diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index dd3bf582e6f0a180c7fb0135fde35b3f0c6a8ac6..3f191da383f6197dedc6dcf5468d7b646d29a85a 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -3297,7 +3297,7 @@ static int enqueue_to_backlog(struct sk_buff *skb, int cpu,
 	rps_lock(sd);
 	qlen = skb_queue_len(&sd->input_pkt_queue);
 	if (qlen <= netdev_max_backlog && !skb_flow_limit(skb, qlen)) {
-		if (skb_queue_len(&sd->input_pkt_queue)) {
+		if (qlen) {
 enqueue:
 			__skb_queue_tail(&sd->input_pkt_queue, skb);
 			input_queue_tail_incr_save(sd, qtail);