diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c
index 221f158034808bdeb29738c22047c3cd13f576b9..89edb9fae6f0c8055ef878ac0528b30263c9f5d3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c
@@ -3059,6 +3059,8 @@ static int ixgbe_set_rxfh(struct net_device *netdev, const u32 *indir,
 
 		for (i = 0; i < reta_entries; i++)
 			adapter->rss_indir_tbl[i] = indir[i];
+
+		ixgbe_store_reta(adapter);
 	}
 
 	/* Fill out the rss hash key */
@@ -3067,8 +3069,6 @@ static int ixgbe_set_rxfh(struct net_device *netdev, const u32 *indir,
 		ixgbe_store_key(adapter);
 	}
 
-	ixgbe_store_reta(adapter);
-
 	return 0;
 }