diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c
index b6df3c3b52909860f9aaf270a8afa21e78a0cf39..600268cf4fa111c2b0a712275e1be441fe178f77 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c
@@ -3124,9 +3124,7 @@ mlxsw_sp_rif_should_config(struct mlxsw_sp_rif *rif, struct net_device *dev,
 
 	switch (event) {
 	case NETDEV_UP:
-		if (!rif)
-			return true;
-		return false;
+		return rif == NULL;
 	case NETDEV_DOWN:
 		idev = __in_dev_get_rtnl(dev);
 		if (idev && idev->ifa_list)