diff --git a/ospfd/ospf_packet.c b/ospfd/ospf_packet.c
index 4bf4ae9597..861b4e022a 100644
--- a/ospfd/ospf_packet.c
+++ b/ospfd/ospf_packet.c
@@ -1486,12 +1486,8 @@ static void ospf_ls_req(struct ip *iph, struct ospf_header *ospfh,
 
 		/* Packet overflows MTU size, send immediately. */
 		if (length + ntohs(find->data->length) > ospf_packet_max(oi)) {
-			if (oi->type == OSPF_IFTYPE_NBMA)
-				ospf_ls_upd_send(nbr, ls_upd,
-						 OSPF_SEND_PACKET_DIRECT, 0);
-			else
-				ospf_ls_upd_send(nbr, ls_upd,
-						 OSPF_SEND_PACKET_INDIRECT, 0);
+			ospf_ls_upd_send(nbr, ls_upd,
+					 OSPF_SEND_PACKET_DIRECT, 0);
 
 			/* Only remove list contents.  Keep ls_upd. */
 			list_delete_all_node(ls_upd);
@@ -1508,12 +1504,7 @@ static void ospf_ls_req(struct ip *iph, struct ospf_header *ospfh,
 
 	/* Send rest of Link State Update. */
 	if (listcount(ls_upd) > 0) {
-		if (oi->type == OSPF_IFTYPE_NBMA)
-			ospf_ls_upd_send(nbr, ls_upd, OSPF_SEND_PACKET_DIRECT,
-					 0);
-		else
-			ospf_ls_upd_send(nbr, ls_upd, OSPF_SEND_PACKET_INDIRECT,
-					 0);
+		ospf_ls_upd_send(nbr, ls_upd, OSPF_SEND_PACKET_DIRECT, 0);
 
 		list_delete(&ls_upd);
 	} else