struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
        struct virtnet_info *vi = netdev_priv(dev);
-       int ret, queue_number, napi_weight;
+       int ret, queue_number, napi_weight, i;
        bool update_napi = false;
 
        /* Can't change NAPI weight if the link is up */
                return ret;
 
        if (update_napi) {
+               /* xsk xmit depends on the tx napi. So if xsk is active,
+                * prevent modifications to tx napi.
+                */
+               for (i = queue_number; i < vi->max_queue_pairs; i++) {
+                       if (vi->sq[i].xsk_pool)
+                               return -EBUSY;
+               }
+
                for (; queue_number < vi->max_queue_pairs; queue_number++)
                        vi->sq[queue_number].napi.weight = napi_weight;
        }