diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
index ab142e05e1964..120c68f78951d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
@@ -2102,6 +2102,7 @@ static int i40e_clean_rx_irq(struct i40e_ring *rx_ring, int budget)
 
 		if (unlikely(i40e_rx_is_programming_status(qword))) {
 			i40e_clean_programming_status(rx_ring, rx_desc, qword);
+			cleaned_count++;
 			continue;
 		}
 		size = (qword & I40E_RXD_QW1_LENGTH_PBUF_MASK) >>