diff --git a/net/ethtool/rss.c b/net/ethtool/rss.c
index 9fb675d29232..f5cf214f8f85 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/rss.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/rss.c
@@ -134,8 +134,7 @@ rss_get_data_alloc(struct net_device *dev, struct rss_reply_data *data)
 	if (!rss_config)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (data->indir_size)
-		data->indir_table = (u32 *)rss_config;
+	data->indir_table = (u32 *)rss_config;
 	if (data->hkey_size)
 		data->hkey = rss_config + indir_bytes;