diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve.h
index f6e43cf96a46..84fb3deca21f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
 #include <linux/pci.h>
+#include <linux/timer.h>
 #include <linux/u64_stats_sync.h>
 #include <net/xdp.h>
 
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@
 
 /* Interval to schedule a stats report update, 20000ms. */
 #define GVE_STATS_REPORT_TIMER_PERIOD	20000
+#define GVE_RX_NAPI_RESCHED_MS 20 /* msecs */
 
 /* Numbers of NIC tx/rx stats in stats report. */
 #define NIC_TX_STATS_REPORT_NUM	0
@@ -281,6 +283,7 @@ struct gve_rx_ring {
 	struct xdp_rxq_info xsk_rxq;
 	struct xsk_buff_pool *xsk_pool;
 	struct page_frag_cache page_cache; /* Page cache to allocate XDP frames */
+	struct timer_list starvation_timer; /* for queue starvation recovery */
 };
 
 /* A TX desc ring entry */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_main.c
index 08f444ee10c7..9a287a376479 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_main.c
@@ -583,6 +583,9 @@ static void gve_remove_napi(struct gve_priv *priv, int ntfy_idx)
 {
 	struct gve_notify_block *block = &priv->ntfy_blocks[ntfy_idx];
 
+	if (block->rx && !gve_is_gqi(priv))
+		timer_shutdown_sync(&block->rx->starvation_timer);
+
 	netif_napi_del(&block->napi);
 	disable_irq(block->irq);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_rx_dqo.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_rx_dqo.c
index 3d60ea25711f..12520c9813ac 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_rx_dqo.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_rx_dqo.c
@@ -16,6 +16,16 @@
 #include <net/ipv6.h>
 #include <net/tcp.h>
 
+static void gve_rx_starvation_timer(struct timer_list *t)
+{
+	struct gve_rx_ring *rx = from_timer(rx, t, starvation_timer);
+	struct gve_priv *priv = rx->gve;
+	struct gve_notify_block *block;
+
+	block = &priv->ntfy_blocks[rx->ntfy_id];
+	napi_schedule(&block->napi);
+}
+
 static int gve_buf_ref_cnt(struct gve_rx_buf_state_dqo *bs)
 {
 	return page_count(bs->page_info.page) - bs->page_info.pagecnt_bias;
@@ -211,6 +221,7 @@ static void gve_rx_free_ring_dqo(struct gve_priv *priv, int idx)
 	completion_queue_slots = rx->dqo.complq.mask + 1;
 	buffer_queue_slots = rx->dqo.bufq.mask + 1;
 
+	timer_shutdown_sync(&rx->starvation_timer);
 	gve_rx_remove_from_block(priv, idx);
 
 	if (rx->q_resources) {
@@ -268,6 +279,7 @@ static int gve_rx_alloc_ring_dqo(struct gve_priv *priv, int idx)
 	memset(rx, 0, sizeof(*rx));
 	rx->gve = priv;
 	rx->q_num = idx;
+	timer_setup(&rx->starvation_timer, gve_rx_starvation_timer, 0);
 	rx->dqo.bufq.mask = buffer_queue_slots - 1;
 	rx->dqo.complq.num_free_slots = completion_queue_slots;
 	rx->dqo.complq.mask = completion_queue_slots - 1;
@@ -374,6 +386,7 @@ void gve_rx_post_buffers_dqo(struct gve_rx_ring *rx)
 	struct gve_rx_compl_queue_dqo *complq = &rx->dqo.complq;
 	struct gve_rx_buf_queue_dqo *bufq = &rx->dqo.bufq;
 	struct gve_priv *priv = rx->gve;
+	u32 num_bufs_avail_to_hw;
 	u32 num_avail_slots;
 	u32 num_full_slots;
 	u32 num_posted = 0;
@@ -414,6 +427,26 @@ void gve_rx_post_buffers_dqo(struct gve_rx_ring *rx)
 	}
 
 	rx->fill_cnt += num_posted;
+
+	/* If the queue has fewer than GVE_RX_BUF_THRESH_DQO descriptors
+	 * visible to the hardware, the hardware is in danger of starving
+	 * and cannot trigger interrupts.
+	 *
+	 * We use a threshold of 32 because a single maximum-sized RSC
+	 * packet can consume up to 19 descriptors in the Rx path. Lower
+	 * thresholds (e.g., 8 or 16) would be unsafe as they could cause
+	 * the device to drop/stall on a maximum-sized RSC packet.
+	 *
+	 * Start the timer to periodically reschedule NAPI and recover.
+	 */
+	num_bufs_avail_to_hw =
+		((bufq->tail & ~(GVE_RX_BUF_THRESH_DQO - 1)) -
+		 bufq->head) & bufq->mask;
+
+	if (num_bufs_avail_to_hw < GVE_RX_BUF_THRESH_DQO) {
+		mod_timer(&rx->starvation_timer,
+			  jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(GVE_RX_NAPI_RESCHED_MS));
+	}
 }
 
 static void gve_try_recycle_buf(struct gve_priv *priv, struct gve_rx_ring *rx,