diff --git a/drivers/common/cnxk/roc_npa.h b/drivers/common/cnxk/roc_npa.h
index 0339876bff..59d13d88a1 100644
--- a/drivers/common/cnxk/roc_npa.h
+++ b/drivers/common/cnxk/roc_npa.h
@@ -264,7 +264,8 @@ roc_npa_batch_alloc_wait(uint64_t *cache_line)
 }
 
 static inline unsigned int
-roc_npa_aura_batch_alloc_count(uint64_t *aligned_buf, unsigned int num)
+roc_npa_aura_batch_alloc_count(uint64_t *aligned_buf, unsigned int num,
+			       unsigned int do_wait)
 {
 	unsigned int count, i;
 
@@ -278,7 +279,9 @@ roc_npa_aura_batch_alloc_count(uint64_t *aligned_buf, unsigned int num)
 
 		status = (struct npa_batch_alloc_status_s *)&aligned_buf[i];
 
-		roc_npa_batch_alloc_wait(&aligned_buf[i]);
+		if (do_wait)
+			roc_npa_batch_alloc_wait(&aligned_buf[i]);
+
 		count += status->count;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/mempool/cnxk/cn10k_mempool_ops.c b/drivers/mempool/cnxk/cn10k_mempool_ops.c
index a02e01cea0..ba826f0f01 100644
--- a/drivers/mempool/cnxk/cn10k_mempool_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/mempool/cnxk/cn10k_mempool_ops.c
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ cn10k_mempool_get_count(const struct rte_mempool *mp)
 		struct batch_op_mem *mem = &op_data->mem[i];
 
 		if (mem->status == BATCH_ALLOC_OP_ISSUED)
-			count += roc_npa_aura_batch_alloc_count(mem->objs,
-								BATCH_ALLOC_SZ);
+			count += roc_npa_aura_batch_alloc_count(
+				mem->objs, BATCH_ALLOC_SZ, 1);
 
 		if (mem->status == BATCH_ALLOC_OP_DONE)
 			count += mem->sz;