@@ -4345,6 +4345,8 @@ static int
 txgbe_set_rsc(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 {
 	struct rte_eth_rxmode *rx_conf = &dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode;
+	struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev = RTE_ETH_DEV_TO_PCI(dev);
+	struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle = pci_dev->intr_handle;
 	struct txgbe_hw *hw = TXGBE_DEV_HW(dev);
 	struct rte_eth_dev_info dev_info = { 0 };
 	bool rsc_capable = false;

@@ -4395,8 +4397,6 @@ txgbe_set_rsc(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 			rd32(hw, TXGBE_RXCFG(rxq->reg_idx));
 		uint32_t psrtype =
 			rd32(hw, TXGBE_POOLRSS(rxq->reg_idx));
-		uint32_t eitr =
-			rd32(hw, TXGBE_ITR(rxq->reg_idx));
 
 		/*
 		 * txgbe PMD doesn't support header-split at the moment.

@@ -4415,6 +4415,9 @@ txgbe_set_rsc(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 		srrctl |= txgbe_get_rscctl_maxdesc(rxq->mb_pool);
 		psrtype |= TXGBE_POOLRSS_L4HDR;
 
+		wr32(hw, TXGBE_RXCFG(rxq->reg_idx), srrctl);
+		wr32(hw, TXGBE_POOLRSS(rxq->reg_idx), psrtype);
+
 		/*
 		 * RSC: Set ITR interval corresponding to 2K ints/s.
 		 *

@@ -4428,19 +4431,20 @@ txgbe_set_rsc(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 		 * For a sparse streaming case this setting will yield
 		 * at most 500us latency for a single RSC aggregation.
 		 */
-		eitr &= ~TXGBE_ITR_IVAL_MASK;
-		eitr |= TXGBE_ITR_IVAL_10G(TXGBE_QUEUE_ITR_INTERVAL_DEFAULT);
-		eitr |= TXGBE_ITR_WRDSA;
+		if (rte_intr_dp_is_en(intr_handle)) {
+			uint32_t eitr = rd32(hw, TXGBE_ITR(rxq->reg_idx));
 
-		wr32(hw, TXGBE_RXCFG(rxq->reg_idx), srrctl);
-		wr32(hw, TXGBE_POOLRSS(rxq->reg_idx), psrtype);
-		wr32(hw, TXGBE_ITR(rxq->reg_idx), eitr);
+			eitr &= ~TXGBE_ITR_IVAL_MASK;
+			eitr |= TXGBE_ITR_IVAL_10G(TXGBE_QUEUE_ITR_INTERVAL_DEFAULT);
+			eitr |= TXGBE_ITR_WRDSA;
+			wr32(hw, TXGBE_ITR(rxq->reg_idx), eitr);
 
-		/*
-		 * RSC requires the mapping of the queue to the
-		 * interrupt vector.
-		 */
-		txgbe_set_ivar_map(hw, 0, rxq->reg_idx, i);
+			/*
+			 * RSC requires the mapping of the queue to the
+			 * interrupt vector.
+			 */
+			txgbe_set_ivar_map(hw, 0, rxq->reg_idx, i);
+		}
 	}
 
 	dev->data->lro = 1;