diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index 6225f880a3f455a342a1abe0dc9a76bf15b8a737..9afc959c1499891dffaa40dd19b56885e490ffbf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -2095,6 +2095,9 @@ static void ixgbe_update_itr(struct ixgbe_q_vector *q_vector,
 	 */
 	/* what was last interrupt timeslice? */
 	timepassed_us = q_vector->itr >> 2;
+	if (timepassed_us == 0)
+		return;
+
 	bytes_perint = bytes / timepassed_us; /* bytes/usec */
 
 	switch (itr_setting) {