diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rep/tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rep/tc.c
index e24b46953542c639248ab387149f09776c3412cb..8f7452dc00ee3338931b585bd4d5c785c88cdf87 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rep/tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/rep/tc.c
@@ -710,8 +710,7 @@ void mlx5e_rep_tc_receive(struct mlx5_cqe64 *cqe, struct mlx5e_rq *rq,
 	else
 		napi_gro_receive(rq->cq.napi, skb);
 
-	if (tc_priv.fwd_dev)
-		dev_put(tc_priv.fwd_dev);
+	dev_put(tc_priv.fwd_dev);
 
 	return;