diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice.h
index da8c8afebc93..701a61d791dd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice.h
@@ -771,12 +771,12 @@ static inline struct xsk_buff_pool *ice_get_xp_from_qid(struct ice_vsi *vsi,
  * Returns a pointer to xsk_buff_pool structure if there is a buffer pool
  * present, NULL otherwise.
  */
-static inline struct xsk_buff_pool *ice_xsk_pool(struct ice_rx_ring *ring)
+static inline void ice_xsk_pool(struct ice_rx_ring *ring)
 {
 	struct ice_vsi *vsi = ring->vsi;
 	u16 qid = ring->q_index;
 
-	return ice_get_xp_from_qid(vsi, qid);
+	WRITE_ONCE(ring->xsk_pool, ice_get_xp_from_qid(vsi, qid));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ static inline void ice_tx_xsk_pool(struct ice_vsi *vsi, u16 qid)
 	if (!ring)
 		return;
 
-	ring->xsk_pool = ice_get_xp_from_qid(vsi, qid);
+	WRITE_ONCE(ring->xsk_pool, ice_get_xp_from_qid(vsi, qid));
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_base.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_base.c
index 5d396c1a7731..f3dfce136106 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_base.c
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ static int ice_vsi_cfg_rxq(struct ice_rx_ring *ring)
 				return err;
 		}
 
-		ring->xsk_pool = ice_xsk_pool(ring);
+		ice_xsk_pool(ring);
 		if (ring->xsk_pool) {
 			xdp_rxq_info_unreg(&ring->xdp_rxq);
 
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ static int ice_vsi_cfg_rxq(struct ice_rx_ring *ring)
 			return 0;
 		}
 
-		ok = ice_alloc_rx_bufs_zc(ring, num_bufs);
+		ok = ice_alloc_rx_bufs_zc(ring, ring->xsk_pool, num_bufs);
 		if (!ok) {
 			u16 pf_q = ring->vsi->rxq_map[ring->q_index];
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
index 1b61ca3a6eb6..15a6805ac2a1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
@@ -2946,7 +2946,7 @@ static void ice_vsi_rx_napi_schedule(struct ice_vsi *vsi)
 	ice_for_each_rxq(vsi, i) {
 		struct ice_rx_ring *rx_ring = vsi->rx_rings[i];
 
-		if (rx_ring->xsk_pool)
+		if (READ_ONCE(rx_ring->xsk_pool))
 			napi_schedule(&rx_ring->q_vector->napi);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx.c
index 8bb743f78fcb..f4b2b1bca234 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx.c
@@ -1523,7 +1523,7 @@ int ice_napi_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 	ice_for_each_tx_ring(tx_ring, q_vector->tx) {
 		bool wd;
 
-		if (tx_ring->xsk_pool)
+		if (READ_ONCE(tx_ring->xsk_pool))
 			wd = ice_xmit_zc(tx_ring);
 		else if (ice_ring_is_xdp(tx_ring))
 			wd = true;
@@ -1556,7 +1556,7 @@ int ice_napi_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 		 * comparison in the irq context instead of many inside the
 		 * ice_clean_rx_irq function and makes the codebase cleaner.
 		 */
-		cleaned = rx_ring->xsk_pool ?
+		cleaned = READ_ONCE(rx_ring->xsk_pool) ?
 			  ice_clean_rx_irq_zc(rx_ring, budget_per_ring) :
 			  ice_clean_rx_irq(rx_ring, budget_per_ring);
 		work_done += cleaned;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_xsk.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_xsk.c
index 8c5006f37310..693f0e3a37ce 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_xsk.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_xsk.c
@@ -250,6 +250,8 @@ static int ice_qp_ena(struct ice_vsi *vsi, u16 q_idx)
 	ice_qvec_toggle_napi(vsi, q_vector, true);
 	ice_qvec_ena_irq(vsi, q_vector);
 
+	/* make sure NAPI sees updated ice_{t,x}_ring::xsk_pool */
+	synchronize_net();
 	netif_tx_start_queue(netdev_get_tx_queue(vsi->netdev, q_idx));
 	netif_carrier_on(vsi->netdev);
 	clear_bit(ICE_CFG_BUSY, vsi->state);
@@ -461,6 +463,7 @@ static u16 ice_fill_rx_descs(struct xsk_buff_pool *pool, struct xdp_buff **xdp,
 /**
  * __ice_alloc_rx_bufs_zc - allocate a number of Rx buffers
  * @rx_ring: Rx ring
+ * @xsk_pool: XSK buffer pool to pick buffers to be filled by HW
  * @count: The number of buffers to allocate
  *
  * Place the @count of descriptors onto Rx ring. Handle the ring wrap
@@ -469,7 +472,8 @@ static u16 ice_fill_rx_descs(struct xsk_buff_pool *pool, struct xdp_buff **xdp,
  *
  * Returns true if all allocations were successful, false if any fail.
  */
-static bool __ice_alloc_rx_bufs_zc(struct ice_rx_ring *rx_ring, u16 count)
+static bool __ice_alloc_rx_bufs_zc(struct ice_rx_ring *rx_ring,
+				   struct xsk_buff_pool *xsk_pool, u16 count)
 {
 	u32 nb_buffs_extra = 0, nb_buffs = 0;
 	union ice_32b_rx_flex_desc *rx_desc;
@@ -481,8 +485,7 @@ static bool __ice_alloc_rx_bufs_zc(struct ice_rx_ring *rx_ring, u16 count)
 	xdp = ice_xdp_buf(rx_ring, ntu);
 
 	if (ntu + count >= rx_ring->count) {
-		nb_buffs_extra = ice_fill_rx_descs(rx_ring->xsk_pool, xdp,
-						   rx_desc,
+		nb_buffs_extra = ice_fill_rx_descs(xsk_pool, xdp, rx_desc,
 						   rx_ring->count - ntu);
 		if (nb_buffs_extra != rx_ring->count - ntu) {
 			ntu += nb_buffs_extra;
@@ -495,7 +498,7 @@ static bool __ice_alloc_rx_bufs_zc(struct ice_rx_ring *rx_ring, u16 count)
 		ice_release_rx_desc(rx_ring, 0);
 	}
 
-	nb_buffs = ice_fill_rx_descs(rx_ring->xsk_pool, xdp, rx_desc, count);
+	nb_buffs = ice_fill_rx_descs(xsk_pool, xdp, rx_desc, count);
 
 	ntu += nb_buffs;
 	if (ntu == rx_ring->count)
@@ -511,6 +514,7 @@ static bool __ice_alloc_rx_bufs_zc(struct ice_rx_ring *rx_ring, u16 count)
 /**
  * ice_alloc_rx_bufs_zc - allocate a number of Rx buffers
  * @rx_ring: Rx ring
+ * @xsk_pool: XSK buffer pool to pick buffers to be filled by HW
  * @count: The number of buffers to allocate
  *
  * Wrapper for internal allocation routine; figure out how many tail
@@ -518,7 +522,8 @@ static bool __ice_alloc_rx_bufs_zc(struct ice_rx_ring *rx_ring, u16 count)
  *
  * Returns true if all calls to internal alloc routine succeeded
  */
-bool ice_alloc_rx_bufs_zc(struct ice_rx_ring *rx_ring, u16 count)
+bool ice_alloc_rx_bufs_zc(struct ice_rx_ring *rx_ring,
+			  struct xsk_buff_pool *xsk_pool, u16 count)
 {
 	u16 rx_thresh = ICE_RING_QUARTER(rx_ring);
 	u16 leftover, i, tail_bumps;
@@ -527,9 +532,9 @@ bool ice_alloc_rx_bufs_zc(struct ice_rx_ring *rx_ring, u16 count)
 	leftover = count - (tail_bumps * rx_thresh);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < tail_bumps; i++)
-		if (!__ice_alloc_rx_bufs_zc(rx_ring, rx_thresh))
+		if (!__ice_alloc_rx_bufs_zc(rx_ring, xsk_pool, rx_thresh))
 			return false;
-	return __ice_alloc_rx_bufs_zc(rx_ring, leftover);
+	return __ice_alloc_rx_bufs_zc(rx_ring, xsk_pool, leftover);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -650,7 +655,7 @@ static u32 ice_clean_xdp_irq_zc(struct ice_tx_ring *xdp_ring)
 	if (xdp_ring->next_to_clean >= cnt)
 		xdp_ring->next_to_clean -= cnt;
 	if (xsk_frames)
-		xsk_tx_completed(xdp_ring->xsk_pool, xsk_frames);
+		xsk_tx_completed(READ_ONCE(xdp_ring->xsk_pool), xsk_frames);
 
 	return completed_frames;
 }
@@ -702,7 +707,8 @@ static int ice_xmit_xdp_tx_zc(struct xdp_buff *xdp,
 		dma_addr_t dma;
 
 		dma = xsk_buff_xdp_get_dma(xdp);
-		xsk_buff_raw_dma_sync_for_device(xdp_ring->xsk_pool, dma, size);
+		xsk_buff_raw_dma_sync_for_device(READ_ONCE(xdp_ring->xsk_pool),
+						 dma, size);
 
 		tx_buf->xdp = xdp;
 		tx_buf->type = ICE_TX_BUF_XSK_TX;
@@ -760,7 +766,8 @@ ice_run_xdp_zc(struct ice_rx_ring *rx_ring, struct xdp_buff *xdp,
 		err = xdp_do_redirect(rx_ring->netdev, xdp, xdp_prog);
 		if (!err)
 			return ICE_XDP_REDIR;
-		if (xsk_uses_need_wakeup(rx_ring->xsk_pool) && err == -ENOBUFS)
+		if (xsk_uses_need_wakeup(READ_ONCE(rx_ring->xsk_pool)) &&
+		    err == -ENOBUFS)
 			result = ICE_XDP_EXIT;
 		else
 			result = ICE_XDP_CONSUMED;
@@ -829,8 +836,8 @@ ice_add_xsk_frag(struct ice_rx_ring *rx_ring, struct xdp_buff *first,
  */
 int ice_clean_rx_irq_zc(struct ice_rx_ring *rx_ring, int budget)
 {
+	struct xsk_buff_pool *xsk_pool = READ_ONCE(rx_ring->xsk_pool);
 	unsigned int total_rx_bytes = 0, total_rx_packets = 0;
-	struct xsk_buff_pool *xsk_pool = rx_ring->xsk_pool;
 	u32 ntc = rx_ring->next_to_clean;
 	u32 ntu = rx_ring->next_to_use;
 	struct xdp_buff *first = NULL;
@@ -942,7 +949,8 @@ int ice_clean_rx_irq_zc(struct ice_rx_ring *rx_ring, int budget)
 	rx_ring->next_to_clean = ntc;
 	entries_to_alloc = ICE_RX_DESC_UNUSED(rx_ring);
 	if (entries_to_alloc > ICE_RING_QUARTER(rx_ring))
-		failure |= !ice_alloc_rx_bufs_zc(rx_ring, entries_to_alloc);
+		failure |= !ice_alloc_rx_bufs_zc(rx_ring, xsk_pool,
+						 entries_to_alloc);
 
 	ice_finalize_xdp_rx(xdp_ring, xdp_xmit, 0);
 	ice_update_rx_ring_stats(rx_ring, total_rx_packets, total_rx_bytes);
@@ -965,17 +973,19 @@ int ice_clean_rx_irq_zc(struct ice_rx_ring *rx_ring, int budget)
 /**
  * ice_xmit_pkt - produce a single HW Tx descriptor out of AF_XDP descriptor
  * @xdp_ring: XDP ring to produce the HW Tx descriptor on
+ * @xsk_pool: XSK buffer pool to pick buffers to be consumed by HW
  * @desc: AF_XDP descriptor to pull the DMA address and length from
  * @total_bytes: bytes accumulator that will be used for stats update
  */
-static void ice_xmit_pkt(struct ice_tx_ring *xdp_ring, struct xdp_desc *desc,
+static void ice_xmit_pkt(struct ice_tx_ring *xdp_ring,
+			 struct xsk_buff_pool *xsk_pool, struct xdp_desc *desc,
 			 unsigned int *total_bytes)
 {
 	struct ice_tx_desc *tx_desc;
 	dma_addr_t dma;
 
-	dma = xsk_buff_raw_get_dma(xdp_ring->xsk_pool, desc->addr);
-	xsk_buff_raw_dma_sync_for_device(xdp_ring->xsk_pool, dma, desc->len);
+	dma = xsk_buff_raw_get_dma(xsk_pool, desc->addr);
+	xsk_buff_raw_dma_sync_for_device(xsk_pool, dma, desc->len);
 
 	tx_desc = ICE_TX_DESC(xdp_ring, xdp_ring->next_to_use++);
 	tx_desc->buf_addr = cpu_to_le64(dma);
@@ -988,10 +998,13 @@ static void ice_xmit_pkt(struct ice_tx_ring *xdp_ring, struct xdp_desc *desc,
 /**
  * ice_xmit_pkt_batch - produce a batch of HW Tx descriptors out of AF_XDP descriptors
  * @xdp_ring: XDP ring to produce the HW Tx descriptors on
+ * @xsk_pool: XSK buffer pool to pick buffers to be consumed by HW
  * @descs: AF_XDP descriptors to pull the DMA addresses and lengths from
  * @total_bytes: bytes accumulator that will be used for stats update
  */
-static void ice_xmit_pkt_batch(struct ice_tx_ring *xdp_ring, struct xdp_desc *descs,
+static void ice_xmit_pkt_batch(struct ice_tx_ring *xdp_ring,
+			       struct xsk_buff_pool *xsk_pool,
+			       struct xdp_desc *descs,
 			       unsigned int *total_bytes)
 {
 	u16 ntu = xdp_ring->next_to_use;
@@ -1001,8 +1014,8 @@ static void ice_xmit_pkt_batch(struct ice_tx_ring *xdp_ring, struct xdp_desc *de
 	loop_unrolled_for(i = 0; i < PKTS_PER_BATCH; i++) {
 		dma_addr_t dma;
 
-		dma = xsk_buff_raw_get_dma(xdp_ring->xsk_pool, descs[i].addr);
-		xsk_buff_raw_dma_sync_for_device(xdp_ring->xsk_pool, dma, descs[i].len);
+		dma = xsk_buff_raw_get_dma(xsk_pool, descs[i].addr);
+		xsk_buff_raw_dma_sync_for_device(xsk_pool, dma, descs[i].len);
 
 		tx_desc = ICE_TX_DESC(xdp_ring, ntu++);
 		tx_desc->buf_addr = cpu_to_le64(dma);
@@ -1018,21 +1031,24 @@ static void ice_xmit_pkt_batch(struct ice_tx_ring *xdp_ring, struct xdp_desc *de
 /**
  * ice_fill_tx_hw_ring - produce the number of Tx descriptors onto ring
  * @xdp_ring: XDP ring to produce the HW Tx descriptors on
+ * @xsk_pool: XSK buffer pool to pick buffers to be consumed by HW
  * @descs: AF_XDP descriptors to pull the DMA addresses and lengths from
  * @nb_pkts: count of packets to be send
  * @total_bytes: bytes accumulator that will be used for stats update
  */
-static void ice_fill_tx_hw_ring(struct ice_tx_ring *xdp_ring, struct xdp_desc *descs,
-				u32 nb_pkts, unsigned int *total_bytes)
+static void ice_fill_tx_hw_ring(struct ice_tx_ring *xdp_ring,
+				struct xsk_buff_pool *xsk_pool,
+				struct xdp_desc *descs, u32 nb_pkts,
+				unsigned int *total_bytes)
 {
 	u32 batched, leftover, i;
 
 	batched = ALIGN_DOWN(nb_pkts, PKTS_PER_BATCH);
 	leftover = nb_pkts & (PKTS_PER_BATCH - 1);
 	for (i = 0; i < batched; i += PKTS_PER_BATCH)
-		ice_xmit_pkt_batch(xdp_ring, &descs[i], total_bytes);
+		ice_xmit_pkt_batch(xdp_ring, xsk_pool, &descs[i], total_bytes);
 	for (; i < batched + leftover; i++)
-		ice_xmit_pkt(xdp_ring, &descs[i], total_bytes);
+		ice_xmit_pkt(xdp_ring, xsk_pool, &descs[i], total_bytes);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1043,7 +1059,8 @@ static void ice_fill_tx_hw_ring(struct ice_tx_ring *xdp_ring, struct xdp_desc *d
  */
 bool ice_xmit_zc(struct ice_tx_ring *xdp_ring)
 {
-	struct xdp_desc *descs = xdp_ring->xsk_pool->tx_descs;
+	struct xsk_buff_pool *xsk_pool = READ_ONCE(xdp_ring->xsk_pool);
+	struct xdp_desc *descs = xsk_pool->tx_descs;
 	u32 nb_pkts, nb_processed = 0;
 	unsigned int total_bytes = 0;
 	int budget;
@@ -1057,25 +1074,26 @@ bool ice_xmit_zc(struct ice_tx_ring *xdp_ring)
 	budget = ICE_DESC_UNUSED(xdp_ring);
 	budget = min_t(u16, budget, ICE_RING_QUARTER(xdp_ring));
 
-	nb_pkts = xsk_tx_peek_release_desc_batch(xdp_ring->xsk_pool, budget);
+	nb_pkts = xsk_tx_peek_release_desc_batch(xsk_pool, budget);
 	if (!nb_pkts)
 		return true;
 
 	if (xdp_ring->next_to_use + nb_pkts >= xdp_ring->count) {
 		nb_processed = xdp_ring->count - xdp_ring->next_to_use;
-		ice_fill_tx_hw_ring(xdp_ring, descs, nb_processed, &total_bytes);
+		ice_fill_tx_hw_ring(xdp_ring, xsk_pool, descs, nb_processed,
+				    &total_bytes);
 		xdp_ring->next_to_use = 0;
 	}
 
-	ice_fill_tx_hw_ring(xdp_ring, &descs[nb_processed], nb_pkts - nb_processed,
-			    &total_bytes);
+	ice_fill_tx_hw_ring(xdp_ring, xsk_pool, &descs[nb_processed],
+			    nb_pkts - nb_processed, &total_bytes);
 
 	ice_set_rs_bit(xdp_ring);
 	ice_xdp_ring_update_tail(xdp_ring);
 	ice_update_tx_ring_stats(xdp_ring, nb_pkts, total_bytes);
 
-	if (xsk_uses_need_wakeup(xdp_ring->xsk_pool))
-		xsk_set_tx_need_wakeup(xdp_ring->xsk_pool);
+	if (xsk_uses_need_wakeup(xsk_pool))
+		xsk_set_tx_need_wakeup(xsk_pool);
 
 	return nb_pkts < budget;
 }
@@ -1108,7 +1126,7 @@ ice_xsk_wakeup(struct net_device *netdev, u32 queue_id,
 
 	ring = vsi->rx_rings[queue_id]->xdp_ring;
 
-	if (!ring->xsk_pool)
+	if (!READ_ONCE(ring->xsk_pool))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* The idea here is that if NAPI is running, mark a miss, so
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_xsk.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_xsk.h
index 6fa181f080ef..4cd2d62a0836 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_xsk.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_xsk.h
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ int ice_xsk_pool_setup(struct ice_vsi *vsi, struct xsk_buff_pool *pool,
 		       u16 qid);
 int ice_clean_rx_irq_zc(struct ice_rx_ring *rx_ring, int budget);
 int ice_xsk_wakeup(struct net_device *netdev, u32 queue_id, u32 flags);
-bool ice_alloc_rx_bufs_zc(struct ice_rx_ring *rx_ring, u16 count);
+bool ice_alloc_rx_bufs_zc(struct ice_rx_ring *rx_ring,
+			  struct xsk_buff_pool *xsk_pool, u16 count);
 bool ice_xsk_any_rx_ring_ena(struct ice_vsi *vsi);
 void ice_xsk_clean_rx_ring(struct ice_rx_ring *rx_ring);
 void ice_xsk_clean_xdp_ring(struct ice_tx_ring *xdp_ring);
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ ice_clean_rx_irq_zc(struct ice_rx_ring __always_unused *rx_ring,
 
 static inline bool
 ice_alloc_rx_bufs_zc(struct ice_rx_ring __always_unused *rx_ring,
+		     struct xsk_buff_pool __always_unused *xsk_pool,
 		     u16 __always_unused count)
 {
 	return false;
