diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c
index 6b3c82da199c..dbb1c6323967 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c
@@ -1056,8 +1056,8 @@ static void mlx5e_fill_xdp_buff(struct mlx5e_rq *rq, void *va, u16 headroom,
 				u32 len, struct xdp_buff *xdp)
 {
 	xdp->data_hard_start = va;
-	xdp_set_data_meta_invalid(xdp);
 	xdp->data = va + headroom;
+	xdp_set_data_meta_invalid(xdp);
 	xdp->data_end = xdp->data + len;
 	xdp->rxq = &rq->xdp_rxq;
 	xdp->frame_sz = rq->buff.frame0_sz;