diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/hash.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/hash.c
index 0ccb021f1e78..10d580c3dea3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/hash.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/hash.c
@@ -454,6 +454,8 @@ void xenvif_init_hash(struct xenvif *vif)
 	if (xenvif_hash_cache_size == 0)
 		return;
 
+	BUG_ON(vif->hash.cache.count);
+
 	spin_lock_init(&vif->hash.cache.lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vif->hash.cache.list);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
index 182d6770f102..6da12518e693 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
@@ -153,6 +153,13 @@ static u16 xenvif_select_queue(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
 {
 	struct xenvif *vif = netdev_priv(dev);
 	unsigned int size = vif->hash.size;
+	unsigned int num_queues;
+
+	/* If queues are not set up internally - always return 0
+	 * as the packet going to be dropped anyway */
+	num_queues = READ_ONCE(vif->num_queues);
+	if (num_queues < 1)
+		return 0;
 
 	if (vif->hash.alg == XEN_NETIF_CTRL_HASH_ALGORITHM_NONE)
 		return fallback(dev, skb, NULL) % dev->real_num_tx_queues;