diff --git a/vu_common.c b/vu_common.c
index aa5ca7b..f43d8ac 100644
--- a/vu_common.c
+++ b/vu_common.c
@@ -195,15 +195,17 @@ static void vu_handle_tx(struct vu_dev *vdev, int index,
 				        hdrlen);
 		} else {
 			/* vnet header can be in a separate iovec */
-			if (elem[count].out_num != 2)
+			if (elem[count].out_num != 2) {
 				debug("virtio-net transmit queue contains more than one buffer ([%d]: %u)",
 				      count, elem[count].out_num);
-			if (elem[count].out_sg[0].iov_len != (size_t)hdrlen)
+			} else if (elem[count].out_sg[0].iov_len != (size_t)hdrlen) {
 				debug("virtio-net transmit queue entry not aligned on hdrlen ([%d]: %d != %zu)",
-				count, hdrlen, elem[count].out_sg[0].iov_len);
-			tap_add_packet(vdev->context,
-				       elem[count].out_sg[1].iov_len,
-				       (char *)elem[count].out_sg[1].iov_base);
+				      count, hdrlen, elem[count].out_sg[0].iov_len);
+			} else {
+				tap_add_packet(vdev->context,
+					       elem[count].out_sg[1].iov_len,
+					       (char *)elem[count].out_sg[1].iov_base);
+			}
 		}
 
 		count++;