diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/am65-cpsw-nuss.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/am65-cpsw-nuss.c
index b663271e79f7..2806238629f8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/am65-cpsw-nuss.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/am65-cpsw-nuss.c
@@ -828,21 +828,30 @@ static void am65_cpsw_nuss_xmit_free(struct am65_cpsw_tx_chn *tx_chn,
 static void am65_cpsw_nuss_tx_cleanup(void *data, dma_addr_t desc_dma)
 {
 	struct am65_cpsw_tx_chn *tx_chn = data;
+	enum am65_cpsw_tx_buf_type buf_type;
 	struct cppi5_host_desc_t *desc_tx;
+	struct xdp_frame *xdpf;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	void **swdata;
 
 	desc_tx = k3_cppi_desc_pool_dma2virt(tx_chn->desc_pool, desc_dma);
 	swdata = cppi5_hdesc_get_swdata(desc_tx);
-	skb = *(swdata);
-	am65_cpsw_nuss_xmit_free(tx_chn, desc_tx);
+	buf_type = am65_cpsw_nuss_buf_type(tx_chn, desc_dma);
+	if (buf_type == AM65_CPSW_TX_BUF_TYPE_SKB) {
+		skb = *(swdata);
+		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
+	} else {
+		xdpf = *(swdata);
+		xdp_return_frame(xdpf);
+	}
 
-	dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
+	am65_cpsw_nuss_xmit_free(tx_chn, desc_tx);
 }
 
 static struct sk_buff *am65_cpsw_build_skb(void *page_addr,
 					   struct net_device *ndev,
-					   unsigned int len)
+					   unsigned int len,
+					   unsigned int headroom)
 {
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 
@@ -852,7 +861,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *am65_cpsw_build_skb(void *page_addr,
 	if (unlikely(!skb))
 		return NULL;
 
-	skb_reserve(skb, AM65_CPSW_HEADROOM);
+	skb_reserve(skb, headroom);
 	skb->dev = ndev;
 
 	return skb;
@@ -1169,9 +1178,11 @@ static int am65_cpsw_run_xdp(struct am65_cpsw_rx_flow *flow,
 	struct xdp_frame *xdpf;
 	struct bpf_prog *prog;
 	struct page *page;
+	int pkt_len;
 	u32 act;
 	int err;
 
+	pkt_len = *len;
 	prog = READ_ONCE(port->xdp_prog);
 	if (!prog)
 		return AM65_CPSW_XDP_PASS;
@@ -1189,8 +1200,10 @@ static int am65_cpsw_run_xdp(struct am65_cpsw_rx_flow *flow,
 		netif_txq = netdev_get_tx_queue(ndev, tx_chn->id);
 
 		xdpf = xdp_convert_buff_to_frame(xdp);
-		if (unlikely(!xdpf))
+		if (unlikely(!xdpf)) {
+			ndev->stats.tx_dropped++;
 			goto drop;
+		}
 
 		__netif_tx_lock(netif_txq, cpu);
 		err = am65_cpsw_xdp_tx_frame(ndev, tx_chn, xdpf,
@@ -1199,14 +1212,14 @@ static int am65_cpsw_run_xdp(struct am65_cpsw_rx_flow *flow,
 		if (err)
 			goto drop;
 
-		dev_sw_netstats_tx_add(ndev, 1, *len);
+		dev_sw_netstats_rx_add(ndev, pkt_len);
 		ret = AM65_CPSW_XDP_CONSUMED;
 		goto out;
 	case XDP_REDIRECT:
 		if (unlikely(xdp_do_redirect(ndev, xdp, prog)))
 			goto drop;
 
-		dev_sw_netstats_rx_add(ndev, *len);
+		dev_sw_netstats_rx_add(ndev, pkt_len);
 		ret = AM65_CPSW_XDP_REDIRECT;
 		goto out;
 	default:
@@ -1315,16 +1328,8 @@ static int am65_cpsw_nuss_rx_packets(struct am65_cpsw_rx_flow *flow,
 	dev_dbg(dev, "%s rx csum_info:%#x\n", __func__, csum_info);
 
 	dma_unmap_single(rx_chn->dma_dev, buf_dma, buf_dma_len, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
-
 	k3_cppi_desc_pool_free(rx_chn->desc_pool, desc_rx);
 
-	skb = am65_cpsw_build_skb(page_addr, ndev,
-				  AM65_CPSW_MAX_PACKET_SIZE);
-	if (unlikely(!skb)) {
-		new_page = page;
-		goto requeue;
-	}
-
 	if (port->xdp_prog) {
 		xdp_init_buff(&xdp, PAGE_SIZE, &port->xdp_rxq[flow->id]);
 		xdp_prepare_buff(&xdp, page_addr, AM65_CPSW_HEADROOM,
@@ -1334,9 +1339,16 @@ static int am65_cpsw_nuss_rx_packets(struct am65_cpsw_rx_flow *flow,
 		if (*xdp_state != AM65_CPSW_XDP_PASS)
 			goto allocate;
 
-		/* Compute additional headroom to be reserved */
-		headroom = (xdp.data - xdp.data_hard_start) - skb_headroom(skb);
-		skb_reserve(skb, headroom);
+		headroom = xdp.data - xdp.data_hard_start;
+	} else {
+		headroom = AM65_CPSW_HEADROOM;
+	}
+
+	skb = am65_cpsw_build_skb(page_addr, ndev,
+				  AM65_CPSW_MAX_PACKET_SIZE, headroom);
+	if (unlikely(!skb)) {
+		new_page = page;
+		goto requeue;
 	}
 
 	ndev_priv = netdev_priv(ndev);