diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2.c
index 5e580482769ebd0394a95dfb2534985598d92f9c..de664b3f45f2dbf68849aefb2bbc7f32096ed436 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2.c
@@ -5487,11 +5487,10 @@ static int mvpp2_aggr_desc_num_check(struct mvpp2 *priv,
 					     MVPP2_AGGR_TXQ_STATUS_REG(cpu));
 
 		aggr_txq->count = val & MVPP2_AGGR_TXQ_PENDING_MASK;
-	}
-
-	if ((aggr_txq->count + num) > MVPP2_AGGR_TXQ_SIZE)
-		return -ENOMEM;
 
+		if ((aggr_txq->count + num) > MVPP2_AGGR_TXQ_SIZE)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 	return 0;
 }