diff --git a/net/xdp/xsk.c b/net/xdp/xsk.c
index e0a4526ab66b..19ac872a6624 100644
--- a/net/xdp/xsk.c
+++ b/net/xdp/xsk.c
@@ -373,7 +373,8 @@ u32 xsk_tx_peek_release_desc_batch(struct xsk_buff_pool *pool, u32 max_entries)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	nb_pkts = xskq_cons_peek_desc_batch(xs->tx, pool, max_entries);
+	max_entries = xskq_cons_nb_entries(xs->tx, max_entries);
+	nb_pkts = xskq_cons_read_desc_batch(xs->tx, pool, max_entries);
 	if (!nb_pkts) {
 		xs->tx->queue_empty_descs++;
 		goto out;
@@ -389,7 +390,7 @@ u32 xsk_tx_peek_release_desc_batch(struct xsk_buff_pool *pool, u32 max_entries)
 	if (!nb_pkts)
 		goto out;
 
-	xskq_cons_release_n(xs->tx, nb_pkts);
+	xskq_cons_release_n(xs->tx, max_entries);
 	__xskq_cons_release(xs->tx);
 	xs->sk.sk_write_space(&xs->sk);
 
diff --git a/net/xdp/xsk_queue.h b/net/xdp/xsk_queue.h
index a794410989cc..fb20bf7207cf 100644
--- a/net/xdp/xsk_queue.h
+++ b/net/xdp/xsk_queue.h
@@ -282,14 +282,6 @@ static inline bool xskq_cons_peek_desc(struct xsk_queue *q,
 	return xskq_cons_read_desc(q, desc, pool);
 }
 
-static inline u32 xskq_cons_peek_desc_batch(struct xsk_queue *q, struct xsk_buff_pool *pool,
-					    u32 max)
-{
-	u32 entries = xskq_cons_nb_entries(q, max);
-
-	return xskq_cons_read_desc_batch(q, pool, entries);
-}
-
 /* To improve performance in the xskq_cons_release functions, only update local state here.
  * Reflect this to global state when we get new entries from the ring in
  * xskq_cons_get_entries() and whenever Rx or Tx processing are completed in the NAPI loop.