diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index d3b976a591c8..4211f28c59dc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -3296,27 +3296,23 @@ static int virtnet_send_notf_coal_vq_cmds(struct virtnet_info *vi,
 {
 	int err;
 
-	if (ec->rx_coalesce_usecs || ec->rx_max_coalesced_frames) {
-		err = virtnet_send_ctrl_coal_vq_cmd(vi, rxq2vq(queue),
-						    ec->rx_coalesce_usecs,
-						    ec->rx_max_coalesced_frames);
-		if (err)
-			return err;
-		/* Save parameters */
-		vi->rq[queue].intr_coal.max_usecs = ec->rx_coalesce_usecs;
-		vi->rq[queue].intr_coal.max_packets = ec->rx_max_coalesced_frames;
-	}
+	err = virtnet_send_ctrl_coal_vq_cmd(vi, rxq2vq(queue),
+					    ec->rx_coalesce_usecs,
+					    ec->rx_max_coalesced_frames);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
 
-	if (ec->tx_coalesce_usecs || ec->tx_max_coalesced_frames) {
-		err = virtnet_send_ctrl_coal_vq_cmd(vi, txq2vq(queue),
-						    ec->tx_coalesce_usecs,
-						    ec->tx_max_coalesced_frames);
-		if (err)
-			return err;
-		/* Save parameters */
-		vi->sq[queue].intr_coal.max_usecs = ec->tx_coalesce_usecs;
-		vi->sq[queue].intr_coal.max_packets = ec->tx_max_coalesced_frames;
-	}
+	vi->rq[queue].intr_coal.max_usecs = ec->rx_coalesce_usecs;
+	vi->rq[queue].intr_coal.max_packets = ec->rx_max_coalesced_frames;
+
+	err = virtnet_send_ctrl_coal_vq_cmd(vi, txq2vq(queue),
+					    ec->tx_coalesce_usecs,
+					    ec->tx_max_coalesced_frames);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	vi->sq[queue].intr_coal.max_usecs = ec->tx_coalesce_usecs;
+	vi->sq[queue].intr_coal.max_packets = ec->tx_max_coalesced_frames;
 
 	return 0;
 }