diff --git a/src/tbf_ul.cpp b/src/tbf_ul.cpp
index 063d0ff..ff291ef 100644
--- a/src/tbf_ul.cpp
+++ b/src/tbf_ul.cpp
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@
 	uint32_t new_poll_fn = 0;
 
 	if (final) {
-		if (poll_scheduled() && ul_ack_state_is(GPRS_RLCMAC_UL_ACK_WAIT_ACK)) {
+		if (ul_ack_state_is(GPRS_RLCMAC_UL_ACK_WAIT_ACK)) {
 			LOGPTBFUL(this, LOGL_DEBUG,
 				  "Polling is already scheduled, so we must wait for the final uplink ack...\n");
 			return NULL;