diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_main.c
index 2f47bfe6cc9084807d82d6bac60a68990226b553..537d81a6d738966f5a92ccd76a5261ca9b713eed 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_main.c
@@ -1905,7 +1905,7 @@ static void fm10k_init_reta(struct fm10k_intfc *interface)
 	u32 reta, base;
 
 	/* If the netdev is initialized we have to maintain table if possible */
-	if (interface->netdev->reg_state) {
+	if (interface->netdev->reg_state != NETREG_UNINITIALIZED) {
 		for (i = FM10K_RETA_SIZE; i--;) {
 			reta = interface->reta[i];
 			if ((((reta << 24) >> 24) < rss_i) &&