diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_vec.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_vec.c
index d335c334fa56..82582fa54d5d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_vec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_vec.c
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ static int aq_vec_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 			}
 		}
 
+err_exit:
 		if (!was_tx_cleaned)
 			work_done = budget;
 
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ static int aq_vec_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 					1U << self->aq_ring_param.vec_idx);
 		}
 	}
-err_exit:
+
 	return work_done;
 }