diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ethtool.c
index 7b25ee2e81c09042b1cc540020f62f1f72f8081b..85fe7b52f435cf9444cab5d1c466e9e604e3f40b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ethtool.c
@@ -811,10 +811,8 @@ static int igb_set_eeprom(struct net_device *netdev,
 	ret_val = hw->nvm.ops.write(hw, first_word,
 				    last_word - first_word + 1, eeprom_buff);
 
-	/* Update the checksum over the first part of the EEPROM if needed
-	 * and flush shadow RAM for 82573 controllers
-	 */
-	if ((ret_val == 0) && ((first_word <= NVM_CHECKSUM_REG)))
+	/* Update the checksum if nvm write succeeded */
+	if (ret_val == 0)
 		hw->nvm.ops.update(hw);
 
 	igb_set_fw_version(adapter);