diff --git a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c
index f7ee6baeaa..25afe5cd84 100644
--- a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c
+++ b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c
@@ -4619,18 +4619,21 @@ static int32_t hdd_add_tx_bitrate(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	/* report 16-bit bitrate only if we can */
 	bitrate_compat = bitrate < (1UL << 16) ? bitrate : 0;
 
-	if (bitrate > 0 &&
-	    nla_put_u32(skb, NL80211_RATE_INFO_BITRATE32, bitrate)) {
-		hdd_err("put fail bitrate: %u", bitrate);
-		goto fail;
+	if (bitrate > 0) {
+		if (nla_put_u32(skb, NL80211_RATE_INFO_BITRATE32, bitrate)) {
+			hdd_err("put fail bitrate: %u", bitrate);
+			goto fail;
+		}
 	} else {
 		hdd_err("Invalid bitrate: %u", bitrate);
 	}
 
-	if (bitrate_compat > 0 &&
-	    nla_put_u16(skb, NL80211_RATE_INFO_BITRATE, bitrate_compat)) {
-		hdd_err("put fail");
-		goto fail;
+	if (bitrate_compat > 0) {
+		if (nla_put_u16(skb, NL80211_RATE_INFO_BITRATE,
+				bitrate_compat)) {
+			hdd_err("put fail bitrate_compat: %u", bitrate_compat);
+			goto fail;
+		}
 	} else {
 		hdd_err("Invalid bitrate_compat: %u", bitrate_compat);
 	}