diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx.c
index 0c459305c12f..020dac283f07 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx.c
@@ -478,8 +478,9 @@ bool ice_alloc_rx_bufs(struct ice_ring *rx_ring, u16 cleaned_count)
 	bi = &rx_ring->rx_buf[ntu];
 
 	do {
+		/* if we fail here, we have work remaining */
 		if (!ice_alloc_mapped_page(rx_ring, bi))
-			goto no_bufs;
+			break;
 
 		/* sync the buffer for use by the device */
 		dma_sync_single_range_for_device(rx_ring->dev, bi->dma,
@@ -510,16 +511,7 @@ bool ice_alloc_rx_bufs(struct ice_ring *rx_ring, u16 cleaned_count)
 	if (rx_ring->next_to_use != ntu)
 		ice_release_rx_desc(rx_ring, ntu);
 
-	return false;
-
-no_bufs:
-	if (rx_ring->next_to_use != ntu)
-		ice_release_rx_desc(rx_ring, ntu);
-
-	/* make sure to come back via polling to try again after
-	 * allocation failure
-	 */
-	return true;
+	return !!cleaned_count;
 }
 
 /**