diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c
index 761a77510467..59aafadae3d0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c
@@ -1341,6 +1341,9 @@ static void idpf_txq_group_rel(struct idpf_q_vec_rsrc *rsrc)
  */
 static void idpf_rxq_sw_queue_rel(struct idpf_rxq_group *rx_qgrp)
 {
+	if (!rx_qgrp->splitq.bufq_sets)
+		return;
+
 	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < rx_qgrp->splitq.num_bufq_sets; i++) {
 		struct idpf_bufq_set *bufq_set = &rx_qgrp->splitq.bufq_sets[i];