diff --git a/hw/net/imx_fec.c b/hw/net/imx_fec.c
index 8b2e4b8ffe..eb034ffd0c 100644
--- a/hw/net/imx_fec.c
+++ b/hw/net/imx_fec.c
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ static void imx_eth_do_tx(IMXFECState *s)
     }
 }
 
-static void imx_eth_enable_rx(IMXFECState *s)
+static void imx_eth_enable_rx(IMXFECState *s, bool flush)
 {
     IMXFECBufDesc bd;
     bool rx_ring_full;
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ static void imx_eth_enable_rx(IMXFECState *s)
 
     if (rx_ring_full) {
         FEC_PRINTF("RX buffer full\n");
-    } else if (!s->regs[ENET_RDAR]) {
+    } else if (flush) {
         qemu_flush_queued_packets(qemu_get_queue(s->nic));
     }
 
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ static void imx_eth_write(void *opaque, hwaddr offset, uint64_t value,
         if (s->regs[ENET_ECR] & ENET_ECR_ETHEREN) {
             if (!s->regs[index]) {
                 s->regs[index] = ENET_RDAR_RDAR;
-                imx_eth_enable_rx(s);
+                imx_eth_enable_rx(s, true);
             }
         } else {
             s->regs[index] = 0;
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ static int imx_eth_can_receive(NetClientState *nc)
 
     FEC_PRINTF("\n");
 
-    return s->regs[ENET_RDAR] ? 1 : 0;
+    return !!s->regs[ENET_RDAR];
 }
 
 static ssize_t imx_fec_receive(NetClientState *nc, const uint8_t *buf,
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@ static ssize_t imx_fec_receive(NetClientState *nc, const uint8_t *buf,
         }
     }
     s->rx_descriptor = addr;
-    imx_eth_enable_rx(s);
+    imx_eth_enable_rx(s, false);
     imx_eth_update(s);
     return len;
 }
@@ -1116,7 +1116,7 @@ static ssize_t imx_enet_receive(NetClientState *nc, const uint8_t *buf,
         }
     }
     s->rx_descriptor = addr;
-    imx_eth_enable_rx(s);
+    imx_eth_enable_rx(s, false);
     imx_eth_update(s);
     return len;
 }