diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
index 7322aa1e382e4..492ab0c36f7c9 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
@@ -1712,13 +1712,10 @@ static void nlattr_set(struct nlattr *attr, u8 val,
 
 	/* The nlattr stream should already have been validated */
 	nla_for_each_nested(nla, attr, rem) {
-		if (tbl[nla_type(nla)].len == OVS_ATTR_NESTED) {
-			if (tbl[nla_type(nla)].next)
-				tbl = tbl[nla_type(nla)].next;
-			nlattr_set(nla, val, tbl);
-		} else {
+		if (tbl[nla_type(nla)].len == OVS_ATTR_NESTED)
+			nlattr_set(nla, val, tbl[nla_type(nla)].next ? : tbl);
+		else
 			memset(nla_data(nla), val, nla_len(nla));
-		}
 
 		if (nla_type(nla) == OVS_KEY_ATTR_CT_STATE)
 			*(u32 *)nla_data(nla) &= CT_SUPPORTED_MASK;