diff --git a/tx.c b/tx.c
index 44355e20..6b8c9dc8 100644
--- a/tx.c
+++ b/tx.c
@@ -490,8 +490,7 @@ mt76_txq_send_burst(struct mt76_phy *phy, struct mt76_queue *q,
 		n_frames++;
 	} while (1);
 
-	if (n_frames)
-		dev->queue_ops->kick(dev, q);
+	dev->queue_ops->kick(dev, q);
 
 	return n_frames;
 }