diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c
index d4e6f0e10487..60d15b3e6e2f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c
@@ -2448,6 +2448,7 @@ static void idpf_tx_splitq_map(struct idpf_tx_queue *tx_q,
 			 * rest of the packet.
 			 */
 			tx_buf->type = LIBETH_SQE_EMPTY;
+			idpf_tx_buf_compl_tag(tx_buf) = params->compl_tag;
 
 			/* Adjust the DMA offset and the remaining size of the
 			 * fragment.  On the first iteration of this loop,