diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/rxmq.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/rxmq.c
index 966cd7543629b3c2dd6d9bbf33fcaffd9582ab63..36fd8c87027ce60f2d04fd45e701927efc1d2f1c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/rxmq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/rxmq.c
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ void iwl_mvm_reorder_timer_expired(unsigned long data)
 			     buf->sta_id, sn);
 		iwl_mvm_release_frames(buf->mvm, sta, NULL, buf, sn);
 		rcu_read_unlock();
-	} else if (buf->num_stored) {
+	} else {
 		/*
 		 * If no frame expired and there are stored frames, index is now
 		 * pointing to the first unexpired frame - modify timer