mlx5e_mpwqe_get_log_stride_size(mdev, params);
 }
 
+static u16 mlx5e_get_rq_headroom(struct mlx5e_params *params)
+{
+       u16 linear_rq_headroom = params->xdp_prog ?
+               XDP_PACKET_HEADROOM : MLX5_RX_HEADROOM;
+
+       linear_rq_headroom += NET_IP_ALIGN;
+
+       if (params->rq_wq_type == MLX5_WQ_TYPE_LINKED_LIST)
+               return linear_rq_headroom;
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
 void mlx5e_init_rq_type_params(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev,
                               struct mlx5e_params *params, u8 rq_type)
 {
                params->log_rq_size = is_kdump_kernel() ?
                        MLX5E_PARAMS_MINIMUM_LOG_RQ_SIZE :
                        MLX5E_PARAMS_DEFAULT_LOG_RQ_SIZE;
-               params->rq_headroom = params->xdp_prog ?
-                       XDP_PACKET_HEADROOM : MLX5_RX_HEADROOM;
-               params->rq_headroom += NET_IP_ALIGN;
 
                /* Extra room needed for build_skb */
-               params->lro_wqe_sz -= params->rq_headroom +
+               params->lro_wqe_sz -= mlx5e_get_rq_headroom(params) +
                        SKB_DATA_ALIGN(sizeof(struct skb_shared_info));
        }
 
                goto err_rq_wq_destroy;
 
        rq->buff.map_dir = rq->xdp_prog ? DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL : DMA_FROM_DEVICE;
-       rq->buff.headroom = params->rq_headroom;
+       rq->buff.headroom = mlx5e_get_rq_headroom(params);
 
        switch (rq->wq_type) {
        case MLX5_WQ_TYPE_LINKED_LIST_STRIDING_RQ: