diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_xsk.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_xsk.c
index ca1a428b278e..54351d6742d0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_xsk.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_xsk.c
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ static bool ixgbe_xmit_zc(struct ixgbe_ring *xdp_ring, unsigned int budget)
 	dma_addr_t dma;
 	u32 cmd_type;
 
-	while (budget-- > 0) {
+	while (likely(budget)) {
 		if (unlikely(!ixgbe_desc_unused(xdp_ring))) {
 			work_done = false;
 			break;
@@ -425,6 +425,8 @@ static bool ixgbe_xmit_zc(struct ixgbe_ring *xdp_ring, unsigned int budget)
 		xdp_ring->next_to_use++;
 		if (xdp_ring->next_to_use == xdp_ring->count)
 			xdp_ring->next_to_use = 0;
+
+		budget--;
 	}
 
 	if (tx_desc) {