diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2.c
index 3de05a8c468a..28c6e8a5e118 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2.c
@@ -6499,7 +6499,7 @@ static int mvpp2_tx(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	}
 
 	/* Finalize TX processing */
-	if (txq_pcpu->count >= txq->done_pkts_coal)
+	if (!port->has_tx_irqs && txq_pcpu->count >= txq->done_pkts_coal)
 		mvpp2_txq_done(port, txq, txq_pcpu);
 
 	/* Set the timer in case not all frags were processed */