diff --git a/drivers/net/macb.c b/drivers/net/macb.c
index 9fcc717f4d1..e82aee41d77 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macb.c
@@ -521,27 +521,10 @@ static int macb_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 	macb_writel(bp, RSR, status);
 
 	work_done = 0;
-	if (!status) {
-		/*
-		 * This may happen if an interrupt was pending before
-		 * this function was called last time, and no packets
-		 * have been received since.
-		 */
-		napi_complete(napi);
-		goto out;
-	}
 
 	dev_dbg(&bp->pdev->dev, "poll: status = %08lx, budget = %d\n",
 		(unsigned long)status, budget);
 
-	if (!(status & MACB_BIT(REC))) {
-		dev_warn(&bp->pdev->dev,
-			 "No RX buffers complete, status = %02lx\n",
-			 (unsigned long)status);
-		napi_complete(napi);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
 	work_done = macb_rx(bp, budget);
 	if (work_done < budget)
 		napi_complete(napi);
@@ -550,7 +533,6 @@ static int macb_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 	 * We've done what we can to clean the buffers. Make sure we
 	 * get notified when new packets arrive.
 	 */
-out:
 	macb_writel(bp, IER, MACB_RX_INT_FLAGS);
 
 	/* TODO: Handle errors */