diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.c
index 7e3a621b9c0d..bc2dfef0de22 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ralink/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.c
@@ -349,8 +349,7 @@ static void rt2x00usb_work_rxdone(struct work_struct *work)
 	while (!rt2x00queue_empty(rt2x00dev->rx)) {
 		entry = rt2x00queue_get_entry(rt2x00dev->rx, Q_INDEX_DONE);
 
-		if (test_bit(ENTRY_OWNER_DEVICE_DATA, &entry->flags) ||
-		    !test_bit(ENTRY_DATA_STATUS_PENDING, &entry->flags))
+		if (test_bit(ENTRY_OWNER_DEVICE_DATA, &entry->flags))
 			break;
 
 		/*
@@ -389,8 +388,7 @@ static void rt2x00usb_interrupt_rxdone(struct urb *urb)
 	rt2x00lib_dmadone(entry);
 
 	/*
-	 * Schedule the delayed work for reading the RX status
-	 * from the device.
+	 * Schedule the delayed work for processing RX data
 	 */
 	queue_work(rt2x00dev->workqueue, &rt2x00dev->rxdone_work);
 }
@@ -402,8 +400,7 @@ static bool rt2x00usb_kick_rx_entry(struct queue_entry *entry, void *data)
 	struct queue_entry_priv_usb *entry_priv = entry->priv_data;
 	int status;
 
-	if (test_and_set_bit(ENTRY_OWNER_DEVICE_DATA, &entry->flags) ||
-	    test_bit(ENTRY_DATA_STATUS_PENDING, &entry->flags))
+	if (test_and_set_bit(ENTRY_OWNER_DEVICE_DATA, &entry->flags))
 		return false;
 
 	rt2x00lib_dmastart(entry);