diff --git a/drivers/platform/mellanox/mlxbf-tmfifo.c b/drivers/platform/mellanox/mlxbf-tmfifo.c
index 19d539fc99ae..b986496b1da0 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/mellanox/mlxbf-tmfifo.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/mellanox/mlxbf-tmfifo.c
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ struct mlxbf_tmfifo;
  * @vq: pointer to the virtio virtqueue
  * @desc: current descriptor of the pending packet
  * @desc_head: head descriptor of the pending packet
+ * @drop_desc: dummy desc for packet dropping
  * @cur_len: processed length of the current descriptor
  * @rem_len: remaining length of the pending packet
  * @pkt_len: total length of the pending packet
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ struct mlxbf_tmfifo_vring {
 	struct virtqueue *vq;
 	struct vring_desc *desc;
 	struct vring_desc *desc_head;
+	struct vring_desc drop_desc;
 	int cur_len;
 	int rem_len;
 	u32 pkt_len;
@@ -86,6 +88,11 @@ struct mlxbf_tmfifo_vring {
 	struct mlxbf_tmfifo *fifo;
 };
 
+/* Check whether vring is in drop mode. */
+#define IS_VRING_DROP(_r) ({ \
+	typeof(_r) (r) = (_r); \
+	(r->desc_head == &r->drop_desc ? true : false); })
+
 /* Interrupt types. */
 enum {
 	MLXBF_TM_RX_LWM_IRQ,
@@ -275,6 +282,7 @@ static int mlxbf_tmfifo_alloc_vrings(struct mlxbf_tmfifo *fifo,
 		vring->align = SMP_CACHE_BYTES;
 		vring->index = i;
 		vring->vdev_id = tm_vdev->vdev.id.device;
+		vring->drop_desc.len = 0xffff;
 		dev = &tm_vdev->vdev.dev;
 
 		size = vring_size(vring->num, vring->align);
@@ -380,7 +388,7 @@ static u32 mlxbf_tmfifo_get_pkt_len(struct mlxbf_tmfifo_vring *vring,
 	return len;
 }
 
-static void mlxbf_tmfifo_release_pending_pkt(struct mlxbf_tmfifo_vring *vring)
+static void mlxbf_tmfifo_release_pkt(struct mlxbf_tmfifo_vring *vring)
 {
 	struct vring_desc *desc_head;
 	u32 len = 0;
@@ -508,8 +516,6 @@ static int mlxbf_tmfifo_get_rx_avail(struct mlxbf_tmfifo *fifo)
 	return FIELD_GET(MLXBF_TMFIFO_RX_STS__COUNT_MASK, sts);
 }
 
-
-
 /* Get the number of available words in the TmFifo for sending. */
 static int mlxbf_tmfifo_get_tx_avail(struct mlxbf_tmfifo *fifo, int vdev_id)
 {
@@ -732,19 +738,25 @@ static void mlxbf_tmfifo_rxtx_word(struct mlxbf_tmfifo_vring *vring,
 
 	if (vring->cur_len + sizeof(u64) <= len) {
 		/* The whole word. */
-		if (is_rx)
-			memcpy(addr + vring->cur_len, &data, sizeof(u64));
-		else
-			memcpy(&data, addr + vring->cur_len, sizeof(u64));
+		if (!IS_VRING_DROP(vring)) {
+			if (is_rx)
+				memcpy(addr + vring->cur_len, &data,
+				       sizeof(u64));
+			else
+				memcpy(&data, addr + vring->cur_len,
+				       sizeof(u64));
+		}
 		vring->cur_len += sizeof(u64);
 	} else {
 		/* Leftover bytes. */
-		if (is_rx)
-			memcpy(addr + vring->cur_len, &data,
-			       len - vring->cur_len);
-		else
-			memcpy(&data, addr + vring->cur_len,
-			       len - vring->cur_len);
+		if (!IS_VRING_DROP(vring)) {
+			if (is_rx)
+				memcpy(addr + vring->cur_len, &data,
+				       len - vring->cur_len);
+			else
+				memcpy(&data, addr + vring->cur_len,
+				       len - vring->cur_len);
+		}
 		vring->cur_len = len;
 	}
 
@@ -847,8 +859,16 @@ static bool mlxbf_tmfifo_rxtx_one_desc(struct mlxbf_tmfifo_vring *vring,
 	/* Get the descriptor of the next packet. */
 	if (!vring->desc) {
 		desc = mlxbf_tmfifo_get_next_pkt(vring, is_rx);
-		if (!desc)
-			return false;
+		if (!desc) {
+			/* Drop next Rx packet to avoid stuck. */
+			if (is_rx) {
+				desc = &vring->drop_desc;
+				vring->desc_head = desc;
+				vring->desc = desc;
+			} else {
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
 	} else {
 		desc = vring->desc;
 	}
@@ -881,17 +901,23 @@ static bool mlxbf_tmfifo_rxtx_one_desc(struct mlxbf_tmfifo_vring *vring,
 		vring->rem_len -= len;
 
 		/* Get the next desc on the chain. */
-		if (vring->rem_len > 0 &&
+		if (!IS_VRING_DROP(vring) && vring->rem_len > 0 &&
 		    (virtio16_to_cpu(vdev, desc->flags) & VRING_DESC_F_NEXT)) {
 			idx = virtio16_to_cpu(vdev, desc->next);
 			desc = &vr->desc[idx];
 			goto mlxbf_tmfifo_desc_done;
 		}
 
-		/* Done and release the pending packet. */
-		mlxbf_tmfifo_release_pending_pkt(vring);
+		/* Done and release the packet. */
 		desc = NULL;
 		fifo->vring[is_rx] = NULL;
+		if (!IS_VRING_DROP(vring)) {
+			mlxbf_tmfifo_release_pkt(vring);
+		} else {
+			vring->desc_head = NULL;
+			vring->desc = NULL;
+			return false;
+		}
 
 		/*
 		 * Make sure the load/store are in order before
@@ -1073,7 +1099,7 @@ static void mlxbf_tmfifo_virtio_del_vqs(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 
 		/* Release the pending packet. */
 		if (vring->desc)
-			mlxbf_tmfifo_release_pending_pkt(vring);
+			mlxbf_tmfifo_release_pkt(vring);
 		vq = vring->vq;
 		if (vq) {
 			vring->vq = NULL;
