diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
index 6ef2adbd283a..cc19cd9203da 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
@@ -1811,7 +1811,7 @@ static int setup_netfront(struct xenbus_device *dev,
 	 *  a) feature-split-event-channels == 0
 	 *  b) feature-split-event-channels == 1 but failed to setup
 	 */
-	if (!feature_split_evtchn || (feature_split_evtchn && err))
+	if (!feature_split_evtchn || err)
 		err = setup_netfront_single(queue);
 
 	if (err)