diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef10.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef10.c
index eb75675f6e32e592e494c8cde49a87dddfb224db..651626e133f9b788dacc47234822c6f90190799d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef10.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef10.c
@@ -1955,6 +1955,9 @@ static int efx_ef10_ev_process(struct efx_channel *channel, int quota)
 	int tx_descs = 0;
 	int spent = 0;
 
+	if (quota <= 0)
+		return spent;
+
 	read_ptr = channel->eventq_read_ptr;
 
 	for (;;) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/farch.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/farch.c
index aa1b169f45ec1fec4c989443bc493d8c03ea080e..a08761360cdf526caf33051142149c2962a17f6c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/farch.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/farch.c
@@ -1248,6 +1248,9 @@ int efx_farch_ev_process(struct efx_channel *channel, int budget)
 	int tx_packets = 0;
 	int spent = 0;
 
+	if (budget <= 0)
+		return spent;
+
 	read_ptr = channel->eventq_read_ptr;
 
 	for (;;) {