diff --git a/include/net/xsk_buff_pool.h b/include/net/xsk_buff_pool.h
index 5554ee75e7da..647722e847b4 100644
--- a/include/net/xsk_buff_pool.h
+++ b/include/net/xsk_buff_pool.h
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ int xp_assign_dev(struct xsk_buff_pool *pool, struct net_device *dev,
 		  u16 queue_id, u16 flags);
 int xp_assign_dev_shared(struct xsk_buff_pool *pool, struct xdp_umem *umem,
 			 struct net_device *dev, u16 queue_id);
+int xp_alloc_tx_descs(struct xsk_buff_pool *pool, struct xdp_sock *xs);
 void xp_destroy(struct xsk_buff_pool *pool);
 void xp_get_pool(struct xsk_buff_pool *pool);
 bool xp_put_pool(struct xsk_buff_pool *pool);
diff --git a/net/xdp/xsk.c b/net/xdp/xsk.c
index 4806fe35c657..d6bcdbfd0fc5 100644
--- a/net/xdp/xsk.c
+++ b/net/xdp/xsk.c
@@ -968,6 +968,19 @@ static int xsk_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *addr, int addr_len)
 
 			xp_get_pool(umem_xs->pool);
 			xs->pool = umem_xs->pool;
+
+			/* If underlying shared umem was created without Tx
+			 * ring, allocate Tx descs array that Tx batching API
+			 * utilizes
+			 */
+			if (xs->tx && !xs->pool->tx_descs) {
+				err = xp_alloc_tx_descs(xs->pool, xs);
+				if (err) {
+					xp_put_pool(xs->pool);
+					sockfd_put(sock);
+					goto out_unlock;
+				}
+			}
 		}
 
 		xdp_get_umem(umem_xs->umem);
diff --git a/net/xdp/xsk_buff_pool.c b/net/xdp/xsk_buff_pool.c
index af040ffa14ff..87bdd71c7bb6 100644
--- a/net/xdp/xsk_buff_pool.c
+++ b/net/xdp/xsk_buff_pool.c
@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@ void xp_destroy(struct xsk_buff_pool *pool)
 	kvfree(pool);
 }
 
+int xp_alloc_tx_descs(struct xsk_buff_pool *pool, struct xdp_sock *xs)
+{
+	pool->tx_descs = kvcalloc(xs->tx->nentries, sizeof(*pool->tx_descs),
+				  GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!pool->tx_descs)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 struct xsk_buff_pool *xp_create_and_assign_umem(struct xdp_sock *xs,
 						struct xdp_umem *umem)
 {
@@ -59,11 +69,9 @@ struct xsk_buff_pool *xp_create_and_assign_umem(struct xdp_sock *xs,
 	if (!pool->heads)
 		goto out;
 
-	if (xs->tx) {
-		pool->tx_descs = kcalloc(xs->tx->nentries, sizeof(*pool->tx_descs), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!pool->tx_descs)
+	if (xs->tx)
+		if (xp_alloc_tx_descs(pool, xs))
 			goto out;
-	}
 
 	pool->chunk_mask = ~((u64)umem->chunk_size - 1);
 	pool->addrs_cnt = umem->size;