diff --git a/ffd/send.c b/ffd/send.c
index c42b642..2121b58 100644
--- a/ffd/send.c
+++ b/ffd/send.c
@@ -213,11 +213,11 @@ void ffd_send_update(ffd_iface_t *iface, ffd_neigh_t *neigh, ffd_announce_t *ann
 				packet->len = 0;
 			}
 		}
+	}
 
-		if (packet->len) {
-			if (!send_eth(addr, iface->ifindex, packet, sizeof(ffd_packet_t)+ntohs(packet->len)))
-				fprintf(stderr, "send_eth: %m\n");
-		}
+	if (packet->len) {
+		if (!send_eth(addr, iface->ifindex, packet, sizeof(ffd_packet_t)+ntohs(packet->len)))
+			fprintf(stderr, "send_eth: %m\n");
 	}
 }