diff --git a/sys/dev/ixgbe/ixgbe.c b/sys/dev/ixgbe/ixgbe.c
index 091c3058b7b..37a20adba8d 100644
--- a/sys/dev/ixgbe/ixgbe.c
+++ b/sys/dev/ixgbe/ixgbe.c
@@ -1368,7 +1368,7 @@ ixgbe_handle_que(void *context, int pending)
 			ixgbe_start_locked(txr, ifp);
 #endif
 		IXGBE_TX_UNLOCK(txr);
-		if (more || (ifp->if_drv_flags & IFF_DRV_OACTIVE)) {
+		if (more) {
 			taskqueue_enqueue(que->tq, &que->que_task);
 			return;
 		}