diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/params.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/params.c
index b9d39ef8053c2..5757f4f10c127 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/params.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/params.c
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ static u32 mlx5e_rx_get_linear_stride_sz(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev,
 					 struct mlx5e_xsk_param *xsk,
 					 bool mpwqe)
 {
+	bool no_head_tail_room;
 	u32 sz;
 
 	/* XSK frames are mapped as individual pages, because frames may come in
@@ -265,7 +266,13 @@ static u32 mlx5e_rx_get_linear_stride_sz(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev,
 	if (xsk)
 		return mpwqe ? 1 << mlx5e_mpwrq_page_shift(mdev, xsk) : PAGE_SIZE;
 
-	sz = roundup_pow_of_two(mlx5e_rx_get_linear_sz_skb(params, false));
+	no_head_tail_room = params->xdp_prog && mpwqe && !mlx5e_rx_is_linear_skb(mdev, params, xsk);
+
+	/* When no_head_tail_room is set, headroom and tailroom are excluded from skb calculations.
+	 * no_head_tail_room should be set in the case of XDP with Striding RQ
+	 * when SKB is not linear. This is because another page is allocated for the linear part.
+	 */
+	sz = roundup_pow_of_two(mlx5e_rx_get_linear_sz_skb(params, no_head_tail_room));
 
 	/* XDP in mlx5e doesn't support multiple packets per page.
 	 * Do not assume sz <= PAGE_SIZE if params->xdp_prog is set.