diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2.c
index d6cce0fcc55c..c7b8093395c9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2.c
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@
 #define MVPP2_BM_BPPI_READ_PTR_REG(pool)	(0x6100 + ((pool) * 4))
 #define MVPP2_BM_BPPI_PTRS_NUM_REG(pool)	(0x6140 + ((pool) * 4))
 #define     MVPP2_BM_BPPI_PTR_NUM_MASK		0x7ff
+#define MVPP22_BM_POOL_PTRS_NUM_MASK		0xfff8
 #define     MVPP2_BM_BPPI_PREFETCH_FULL_MASK	BIT(16)
 #define MVPP2_BM_POOL_CTRL_REG(pool)		(0x6200 + ((pool) * 4))
 #define     MVPP2_BM_START_MASK			BIT(0)
@@ -4251,11 +4252,17 @@ static void mvpp2_bm_bufs_get_addrs(struct device *dev, struct mvpp2 *priv,
 
 /* Free all buffers from the pool */
 static void mvpp2_bm_bufs_free(struct device *dev, struct mvpp2 *priv,
-			       struct mvpp2_bm_pool *bm_pool)
+			       struct mvpp2_bm_pool *bm_pool, int buf_num)
 {
 	int i;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < bm_pool->buf_num; i++) {
+	if (buf_num > bm_pool->buf_num) {
+		WARN(1, "Pool does not have so many bufs pool(%d) bufs(%d)\n",
+		     bm_pool->id, buf_num);
+		buf_num = bm_pool->buf_num;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < buf_num; i++) {
 		dma_addr_t buf_dma_addr;
 		phys_addr_t buf_phys_addr;
 		void *data;
@@ -4277,16 +4284,39 @@ static void mvpp2_bm_bufs_free(struct device *dev, struct mvpp2 *priv,
 	bm_pool->buf_num -= i;
 }
 
+/* Check number of buffers in BM pool */
+int mvpp2_check_hw_buf_num(struct mvpp2 *priv, struct mvpp2_bm_pool *bm_pool)
+{
+	int buf_num = 0;
+
+	buf_num += mvpp2_read(priv, MVPP2_BM_POOL_PTRS_NUM_REG(bm_pool->id)) &
+				    MVPP22_BM_POOL_PTRS_NUM_MASK;
+	buf_num += mvpp2_read(priv, MVPP2_BM_BPPI_PTRS_NUM_REG(bm_pool->id)) &
+				    MVPP2_BM_BPPI_PTR_NUM_MASK;
+
+	/* HW has one buffer ready which is not reflected in the counters */
+	if (buf_num)
+		buf_num += 1;
+
+	return buf_num;
+}
+
 /* Cleanup pool */
 static int mvpp2_bm_pool_destroy(struct platform_device *pdev,
 				 struct mvpp2 *priv,
 				 struct mvpp2_bm_pool *bm_pool)
 {
+	int buf_num;
 	u32 val;
 
-	mvpp2_bm_bufs_free(&pdev->dev, priv, bm_pool);
-	if (bm_pool->buf_num) {
-		WARN(1, "cannot free all buffers in pool %d\n", bm_pool->id);
+	buf_num = mvpp2_check_hw_buf_num(priv, bm_pool);
+	mvpp2_bm_bufs_free(&pdev->dev, priv, bm_pool, buf_num);
+
+	/* Check buffer counters after free */
+	buf_num = mvpp2_check_hw_buf_num(priv, bm_pool);
+	if (buf_num) {
+		WARN(1, "cannot free all buffers in pool %d, buf_num left %d\n",
+		     bm_pool->id, bm_pool->buf_num);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -4534,7 +4564,7 @@ mvpp2_bm_pool_use(struct mvpp2_port *port, unsigned pool, int pkt_size)
 			pkts_num = mvpp2_pools[pool].buf_num;
 		else
 			mvpp2_bm_bufs_free(port->dev->dev.parent,
-					   port->priv, new_pool);
+					   port->priv, new_pool, pkts_num);
 
 		new_pool->pkt_size = pkt_size;
 		new_pool->frag_size =
@@ -4598,7 +4628,8 @@ static int mvpp2_bm_update_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int mtu)
 	int num, pkts_num = port_pool->buf_num;
 
 	/* Update BM pool with new buffer size */
-	mvpp2_bm_bufs_free(dev->dev.parent, port->priv, port_pool);
+	mvpp2_bm_bufs_free(dev->dev.parent, port->priv, port_pool,
+			   port_pool->buf_num);
 	if (port_pool->buf_num) {
 		WARN(1, "cannot free all buffers in pool %d\n", port_pool->id);
 		return -EIO;