diff --git a/sys/dev/mlx4/mlx4_en/mlx4_en_tx.c b/sys/dev/mlx4/mlx4_en/mlx4_en_tx.c
index 9a73c7571fd7..d45ccacd7499 100644
--- a/sys/dev/mlx4/mlx4_en/mlx4_en_tx.c
+++ b/sys/dev/mlx4/mlx4_en/mlx4_en_tx.c
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ int mlx4_en_xmit(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv, int tx_ind, struct mbuf **mbp)
 	dseg = &tx_desc->data;
 
 	/* send a copy of the frame to the BPF listener, if any */
-	if (ifp != NULL && if_getbpf(ifp) != NULL)
+	if (ifp != NULL)
 		ETHER_BPF_MTAP(ifp, mb);
 
 	/* get default flags */
diff --git a/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_en/mlx5_en_tx.c b/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_en/mlx5_en_tx.c
index 1f2820abc30e..3f70e8a818ea 100644
--- a/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_en/mlx5_en_tx.c
+++ b/sys/dev/mlx5/mlx5_en/mlx5_en_tx.c
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ mlx5e_sq_xmit(struct mlx5e_sq *sq, struct mbuf **mbp)
 	mb = *mbp;
 
 	/* Send a copy of the frame to the BPF listener, if any */
-	if (ifp != NULL && if_getbpf(ifp) != NULL)
+	if (ifp != NULL)
 		ETHER_BPF_MTAP(ifp, mb);
 
 	if (mb->m_pkthdr.csum_flags & (CSUM_IP | CSUM_TSO)) {