diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx.c
index c88e0701e1d7..e5c4c9139e54 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx.c
@@ -607,6 +607,8 @@ ice_add_rx_frag(struct ice_rx_buf *rx_buf, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	unsigned int truesize = ICE_RXBUF_2048;
 #endif
 
+	if (!size)
+		return;
 	skb_add_rx_frag(skb, skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags, rx_buf->page,
 			rx_buf->page_offset, size, truesize);
 
@@ -662,6 +664,8 @@ ice_get_rx_buf(struct ice_ring *rx_ring, struct sk_buff **skb,
 	prefetchw(rx_buf->page);
 	*skb = rx_buf->skb;
 
+	if (!size)
+		return rx_buf;
 	/* we are reusing so sync this buffer for CPU use */
 	dma_sync_single_range_for_cpu(rx_ring->dev, rx_buf->dma,
 				      rx_buf->page_offset, size,
@@ -745,8 +749,11 @@ ice_construct_skb(struct ice_ring *rx_ring, struct ice_rx_buf *rx_buf,
  */
 static void ice_put_rx_buf(struct ice_ring *rx_ring, struct ice_rx_buf *rx_buf)
 {
-		/* hand second half of page back to the ring */
+	if (!rx_buf)
+		return;
+
 	if (ice_can_reuse_rx_page(rx_buf)) {
+		/* hand second half of page back to the ring */
 		ice_reuse_rx_page(rx_ring, rx_buf);
 		rx_ring->rx_stats.page_reuse_count++;
 	} else {
@@ -1031,8 +1038,9 @@ static int ice_clean_rx_irq(struct ice_ring *rx_ring, int budget)
 		size = le16_to_cpu(rx_desc->wb.pkt_len) &
 			ICE_RX_FLX_DESC_PKT_LEN_M;
 
+		/* retrieve a buffer from the ring */
 		rx_buf = ice_get_rx_buf(rx_ring, &skb, size);
-		/* allocate (if needed) and populate skb */
+
 		if (skb)
 			ice_add_rx_frag(rx_buf, skb, size);
 		else
@@ -1041,7 +1049,8 @@ static int ice_clean_rx_irq(struct ice_ring *rx_ring, int budget)
 		/* exit if we failed to retrieve a buffer */
 		if (!skb) {
 			rx_ring->rx_stats.alloc_buf_failed++;
-			rx_buf->pagecnt_bias++;
+			if (rx_buf)
+				rx_buf->pagecnt_bias++;
 			break;
 		}