diff --git a/drivers/soc/fsl/dpio/dpio-service.c b/drivers/soc/fsl/dpio/dpio-service.c
index bc801934602a..5389336463c0 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/fsl/dpio/dpio-service.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/fsl/dpio/dpio-service.c
@@ -630,6 +630,7 @@ struct dpaa2_dq *dpaa2_io_store_next(struct dpaa2_io_store *s, int *is_last)
 		if (!(dpaa2_dq_flags(ret) & DPAA2_DQ_STAT_VALIDFRAME))
 			ret = NULL;
 	} else {
+		prefetch(&s->vaddr[s->idx]);
 		*is_last = 0;
 	}