diff --git a/drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c b/drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c
index 634c4c9..03806e2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c
@@ -3617,16 +3617,14 @@
 	unsigned int i;
 	u32 head, oldhead;
 	unsigned int count = 0;
-	bool cleaned = false;
-	bool retval = true;
 	unsigned int total_bytes = 0, total_packets = 0;
+	bool retval = true;
 
 	rmb();
 	head = get_head(tx_ring);
 	i = tx_ring->next_to_clean;
 	while (1) {
 		while (i != head) {
-			cleaned = true;
 			tx_desc = E1000_TX_DESC(*tx_ring, i);
 			buffer_info = &tx_ring->buffer_info[i];
 			skb = buffer_info->skb;
@@ -3643,7 +3641,6 @@
 			}
 
 			igb_unmap_and_free_tx_resource(adapter, buffer_info);
-			tx_desc->upper.data = 0;
 
 			i++;
 			if (i == tx_ring->count)
@@ -3665,7 +3662,7 @@
 done_cleaning:
 	tx_ring->next_to_clean = i;
 
-	if (unlikely(cleaned &&
+	if (unlikely(count &&
 		     netif_carrier_ok(netdev) &&
 		     IGB_DESC_UNUSED(tx_ring) >= IGB_TX_QUEUE_WAKE)) {
 		/* Make sure that anybody stopping the queue after this