diff --git a/drivers/net/veth.c b/drivers/net/veth.c
index aa1a66ad2ce51e2be80c27d6e4366d85a2c890cf..34e49c75db42019c54513da9988cd2a15b92b819 100644
--- a/drivers/net/veth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/veth.c
@@ -302,8 +302,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t veth_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	if (rxq < rcv->real_num_rx_queues) {
 		rq = &rcv_priv->rq[rxq];
 		rcv_xdp = rcu_access_pointer(rq->xdp_prog);
-		if (rcv_xdp)
-			skb_record_rx_queue(skb, rxq);
+		skb_record_rx_queue(skb, rxq);
 	}
 
 	skb_tx_timestamp(skb);