diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
index df7ecc9578c9316fbf0caf50e757f1204d748146..f8d66236fcbf92bdcf5d58cc0ac57bb5eb3a2281 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
@@ -2840,10 +2840,9 @@ static inline void i40e_tx_map(struct i40e_ring *tx_ring, struct sk_buff *skb,
 						  I40E_TXD_QW1_CMD_SHIFT);
 
 	/* notify HW of packet */
-	if (!tail_bump)
+	if (!tail_bump) {
 		prefetchw(tx_desc + 1);
-
-	if (tail_bump) {
+	} else {
 		/* Force memory writes to complete before letting h/w
 		 * know there are new descriptors to fetch.  (Only
 		 * applicable for weak-ordered memory model archs,
@@ -2852,7 +2851,6 @@ static inline void i40e_tx_map(struct i40e_ring *tx_ring, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		wmb();
 		writel(i, tx_ring->tail);
 	}
-
 	return;
 
 dma_error:
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
index a579193b2c21a4add77e8d5f5fdd636d36e69a84..0130458264e5753741821018ff473b41dfb1796a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
@@ -2068,10 +2068,9 @@ static inline void i40evf_tx_map(struct i40e_ring *tx_ring, struct sk_buff *skb,
 						  I40E_TXD_QW1_CMD_SHIFT);
 
 	/* notify HW of packet */
-	if (!tail_bump)
+	if (!tail_bump) {
 		prefetchw(tx_desc + 1);
-
-	if (tail_bump) {
+	} else {
 		/* Force memory writes to complete before letting h/w
 		 * know there are new descriptors to fetch.  (Only
 		 * applicable for weak-ordered memory model archs,
@@ -2080,7 +2079,6 @@ static inline void i40evf_tx_map(struct i40e_ring *tx_ring, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		wmb();
 		writel(i, tx_ring->tail);
 	}
-
 	return;
 
 dma_error: