diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_txrx.c
index af8cabe828d0..0a6bb346ba45 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_txrx.c
@@ -1559,12 +1559,11 @@ static bool otx2_xdp_rcv_pkt_handler(struct otx2_nic *pfvf,
 		break;
 	default:
 		bpf_warn_invalid_xdp_action(pfvf->netdev, prog, act);
-		break;
+		fallthrough;
 	case XDP_ABORTED:
-		if (xsk_buff)
-			xsk_buff_free(xsk_buff);
-		trace_xdp_exception(pfvf->netdev, prog, act);
-		break;
+		if (act == XDP_ABORTED)
+			trace_xdp_exception(pfvf->netdev, prog, act);
+		fallthrough;
 	case XDP_DROP:
 		cq->pool_ptrs++;
 		if (xsk_buff) {