diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/operation.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/operation.c
index 20a8d74473d0..aaa1345b19d9 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/greybus/operation.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/operation.c
@@ -968,8 +968,7 @@ void gb_connection_recv(struct gb_connection *connection,
 	size_t msg_size;
 	u16 operation_id;
 
-	if ((connection->state != GB_CONNECTION_STATE_ENABLED &&
-			connection->state != GB_CONNECTION_STATE_ENABLED_TX) ||
+	if (connection->state == GB_CONNECTION_STATE_DISABLED ||
 			gb_connection_is_offloaded(connection)) {
 		dev_warn_ratelimited(dev, "%s: dropping %zu received bytes\n",
 				connection->name, size);