diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa/dpaa_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa/dpaa_eth.c
index e3ac9ec54c7c..ca74a684a904 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa/dpaa_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa/dpaa_eth.c
@@ -2845,9 +2845,7 @@ static inline u16 dpaa_get_headroom(struct dpaa_buffer_layout *bl)
 	headroom = (u16)(bl->priv_data_size + DPAA_PARSE_RESULTS_SIZE +
 		DPAA_TIME_STAMP_SIZE + DPAA_HASH_RESULTS_SIZE);
 
-	return DPAA_FD_DATA_ALIGNMENT ? ALIGN(headroom,
-					      DPAA_FD_DATA_ALIGNMENT) :
-					headroom;
+	return ALIGN(headroom, DPAA_FD_DATA_ALIGNMENT);
 }
 
 static int dpaa_eth_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)