1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/smsc911x.c b/drivers/net/smsc911x.c
index ccdd196f5297..f9cdcbcb77d4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/smsc911x.c
+++ b/drivers/net/smsc911x.c
@@ -986,7 +986,7 @@ static int smsc911x_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
         struct net_device *dev = pdata->dev;
         int npackets = 0;
 
-        while (likely(netif_running(dev)) && (npackets < budget)) {
+        while (npackets < budget) {
                 unsigned int pktlength;
                 unsigned int pktwords;
                 struct sk_buff *skb;