diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_eth_com.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_eth_com.c
index 933e619b3a31..4c6e07aa4bbb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_eth_com.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_eth_com.c
@@ -229,30 +229,43 @@ static struct ena_eth_io_rx_cdesc_base *
 		idx * io_cq->cdesc_entry_size_in_bytes);
 }
 
-static u16 ena_com_cdesc_rx_pkt_get(struct ena_com_io_cq *io_cq,
-					   u16 *first_cdesc_idx)
+static int ena_com_cdesc_rx_pkt_get(struct ena_com_io_cq *io_cq,
+				    u16 *first_cdesc_idx,
+				    u16 *num_descs)
 {
+	u16 count = io_cq->cur_rx_pkt_cdesc_count, head_masked;
 	struct ena_eth_io_rx_cdesc_base *cdesc;
-	u16 count = 0, head_masked;
 	u32 last = 0;
 
 	do {
+		u32 status;
+
 		cdesc = ena_com_get_next_rx_cdesc(io_cq);
 		if (!cdesc)
 			break;
+		status = READ_ONCE(cdesc->status);
 
 		ena_com_cq_inc_head(io_cq);
+		if (unlikely((status & ENA_ETH_IO_RX_CDESC_BASE_FIRST_MASK) >>
+		    ENA_ETH_IO_RX_CDESC_BASE_FIRST_SHIFT && count != 0)) {
+			struct ena_com_dev *dev = ena_com_io_cq_to_ena_dev(io_cq);
+
+			netdev_err(dev->net_device,
+				   "First bit is on in descriptor #%d on q_id: %d, req_id: %u\n",
+				   count, io_cq->qid, cdesc->req_id);
+			return -EFAULT;
+		}
 		count++;
-		last = (READ_ONCE(cdesc->status) & ENA_ETH_IO_RX_CDESC_BASE_LAST_MASK) >>
-		       ENA_ETH_IO_RX_CDESC_BASE_LAST_SHIFT;
+		last = (status & ENA_ETH_IO_RX_CDESC_BASE_LAST_MASK) >>
+			ENA_ETH_IO_RX_CDESC_BASE_LAST_SHIFT;
 	} while (!last);
 
 	if (last) {
 		*first_cdesc_idx = io_cq->cur_rx_pkt_cdesc_start_idx;
-		count += io_cq->cur_rx_pkt_cdesc_count;
 
 		head_masked = io_cq->head & (io_cq->q_depth - 1);
 
+		*num_descs = count;
 		io_cq->cur_rx_pkt_cdesc_count = 0;
 		io_cq->cur_rx_pkt_cdesc_start_idx = head_masked;
 
@@ -260,11 +273,11 @@ static u16 ena_com_cdesc_rx_pkt_get(struct ena_com_io_cq *io_cq,
 			   "ENA q_id: %d packets were completed. first desc idx %u descs# %d\n",
 			   io_cq->qid, *first_cdesc_idx, count);
 	} else {
-		io_cq->cur_rx_pkt_cdesc_count += count;
-		count = 0;
+		io_cq->cur_rx_pkt_cdesc_count = count;
+		*num_descs = 0;
 	}
 
-	return count;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int ena_com_create_meta(struct ena_com_io_sq *io_sq,
@@ -539,10 +552,14 @@ int ena_com_rx_pkt(struct ena_com_io_cq *io_cq,
 	u16 cdesc_idx = 0;
 	u16 nb_hw_desc;
 	u16 i = 0;
+	int rc;
 
 	WARN(io_cq->direction != ENA_COM_IO_QUEUE_DIRECTION_RX, "wrong Q type");
 
-	nb_hw_desc = ena_com_cdesc_rx_pkt_get(io_cq, &cdesc_idx);
+	rc = ena_com_cdesc_rx_pkt_get(io_cq, &cdesc_idx, &nb_hw_desc);
+	if (unlikely(rc != 0))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
 	if (nb_hw_desc == 0) {
 		ena_rx_ctx->descs = nb_hw_desc;
 		return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c
index 6a9d1b6d91c9..7398bc615866 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c
@@ -1347,6 +1347,8 @@ static int ena_clean_rx_irq(struct ena_ring *rx_ring, struct napi_struct *napi,
 	if (rc == -ENOSPC) {
 		ena_increase_stat(&rx_ring->rx_stats.bad_desc_num, 1, &rx_ring->syncp);
 		ena_reset_device(adapter, ENA_REGS_RESET_TOO_MANY_RX_DESCS);
+	} else if (rc == -EFAULT) {
+		ena_reset_device(adapter, ENA_REGS_RESET_RX_DESCRIPTOR_MALFORMED);
 	} else {
 		ena_increase_stat(&rx_ring->rx_stats.bad_req_id, 1,
 				  &rx_ring->syncp);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_regs_defs.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_regs_defs.h
index 2c3d6a77ea79..a2efebafd686 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_regs_defs.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_regs_defs.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ enum ena_regs_reset_reason_types {
 	ENA_REGS_RESET_GENERIC                      = 13,
 	ENA_REGS_RESET_MISS_INTERRUPT               = 14,
 	ENA_REGS_RESET_SUSPECTED_POLL_STARVATION    = 15,
+	ENA_REGS_RESET_RX_DESCRIPTOR_MALFORMED	    = 16,
 };
 
 /* ena_registers offsets */