diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_xsk.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_xsk.c
index a65955eb23c0bd85adc7f0f8f1a4b39867da8907..72738b8b8a68eab8e2a58e2ea6e7c862a2fd5c9b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_xsk.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_xsk.c
@@ -1048,6 +1048,10 @@ bool ice_xmit_zc(struct ice_tx_ring *xdp_ring)
 
 	ice_clean_xdp_irq_zc(xdp_ring);
 
+	if (!netif_carrier_ok(xdp_ring->vsi->netdev) ||
+	    !netif_running(xdp_ring->vsi->netdev))
+		return true;
+
 	budget = ICE_DESC_UNUSED(xdp_ring);
 	budget = min_t(u16, budget, ICE_RING_QUARTER(xdp_ring));
 
@@ -1091,7 +1095,7 @@ ice_xsk_wakeup(struct net_device *netdev, u32 queue_id,
 	struct ice_vsi *vsi = np->vsi;
 	struct ice_tx_ring *ring;
 
-	if (test_bit(ICE_VSI_DOWN, vsi->state))
+	if (test_bit(ICE_VSI_DOWN, vsi->state) || !netif_carrier_ok(netdev))
 		return -ENETDOWN;
 
 	if (!ice_is_xdp_ena_vsi(vsi))