diff --git a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_endpoint.c b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_endpoint.c
index 53764f3c0c7e..55322800ba58 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_endpoint.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_endpoint.c
@@ -587,19 +587,23 @@ static void ipa_endpoint_init_hdr_ext(struct ipa_endpoint *endpoint)
 	struct ipa *ipa = endpoint->ipa;
 	u32 val = 0;
 
-	val |= HDR_ENDIANNESS_FMASK;		/* big endian */
+	if (endpoint->data->qmap) {
+		/* We have a header, so we must specify its endianness */
+		val |= HDR_ENDIANNESS_FMASK;	/* big endian */
 
-	/* A QMAP header contains a 6 bit pad field at offset 0.  The RMNet
-	 * driver assumes this field is meaningful in packets it receives,
-	 * and assumes the header's payload length includes that padding.
-	 * The RMNet driver does *not* pad packets it sends, however, so
-	 * the pad field (although 0) should be ignored.
-	 */
-	if (endpoint->data->qmap && !endpoint->toward_ipa) {
-		val |= HDR_TOTAL_LEN_OR_PAD_VALID_FMASK;
-		/* HDR_TOTAL_LEN_OR_PAD is 0 (pad, not total_len) */
-		val |= HDR_PAYLOAD_LEN_INC_PADDING_FMASK;
-		/* HDR_TOTAL_LEN_OR_PAD_OFFSET is 0 */
+		/* A QMAP header contains a 6 bit pad field at offset 0.
+		 * The RMNet driver assumes this field is meaningful in
+		 * packets it receives, and assumes the header's payload
+		 * length includes that padding.  The RMNet driver does
+		 * *not* pad packets it sends, however, so the pad field
+		 * (although 0) should be ignored.
+		 */
+		if (!endpoint->toward_ipa) {
+			val |= HDR_TOTAL_LEN_OR_PAD_VALID_FMASK;
+			/* HDR_TOTAL_LEN_OR_PAD is 0 (pad, not total_len) */
+			val |= HDR_PAYLOAD_LEN_INC_PADDING_FMASK;
+			/* HDR_TOTAL_LEN_OR_PAD_OFFSET is 0 */
+		}
 	}
 
 	/* HDR_PAYLOAD_LEN_INC_PADDING is 0 */
@@ -759,8 +763,6 @@ static void ipa_endpoint_init_aggr(struct ipa_endpoint *endpoint)
 
 			close_eof = rx_data->aggr_close_eof;
 			val |= aggr_sw_eof_active_encoded(version, close_eof);
-
-			/* AGGR_HARD_BYTE_LIMIT_ENABLE is 0 */
 		} else {
 			val |= u32_encode_bits(IPA_ENABLE_DEAGGR,
 					       AGGR_EN_FMASK);