diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
index dbc6c9ed1c8f..17a7ef679bab 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ static u16 netvsc_select_queue(struct net_device *ndev, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
-	while (unlikely(txq >= ndev->real_num_tx_queues))
+	while (txq >= ndev->real_num_tx_queues)
 		txq -= ndev->real_num_tx_queues;
 
 	return txq;