diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_rx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_rx.c
index a889c1510518f..8af75cb37c3ee 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_rx.c
@@ -360,6 +360,27 @@ static void octep_oq_next_pkt(struct octep_oq *oq,
 		*read_idx = 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * octep_oq_drop_rx() - Free the resources associated with a packet.
+ *
+ * @oq: Octeon Rx queue data structure.
+ * @buff_info: Current packet buffer info.
+ * @read_idx: Current packet index in the ring.
+ * @desc_used: Current packet descriptor number.
+ *
+ */
+static void octep_oq_drop_rx(struct octep_oq *oq,
+			     struct octep_rx_buffer *buff_info,
+			     u32 *read_idx, u32 *desc_used)
+{
+	int data_len = buff_info->len - oq->max_single_buffer_size;
+
+	while (data_len > 0) {
+		octep_oq_next_pkt(oq, buff_info, read_idx, desc_used);
+		data_len -= oq->buffer_size;
+	};
+}
+
 /**
  * __octep_oq_process_rx() - Process hardware Rx queue and push to stack.
  *
@@ -419,6 +440,12 @@ static int __octep_oq_process_rx(struct octep_device *oct,
 		octep_oq_next_pkt(oq, buff_info, &read_idx, &desc_used);
 
 		skb = build_skb((void *)resp_hw, PAGE_SIZE);
+		if (!skb) {
+			octep_oq_drop_rx(oq, buff_info,
+					 &read_idx, &desc_used);
+			oq->stats.alloc_failures++;
+			continue;
+		}
 		skb_reserve(skb, data_offset);
 
 		rx_bytes += buff_info->len;