diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tx.c
index 229ab16fb8d3a5c92afec2ece0a30e2de9a46236..b000ddc29553bb40e297f075c1a3f7606487a87e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tx.c
@@ -317,7 +317,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t mlx5e_sq_xmit(struct mlx5e_sq *sq, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	while ((sq->pc & wq->sz_m1) > sq->edge)
 		mlx5e_send_nop(sq, false);
 
-	sq->bf_budget = bf ? sq->bf_budget - 1 : 0;
+	if (bf)
+		sq->bf_budget--;
 
 	sq->stats.packets++;
 	sq->stats.bytes += num_bytes;