CMD];
+	int recycled_bufs_cnt;
 };
 
 struct dpaa2_eth_dist_fields {