diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c
index 40283001b0..a4e37ef379 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx.c
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ virtqueue_enqueue_xmit_inorder(struct virtnet_tx *txvq,
 		if (!vq->hw->has_tx_offload)
 			virtqueue_clear_net_hdr(hdr);
 		else
-			virtqueue_xmit_offload(hdr, cookies[i], true);
+			virtqueue_xmit_offload(hdr, cookies[i]);
 
 		start_dp[idx].addr  = rte_mbuf_data_iova(cookies[i]) - head_size;
 		start_dp[idx].len   = cookies[i]->data_len + head_size;
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ virtqueue_enqueue_xmit_packed_fast(struct virtnet_tx *txvq,
 	if (!vq->hw->has_tx_offload)
 		virtqueue_clear_net_hdr(hdr);
 	else
-		virtqueue_xmit_offload(hdr, cookie, true);
+		virtqueue_xmit_offload(hdr, cookie);
 
 	dp->addr = rte_mbuf_data_iova(cookie) - head_size;
 	dp->len  = cookie->data_len + head_size;
@@ -581,7 +581,8 @@ virtqueue_enqueue_xmit(struct virtnet_tx *txvq, struct rte_mbuf *cookie,
 		idx = start_dp[idx].next;
 	}
 
-	virtqueue_xmit_offload(hdr, cookie, vq->hw->has_tx_offload);
+	if (vq->hw->has_tx_offload)
+		virtqueue_xmit_offload(hdr, cookie);
 
 	do {
 		start_dp[idx].addr  = rte_mbuf_data_iova(cookie);
diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx_packed_avx.h b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx_packed_avx.h
index 49e845d02a..33cac3244f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx_packed_avx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx_packed_avx.h
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ virtqueue_enqueue_batch_packed_vec(struct virtnet_tx *txvq,
 		virtio_for_each_try_unroll(i, 0, PACKED_BATCH_SIZE) {
 			hdr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(tx_pkts[i],
 					struct virtio_net_hdr *, -head_size);
-			virtqueue_xmit_offload(hdr, tx_pkts[i], true);
+			virtqueue_xmit_offload(hdr, tx_pkts[i]);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx_packed_neon.h b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx_packed_neon.h
index 851c81f312..1a49caf8af 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx_packed_neon.h
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_rxtx_packed_neon.h
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ virtqueue_enqueue_batch_packed_vec(struct virtnet_tx *txvq,
 		virtio_for_each_try_unroll(i, 0, PACKED_BATCH_SIZE) {
 			hdr = rte_pktmbuf_mtod_offset(tx_pkts[i],
 					struct virtio_net_hdr *, -head_size);
-			virtqueue_xmit_offload(hdr, tx_pkts[i], true);
+			virtqueue_xmit_offload(hdr, tx_pkts[i]);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio/virtqueue.h b/drivers/net/virtio/virtqueue.h
index 2e8826bc28..41a9b82a5f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio/virtqueue.h
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio/virtqueue.h
@@ -613,52 +613,44 @@ virtqueue_notify(struct virtqueue *vq)
 } while (0)
 
 static inline void
-virtqueue_xmit_offload(struct virtio_net_hdr *hdr,
-			struct rte_mbuf *cookie,
-			uint8_t offload)
+virtqueue_xmit_offload(struct virtio_net_hdr *hdr, struct rte_mbuf *cookie)
 {
-	if (offload) {
-		uint64_t csum_l4 = cookie->ol_flags & PKT_TX_L4_MASK;
-
-		if (cookie->ol_flags & PKT_TX_TCP_SEG)
-			csum_l4 |= PKT_TX_TCP_CKSUM;
-
-		switch (csum_l4) {
-		case PKT_TX_UDP_CKSUM:
-			hdr->csum_start = cookie->l2_len + cookie->l3_len;
-			hdr->csum_offset = offsetof(struct rte_udp_hdr,
-				dgram_cksum);
-			hdr->flags = VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM;
-			break;
-
-		case PKT_TX_TCP_CKSUM:
-			hdr->csum_start = cookie->l2_len + cookie->l3_len;
-			hdr->csum_offset = offsetof(struct rte_tcp_hdr, cksum);
-			hdr->flags = VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM;
-			break;
-
-		default:
-			ASSIGN_UNLESS_EQUAL(hdr->csum_start, 0);
-			ASSIGN_UNLESS_EQUAL(hdr->csum_offset, 0);
-			ASSIGN_UNLESS_EQUAL(hdr->flags, 0);
-			break;
-		}
+	uint64_t csum_l4 = cookie->ol_flags & PKT_TX_L4_MASK;
+
+	if (cookie->ol_flags & PKT_TX_TCP_SEG)
+		csum_l4 |= PKT_TX_TCP_CKSUM;
+
+	switch (csum_l4) {
+	case PKT_TX_UDP_CKSUM:
+		hdr->csum_start = cookie->l2_len + cookie->l3_len;
+		hdr->csum_offset = offsetof(struct rte_udp_hdr, dgram_cksum);
+		hdr->flags = VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM;
+		break;
+
+	case PKT_TX_TCP_CKSUM:
+		hdr->csum_start = cookie->l2_len + cookie->l3_len;
+		hdr->csum_offset = offsetof(struct rte_tcp_hdr, cksum);
+		hdr->flags = VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM;
+		break;
+
+	default:
+		ASSIGN_UNLESS_EQUAL(hdr->csum_start, 0);
+		ASSIGN_UNLESS_EQUAL(hdr->csum_offset, 0);
+		ASSIGN_UNLESS_EQUAL(hdr->flags, 0);
+		break;
+	}
 
-		/* TCP Segmentation Offload */
-		if (cookie->ol_flags & PKT_TX_TCP_SEG) {
-			hdr->gso_type = (cookie->ol_flags & PKT_TX_IPV6) ?
-				VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_TCPV6 :
-				VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_TCPV4;
-			hdr->gso_size = cookie->tso_segsz;
-			hdr->hdr_len =
-				cookie->l2_len +
-				cookie->l3_len +
-				cookie->l4_len;
-		} else {
-			ASSIGN_UNLESS_EQUAL(hdr->gso_type, 0);
-			ASSIGN_UNLESS_EQUAL(hdr->gso_size, 0);
-			ASSIGN_UNLESS_EQUAL(hdr->hdr_len, 0);
-		}
+	/* TCP Segmentation Offload */
+	if (cookie->ol_flags & PKT_TX_TCP_SEG) {
+		hdr->gso_type = (cookie->ol_flags & PKT_TX_IPV6) ?
+			VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_TCPV6 :
+			VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_TCPV4;
+		hdr->gso_size = cookie->tso_segsz;
+		hdr->hdr_len = cookie->l2_len + cookie->l3_len + cookie->l4_len;
+	} else {
+		ASSIGN_UNLESS_EQUAL(hdr->gso_type, 0);
+		ASSIGN_UNLESS_EQUAL(hdr->gso_size, 0);
+		ASSIGN_UNLESS_EQUAL(hdr->hdr_len, 0);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -737,7 +729,8 @@ virtqueue_enqueue_xmit_packed(struct virtnet_tx *txvq, struct rte_mbuf *cookie,
 		}
 	}
 
-	virtqueue_xmit_offload(hdr, cookie, vq->hw->has_tx_offload);
+	if (vq->hw->has_tx_offload)
+		virtqueue_xmit_offload(hdr, cookie);
 
 	do {
 		uint16_t flags;
