diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/sriov.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/sriov.c
index 20d7662c10fb6..5f2195e65dd62 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/sriov.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/sriov.c
@@ -264,8 +264,7 @@ static u16 mlx5_get_max_vfs(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 		host_total_vfs = MLX5_GET(query_esw_functions_out, out,
 					  host_params_context.host_total_vfs);
 		kvfree(out);
-		if (host_total_vfs)
-			return host_total_vfs;
+		return host_total_vfs;
 	}
 
 done: