diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c b/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c
index c10230ad90b2..940f099c2092 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c
@@ -929,6 +929,7 @@ static void qcom_glink_handle_intent(struct qcom_glink *glink,
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&glink->idr_lock, flags);
 	if (!channel) {
 		dev_err(glink->dev, "intents for non-existing channel\n");
+		qcom_glink_rx_advance(glink, ALIGN(msglen, 8));
 		return;
 	}