diff --git a/drivers/net/veth.c b/drivers/net/veth.c
index 50eb43e5bf45..b78894c38933 100644
--- a/drivers/net/veth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/veth.c
@@ -1025,6 +1025,8 @@ static int veth_enable_xdp_range(struct net_device *dev, int start, int end,
 err_reg_mem:
        xdp_rxq_info_unreg(&priv->rq[i].xdp_rxq);
 err_rxq_reg:
+       if (!napi_already_on)
+               netif_napi_del(&priv->rq[i].xdp_napi);
        for (i--; i >= start; i--) {
                struct veth_rq *rq = &priv->rq[i];