diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_main.c
index f1670cb83270c943eed924115c720200663884a5..9b6dd3e1267eb3950df3465a7176d3a3ebcb92ef 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_main.c
@@ -1631,8 +1631,8 @@ static int gve_xsk_pool_enable(struct net_device *dev,
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	/* If XDP prog is not installed, return */
-	if (!priv->xdp_prog)
+	/* If XDP prog is not installed or interface is down, return. */
+	if (!priv->xdp_prog || !netif_running(dev))
 		return 0;
 
 	rx = &priv->rx[qid];
@@ -1677,21 +1677,16 @@ static int gve_xsk_pool_disable(struct net_device *dev,
 	if (qid >= priv->rx_cfg.num_queues)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	/* If XDP prog is not installed, unmap DMA and return */
-	if (!priv->xdp_prog)
+	/* If XDP prog is not installed or interface is down, unmap DMA and
+	 * return.
+	 */
+	if (!priv->xdp_prog || !netif_running(dev))
 		goto done;
 
-	tx_qid = gve_xdp_tx_queue_id(priv, qid);
-	if (!netif_running(dev)) {
-		priv->rx[qid].xsk_pool = NULL;
-		xdp_rxq_info_unreg(&priv->rx[qid].xsk_rxq);
-		priv->tx[tx_qid].xsk_pool = NULL;
-		goto done;
-	}
-
 	napi_rx = &priv->ntfy_blocks[priv->rx[qid].ntfy_id].napi;
 	napi_disable(napi_rx); /* make sure current rx poll is done */
 
+	tx_qid = gve_xdp_tx_queue_id(priv, qid);
 	napi_tx = &priv->ntfy_blocks[priv->tx[tx_qid].ntfy_id].napi;
 	napi_disable(napi_tx); /* make sure current tx poll is done */
 
@@ -1719,6 +1714,9 @@ static int gve_xsk_wakeup(struct net_device *dev, u32 queue_id, u32 flags)
 	struct gve_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 	int tx_queue_id = gve_xdp_tx_queue_id(priv, queue_id);
 
+	if (!gve_get_napi_enabled(priv))
+		return -ENETDOWN;
+
 	if (queue_id >= priv->rx_cfg.num_queues || !priv->xdp_prog)
 		return -EINVAL;