diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx_vec_altivec.h b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx_vec_altivec.h
index 2cc8fc19f9..886314b086 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx_vec_altivec.h
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx_vec_altivec.h
@@ -93,8 +93,7 @@ rxq_cq_decompress_v(struct mlx5_rxq_data *rxq, volatile struct mlx5_cqe *cq,
 			-1, -1,           /* skip vlan_tci */
 			11, 10,  9,  8};  /* bswap32, rss */
 	/* Restore the compressed count. Must be 16 bits. */
-	const uint16_t mcqe_n = t_pkt->data_len +
-		(rxq->crc_present * RTE_ETHER_CRC_LEN);
+	const uint16_t mcqe_n = rte_be_to_cpu_32(cq->byte_cnt);
 	const __vector unsigned char rearm =
 		(__vector unsigned char)vec_vsx_ld(0,
 		(signed int const *)&t_pkt->rearm_data);
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx_vec_neon.h b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx_vec_neon.h
index 113c12f48c..ce647239fe 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx_vec_neon.h
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx_vec_neon.h
@@ -92,8 +92,7 @@ rxq_cq_decompress_v(struct mlx5_rxq_data *rxq, volatile struct mlx5_cqe *cq,
 		11, 10,  9,  8  /* hash.rss, bswap32 */
 	};
 	/* Restore the compressed count. Must be 16 bits. */
-	const uint16_t mcqe_n = t_pkt->data_len +
-				(rxq->crc_present * RTE_ETHER_CRC_LEN);
+	const uint16_t mcqe_n = rte_be_to_cpu_32(cq->byte_cnt);
 	const uint64x2_t rearm =
 		vld1q_u64((void *)&t_pkt->rearm_data);
 	const uint32x4_t rxdf_mask = {
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx_vec_sse.h b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx_vec_sse.h
index ccd1b4ff84..10afdcf816 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx_vec_sse.h
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx_vec_sse.h
@@ -92,8 +92,7 @@ rxq_cq_decompress_v(struct mlx5_rxq_data *rxq, volatile struct mlx5_cqe *cq,
 			    -1, -1, 14, 15, /* pkt_len, bswap16 */
 			    -1, -1, -1, -1  /* skip packet_type */);
 	/* Restore the compressed count. Must be 16 bits. */
-	const uint16_t mcqe_n = t_pkt->data_len +
-				(rxq->crc_present * RTE_ETHER_CRC_LEN);
+	const uint16_t mcqe_n = rte_be_to_cpu_32(cq->byte_cnt);
 	const __m128i rearm =
 		_mm_loadu_si128((__m128i *)&t_pkt->rearm_data);
 	const __m128i rxdf =