diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
index 18f8c00f4d7f..29b9bcecd125 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
@@ -706,7 +706,10 @@ struct mlx5e_rq {
 	struct bpf_prog __rcu *xdp_prog;
 	struct mlx5e_xdpsq    *xdpsq;
 	DECLARE_BITMAP(flags, 8);
+
+	/* page pools */
 	struct page_pool      *page_pool;
+	struct page_pool      *hd_page_pool;
 
 	/* AF_XDP zero-copy */
 	struct xsk_buff_pool  *xsk_pool;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
index 66d1b3fe3134..02c9737868b3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
@@ -745,12 +745,10 @@ static int mlx5_rq_shampo_alloc(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev,
 				struct mlx5e_params *params,
 				struct mlx5e_rq_param *rqp,
 				struct mlx5e_rq *rq,
-				u32 *pool_size,
 				int node)
 {
 	void *wqc = MLX5_ADDR_OF(rqc, rqp->rqc, wq);
 	u16 hd_per_wq;
-	int wq_size;
 	int err;
 
 	if (!test_bit(MLX5E_RQ_STATE_SHAMPO, &rq->state))
@@ -774,9 +772,33 @@ static int mlx5_rq_shampo_alloc(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev,
 	rq->mpwqe.shampo->key = cpu_to_be32(rq->mpwqe.shampo->mkey);
 	rq->mpwqe.shampo->hd_per_wqe =
 		mlx5e_shampo_hd_per_wqe(mdev, params, rqp);
-	wq_size = BIT(MLX5_GET(wq, wqc, log_wq_sz));
-	*pool_size += (rq->mpwqe.shampo->hd_per_wqe * wq_size) /
-		     MLX5E_SHAMPO_WQ_HEADER_PER_PAGE;
+
+	/* separate page pool for shampo headers */
+	{
+		int wq_size = BIT(MLX5_GET(wq, wqc, log_wq_sz));
+		struct page_pool_params pp_params = { };
+		u32 pool_size;
+
+		pool_size = (rq->mpwqe.shampo->hd_per_wqe * wq_size) /
+				MLX5E_SHAMPO_WQ_HEADER_PER_PAGE;
+
+		pp_params.order     = 0;
+		pp_params.flags     = PP_FLAG_DMA_MAP | PP_FLAG_DMA_SYNC_DEV;
+		pp_params.pool_size = pool_size;
+		pp_params.nid       = node;
+		pp_params.dev       = rq->pdev;
+		pp_params.napi      = rq->cq.napi;
+		pp_params.netdev    = rq->netdev;
+		pp_params.dma_dir   = rq->buff.map_dir;
+		pp_params.max_len   = PAGE_SIZE;
+
+		rq->hd_page_pool = page_pool_create(&pp_params);
+		if (IS_ERR(rq->hd_page_pool)) {
+			err = PTR_ERR(rq->hd_page_pool);
+			rq->hd_page_pool = NULL;
+			goto err_hds_page_pool;
+		}
+	}
 
 	/* gro only data structures */
 	rq->hw_gro_data = kvzalloc_node(sizeof(*rq->hw_gro_data), GFP_KERNEL, node);
@@ -788,6 +810,8 @@ static int mlx5_rq_shampo_alloc(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev,
 	return 0;
 
 err_hw_gro_data:
+	page_pool_destroy(rq->hd_page_pool);
+err_hds_page_pool:
 	mlx5_core_destroy_mkey(mdev, rq->mpwqe.shampo->mkey);
 err_umr_mkey:
 	mlx5e_rq_shampo_hd_info_free(rq);
@@ -802,6 +826,7 @@ static void mlx5e_rq_free_shampo(struct mlx5e_rq *rq)
 		return;
 
 	kvfree(rq->hw_gro_data);
+	page_pool_destroy(rq->hd_page_pool);
 	mlx5e_rq_shampo_hd_info_free(rq);
 	mlx5_core_destroy_mkey(rq->mdev, rq->mpwqe.shampo->mkey);
 	kvfree(rq->mpwqe.shampo);
@@ -881,7 +906,7 @@ static int mlx5e_alloc_rq(struct mlx5e_params *params,
 		if (err)
 			goto err_rq_mkey;
 
-		err = mlx5_rq_shampo_alloc(mdev, params, rqp, rq, &pool_size, node);
+		err = mlx5_rq_shampo_alloc(mdev, params, rqp, rq, node);
 		if (err)
 			goto err_free_mpwqe_info;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c
index 1963bc5adb18..df561251b30b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c
@@ -273,12 +273,12 @@ static inline u32 mlx5e_decompress_cqes_start(struct mlx5e_rq *rq,
 
 #define MLX5E_PAGECNT_BIAS_MAX (PAGE_SIZE / 64)
 
-static int mlx5e_page_alloc_fragmented(struct mlx5e_rq *rq,
+static int mlx5e_page_alloc_fragmented(struct page_pool *pool,
 				       struct mlx5e_frag_page *frag_page)
 {
 	struct page *page;
 
-	page = page_pool_dev_alloc_pages(rq->page_pool);
+	page = page_pool_dev_alloc_pages(pool);
 	if (unlikely(!page))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -292,14 +292,14 @@ static int mlx5e_page_alloc_fragmented(struct mlx5e_rq *rq,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void mlx5e_page_release_fragmented(struct mlx5e_rq *rq,
+static void mlx5e_page_release_fragmented(struct page_pool *pool,
 					  struct mlx5e_frag_page *frag_page)
 {
 	u16 drain_count = MLX5E_PAGECNT_BIAS_MAX - frag_page->frags;
 	struct page *page = frag_page->page;
 
 	if (page_pool_unref_page(page, drain_count) == 0)
-		page_pool_put_unrefed_page(rq->page_pool, page, -1, true);
+		page_pool_put_unrefed_page(pool, page, -1, true);
 }
 
 static inline int mlx5e_get_rx_frag(struct mlx5e_rq *rq,
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ static inline int mlx5e_get_rx_frag(struct mlx5e_rq *rq,
 		 * offset) should just use the new one without replenishing again
 		 * by themselves.
 		 */
-		err = mlx5e_page_alloc_fragmented(rq, frag->frag_page);
+		err = mlx5e_page_alloc_fragmented(rq->page_pool, frag->frag_page);
 
 	return err;
 }
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ static inline void mlx5e_put_rx_frag(struct mlx5e_rq *rq,
 				     struct mlx5e_wqe_frag_info *frag)
 {
 	if (mlx5e_frag_can_release(frag))
-		mlx5e_page_release_fragmented(rq, frag->frag_page);
+		mlx5e_page_release_fragmented(rq->page_pool, frag->frag_page);
 }
 
 static inline struct mlx5e_wqe_frag_info *get_frag(struct mlx5e_rq *rq, u16 ix)
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ mlx5e_free_rx_mpwqe(struct mlx5e_rq *rq, struct mlx5e_mpw_info *wi)
 				struct mlx5e_frag_page *frag_page;
 
 				frag_page = &wi->alloc_units.frag_pages[i];
-				mlx5e_page_release_fragmented(rq, frag_page);
+				mlx5e_page_release_fragmented(rq->page_pool, frag_page);
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -679,11 +679,10 @@ static int mlx5e_build_shampo_hd_umr(struct mlx5e_rq *rq,
 		struct mlx5e_frag_page *frag_page = mlx5e_shampo_hd_to_frag_page(rq, index);
 		u64 addr;
 
-		err = mlx5e_page_alloc_fragmented(rq, frag_page);
+		err = mlx5e_page_alloc_fragmented(rq->hd_page_pool, frag_page);
 		if (unlikely(err))
 			goto err_unmap;
 
-
 		addr = page_pool_get_dma_addr(frag_page->page);
 
 		for (int j = 0; j < MLX5E_SHAMPO_WQ_HEADER_PER_PAGE; j++) {
@@ -715,7 +714,7 @@ static int mlx5e_build_shampo_hd_umr(struct mlx5e_rq *rq,
 		if (!header_offset) {
 			struct mlx5e_frag_page *frag_page = mlx5e_shampo_hd_to_frag_page(rq, index);
 
-			mlx5e_page_release_fragmented(rq, frag_page);
+			mlx5e_page_release_fragmented(rq->hd_page_pool, frag_page);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -791,7 +790,7 @@ static int mlx5e_alloc_rx_mpwqe(struct mlx5e_rq *rq, u16 ix)
 	for (i = 0; i < rq->mpwqe.pages_per_wqe; i++, frag_page++) {
 		dma_addr_t addr;
 
-		err = mlx5e_page_alloc_fragmented(rq, frag_page);
+		err = mlx5e_page_alloc_fragmented(rq->page_pool, frag_page);
 		if (unlikely(err))
 			goto err_unmap;
 		addr = page_pool_get_dma_addr(frag_page->page);
@@ -836,7 +835,7 @@ static int mlx5e_alloc_rx_mpwqe(struct mlx5e_rq *rq, u16 ix)
 err_unmap:
 	while (--i >= 0) {
 		frag_page--;
-		mlx5e_page_release_fragmented(rq, frag_page);
+		mlx5e_page_release_fragmented(rq->page_pool, frag_page);
 	}
 
 	bitmap_fill(wi->skip_release_bitmap, rq->mpwqe.pages_per_wqe);
@@ -855,7 +854,7 @@ mlx5e_free_rx_shampo_hd_entry(struct mlx5e_rq *rq, u16 header_index)
 	if (((header_index + 1) & (MLX5E_SHAMPO_WQ_HEADER_PER_PAGE - 1)) == 0) {
 		struct mlx5e_frag_page *frag_page = mlx5e_shampo_hd_to_frag_page(rq, header_index);
 
-		mlx5e_page_release_fragmented(rq, frag_page);
+		mlx5e_page_release_fragmented(rq->hd_page_pool, frag_page);
 	}
 	clear_bit(header_index, shampo->bitmap);
 }
@@ -1100,6 +1099,8 @@ INDIRECT_CALLABLE_SCOPE bool mlx5e_post_rx_mpwqes(struct mlx5e_rq *rq)
 
 	if (rq->page_pool)
 		page_pool_nid_changed(rq->page_pool, numa_mem_id());
+	if (rq->hd_page_pool)
+		page_pool_nid_changed(rq->hd_page_pool, numa_mem_id());
 
 	head = rq->mpwqe.actual_wq_head;
 	i = missing;
@@ -2001,7 +2002,7 @@ mlx5e_skb_from_cqe_mpwrq_nonlinear(struct mlx5e_rq *rq, struct mlx5e_mpw_info *w
 	if (prog) {
 		/* area for bpf_xdp_[store|load]_bytes */
 		net_prefetchw(page_address(frag_page->page) + frag_offset);
-		if (unlikely(mlx5e_page_alloc_fragmented(rq, &wi->linear_page))) {
+		if (unlikely(mlx5e_page_alloc_fragmented(rq->page_pool, &wi->linear_page))) {
 			rq->stats->buff_alloc_err++;
 			return NULL;
 		}
@@ -2063,7 +2064,7 @@ mlx5e_skb_from_cqe_mpwrq_nonlinear(struct mlx5e_rq *rq, struct mlx5e_mpw_info *w
 
 				wi->linear_page.frags++;
 			}
-			mlx5e_page_release_fragmented(rq, &wi->linear_page);
+			mlx5e_page_release_fragmented(rq->page_pool, &wi->linear_page);
 			return NULL; /* page/packet was consumed by XDP */
 		}
 
@@ -2072,13 +2073,13 @@ mlx5e_skb_from_cqe_mpwrq_nonlinear(struct mlx5e_rq *rq, struct mlx5e_mpw_info *w
 					     mxbuf.xdp.data - mxbuf.xdp.data_hard_start, 0,
 					     mxbuf.xdp.data - mxbuf.xdp.data_meta);
 		if (unlikely(!skb)) {
-			mlx5e_page_release_fragmented(rq, &wi->linear_page);
+			mlx5e_page_release_fragmented(rq->page_pool, &wi->linear_page);
 			return NULL;
 		}
 
 		skb_mark_for_recycle(skb);
 		wi->linear_page.frags++;
-		mlx5e_page_release_fragmented(rq, &wi->linear_page);
+		mlx5e_page_release_fragmented(rq->page_pool, &wi->linear_page);
 
 		if (xdp_buff_has_frags(&mxbuf.xdp)) {
 			struct mlx5e_frag_page *pagep;
