diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_base.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_base.c
index afbff8aa9ceb..49b4304c4975 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_base.c
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ static int ice_vsi_alloc_q_vector(struct ice_vsi *vsi, u16 v_idx)
 	if (vsi->type == ICE_VSI_VF) {
 		ice_calc_vf_reg_idx(vsi->vf, q_vector);
 		goto out;
+	} else if (vsi->type == ICE_VSI_LB) {
+		goto skip_alloc;
 	} else if (vsi->type == ICE_VSI_CTRL && vsi->vf) {
 		struct ice_vsi *ctrl_vsi = ice_get_vf_ctrl_vsi(pf, vsi);
 
@@ -662,7 +664,8 @@ static int ice_vsi_cfg_rxq(struct ice_rx_ring *ring)
 	u32 rx_buf_len;
 	int err;
 
-	if (ring->vsi->type == ICE_VSI_PF || ring->vsi->type == ICE_VSI_SF) {
+	if (ring->vsi->type == ICE_VSI_PF || ring->vsi->type == ICE_VSI_SF ||
+	    ring->vsi->type == ICE_VSI_LB) {
 		if (!xdp_rxq_info_is_reg(&ring->xdp_rxq)) {
 			err = __xdp_rxq_info_reg(&ring->xdp_rxq, ring->netdev,
 						 ring->q_index,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c
index c6bc29cfb8e6..ff003529beba 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c
@@ -1289,6 +1289,10 @@ static u64 ice_loopback_test(struct net_device *netdev)
 	test_vsi->netdev = netdev;
 	tx_ring = test_vsi->tx_rings[0];
 	rx_ring = test_vsi->rx_rings[0];
+	/* Dummy q_vector and napi. Fill the minimum required for
+	 * ice_rxq_pp_create().
+	 */
+	rx_ring->q_vector->napi.dev = netdev;
 
 	if (ice_lbtest_prepare_rings(test_vsi)) {
 		ret = 2;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c
index d921269e1fe7..3cd6296a1fbe 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c
@@ -107,10 +107,6 @@ static int ice_vsi_alloc_arrays(struct ice_vsi *vsi)
 	if (!vsi->rxq_map)
 		goto err_rxq_map;
 
-	/* There is no need to allocate q_vectors for a loopback VSI. */
-	if (vsi->type == ICE_VSI_LB)
-		return 0;
-
 	/* allocate memory for q_vector pointers */
 	vsi->q_vectors = devm_kcalloc(dev, vsi->num_q_vectors,
 				      sizeof(*vsi->q_vectors), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -241,6 +237,8 @@ static void ice_vsi_set_num_qs(struct ice_vsi *vsi)
 	case ICE_VSI_LB:
 		vsi->alloc_txq = 1;
 		vsi->alloc_rxq = 1;
+		/* A dummy q_vector, no actual IRQ. */
+		vsi->num_q_vectors = 1;
 		break;
 	default:
 		dev_warn(ice_pf_to_dev(pf), "Unknown VSI type %d\n", vsi_type);
@@ -2428,14 +2426,21 @@ static int ice_vsi_cfg_def(struct ice_vsi *vsi)
 		}
 		break;
 	case ICE_VSI_LB:
-		ret = ice_vsi_alloc_rings(vsi);
+		ret = ice_vsi_alloc_q_vectors(vsi);
 		if (ret)
 			goto unroll_vsi_init;
 
+		ret = ice_vsi_alloc_rings(vsi);
+		if (ret)
+			goto unroll_alloc_q_vector;
+
 		ret = ice_vsi_alloc_ring_stats(vsi);
 		if (ret)
 			goto unroll_vector_base;
 
+		/* Simply map the dummy q_vector to the only rx_ring */
+		vsi->rx_rings[0]->q_vector = vsi->q_vectors[0];
+
 		break;
 	default:
 		/* clean up the resources and exit */