diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
index c14cdce588a7..9e995094c32a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
@@ -825,6 +825,11 @@ static void airoha_qdma_cleanup_rx_queue(struct airoha_queue *q)
 	}
 
 	q->head = q->tail;
+	/* Set RX_DMA_IDX to RX_CPU_IDX to notify the hw the QDMA RX ring is
+	 * empty.
+	 */
+	airoha_qdma_rmw(qdma, REG_RX_CPU_IDX(qid), RX_RING_CPU_IDX_MASK,
+			FIELD_PREP(RX_RING_CPU_IDX_MASK, q->head));
 	airoha_qdma_rmw(qdma, REG_RX_DMA_IDX(qid), RX_RING_DMA_IDX_MASK,
 			FIELD_PREP(RX_RING_DMA_IDX_MASK, q->tail));
 }