diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_core.c
index 73e70e076e61..2a94eee943b2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_core.c
@@ -1146,3 +1146,26 @@ int liquidio_change_mtu(struct net_device *netdev, int new_mtu)
 	octeon_free_soft_command(oct, sc);
 	return 0;
 }
+
+int lio_wait_for_clean_oq(struct octeon_device *oct)
+{
+	int retry = 100, pending_pkts = 0;
+	int idx;
+
+	do {
+		pending_pkts = 0;
+
+		for (idx = 0; idx < MAX_OCTEON_OUTPUT_QUEUES(oct); idx++) {
+			if (!(oct->io_qmask.oq & BIT_ULL(idx)))
+				continue;
+			pending_pkts +=
+				atomic_read(&oct->droq[idx]->pkts_pending);
+		}
+
+		if (pending_pkts > 0)
+			schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
+
+	} while (retry-- && pending_pkts);
+
+	return pending_pkts;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
index 43c5ba0af12b..603a144d3d9c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
@@ -2084,16 +2084,6 @@ static int liquidio_stop(struct net_device *netdev)
 	struct octeon_device *oct = lio->oct_dev;
 	struct napi_struct *napi, *n;
 
-	if (oct->props[lio->ifidx].napi_enabled) {
-		list_for_each_entry_safe(napi, n, &netdev->napi_list, dev_list)
-			napi_disable(napi);
-
-		oct->props[lio->ifidx].napi_enabled = 0;
-
-		if (OCTEON_CN23XX_PF(oct))
-			oct->droq[0]->ops.poll_mode = 0;
-	}
-
 	ifstate_reset(lio, LIO_IFSTATE_RUNNING);
 
 	netif_tx_disable(netdev);
@@ -2119,6 +2109,21 @@ static int liquidio_stop(struct net_device *netdev)
 		lio->ptp_clock = NULL;
 	}
 
+	/* Wait for any pending Rx descriptors */
+	if (lio_wait_for_clean_oq(oct))
+		netif_info(lio, rx_err, lio->netdev,
+			   "Proceeding with stop interface after partial RX desc processing\n");
+
+	if (oct->props[lio->ifidx].napi_enabled == 1) {
+		list_for_each_entry_safe(napi, n, &netdev->napi_list, dev_list)
+			napi_disable(napi);
+
+		oct->props[lio->ifidx].napi_enabled = 0;
+
+		if (OCTEON_CN23XX_PF(oct))
+			oct->droq[0]->ops.poll_mode = 0;
+	}
+
 	dev_info(&oct->pci_dev->dev, "%s interface is stopped\n", netdev->name);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c
index dc62698bdaf7..f92dfa411de6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c
@@ -1138,15 +1138,6 @@ static int liquidio_stop(struct net_device *netdev)
 	/* tell Octeon to stop forwarding packets to host */
 	send_rx_ctrl_cmd(lio, 0);
 
-	if (oct->props[lio->ifidx].napi_enabled) {
-		list_for_each_entry_safe(napi, n, &netdev->napi_list, dev_list)
-			napi_disable(napi);
-
-		oct->props[lio->ifidx].napi_enabled = 0;
-
-		oct->droq[0]->ops.poll_mode = 0;
-	}
-
 	netif_info(lio, ifdown, lio->netdev, "Stopping interface!\n");
 	/* Inform that netif carrier is down */
 	lio->intf_open = 0;
@@ -1159,6 +1150,20 @@ static int liquidio_stop(struct net_device *netdev)
 
 	stop_txqs(netdev);
 
+	/* Wait for any pending Rx descriptors */
+	if (lio_wait_for_clean_oq(oct))
+		netif_info(lio, rx_err, lio->netdev,
+			   "Proceeding with stop interface after partial RX desc processing\n");
+
+	if (oct->props[lio->ifidx].napi_enabled == 1) {
+		list_for_each_entry_safe(napi, n, &netdev->napi_list, dev_list)
+			napi_disable(napi);
+
+		oct->props[lio->ifidx].napi_enabled = 0;
+
+		oct->droq[0]->ops.poll_mode = 0;
+	}
+
 	dev_info(&oct->pci_dev->dev, "%s interface is stopped\n", netdev->name);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_network.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_network.h
index 8782206271b6..4069710796a8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_network.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_network.h
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ irqreturn_t liquidio_msix_intr_handler(int irq __attribute__((unused)),
 
 int octeon_setup_interrupt(struct octeon_device *oct, u32 num_ioqs);
 
+int lio_wait_for_clean_oq(struct octeon_device *oct);
 /**
  * \brief Register ethtool operations
  * @param netdev    pointer to network device