diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
index b7967105a549..dadef56e5f9b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
@@ -1483,10 +1483,8 @@ void i40e_clean_rx_ring(struct i40e_ring *rx_ring)
 	if (!rx_ring->rx_bi)
 		return;
 
-	if (rx_ring->skb) {
-		dev_kfree_skb(rx_ring->skb);
-		rx_ring->skb = NULL;
-	}
+	dev_kfree_skb(rx_ring->skb);
+	rx_ring->skb = NULL;
 
 	if (rx_ring->xsk_pool) {
 		i40e_xsk_clean_rx_ring(rx_ring);