diff --git a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
index 0578864792b60e..beebe09eb88ff3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
@@ -2034,8 +2034,8 @@ vmxnet3_rq_destroy_all_rxdataring(struct vmxnet3_adapter *adapter)
 					  rq->data_ring.base,
 					  rq->data_ring.basePA);
 			rq->data_ring.base = NULL;
-			rq->data_ring.desc_size = 0;
 		}
+		rq->data_ring.desc_size = 0;
 	}
 }