diff --git a/man/systemd.link.xml b/man/systemd.link.xml
index e04618340b..34d4834cca 100644
--- a/man/systemd.link.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.link.xml
@@ -691,13 +691,15 @@
       <varlistentry>
         <term><varname>RxBufferSize=</varname></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Takes a integer. Specifies the NIC receive ring buffer size. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
+          <para>Takes an integer. Specifies the maximum number of pending packets in the NIC receive buffer.
+          When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
       <varlistentry>
         <term><varname>TxBufferSize=</varname></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Takes a integer. Specifies the NIC transmit ring buffer size. When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
+          <para>Takes an integer. Specifies the maximum number of pending packets in the NIC transmit buffer.
+          When unset, the kernel's default will be used.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
       <varlistentry>
diff --git a/src/shared/ethtool-util.c b/src/shared/ethtool-util.c
index fe29af24d0..703e48025e 100644
--- a/src/shared/ethtool-util.c
+++ b/src/shared/ethtool-util.c
@@ -431,18 +431,14 @@ int ethtool_set_nic_buffer_size(int *ethtool_fd, const char *ifname, netdev_ring
         if (r < 0)
                 return -errno;
 
-        if (ring->rx_pending_set) {
-                if (ecmd.rx_pending != ring->rx_pending) {
-                        ecmd.rx_pending = ring->rx_pending;
-                        need_update = true;
-                }
+        if (ring->rx_pending_set && ecmd.rx_pending != ring->rx_pending) {
+                ecmd.rx_pending = ring->rx_pending;
+                need_update = true;
         }
 
-        if (ring->tx_pending_set) {
-                   if (ecmd.tx_pending != ring->tx_pending) {
-                           ecmd.tx_pending = ring->tx_pending;
-                           need_update = true;
-                }
+        if (ring->tx_pending_set && ecmd.tx_pending != ring->tx_pending) {
+                ecmd.tx_pending = ring->tx_pending;
+                need_update = true;
         }
 
         if (need_update) {