diff --git a/lib/bdev/virtio/bdev_virtio.c b/lib/bdev/virtio/bdev_virtio.c
index c5582d2b8..f8e224b84 100644
--- a/lib/bdev/virtio/bdev_virtio.c
+++ b/lib/bdev/virtio/bdev_virtio.c
@@ -134,30 +134,17 @@ bdev_virtio_rw(struct spdk_io_channel *ch, struct spdk_bdev_io *bdev_io)
 	req->lun[0] = 1;
 	req->lun[1] = 0;
 
-	if (is_read) {
-		vreq->iov = bdev_io->u.bdev.iovs;
-		vreq->iovcnt = bdev_io->u.bdev.iovcnt;
-		if (disk->num_blocks > (1ULL << 32)) {
-			req->cdb[0] = SPDK_SBC_READ_16;
-			to_be64(&req->cdb[2], bdev_io->u.bdev.offset_blocks);
-			to_be32(&req->cdb[10], bdev_io->u.bdev.num_blocks);
-		} else {
-			req->cdb[0] = SPDK_SBC_READ_10;
-			to_be32(&req->cdb[2], bdev_io->u.bdev.offset_blocks);
-			to_be16(&req->cdb[7], bdev_io->u.bdev.num_blocks);
-		}
+	vreq->iov = bdev_io->u.bdev.iovs;
+	vreq->iovcnt = bdev_io->u.bdev.iovcnt;
+
+	if (disk->num_blocks > (1ULL << 32)) {
+		req->cdb[0] = is_read ? SPDK_SBC_READ_16 : SPDK_SBC_WRITE_16;
+		to_be64(&req->cdb[2], bdev_io->u.bdev.offset_blocks);
+		to_be32(&req->cdb[10], bdev_io->u.bdev.num_blocks);
 	} else {
-		vreq->iov = bdev_io->u.bdev.iovs;
-		vreq->iovcnt = bdev_io->u.bdev.iovcnt;
-		if (disk->num_blocks > (1ULL << 32)) {
-			req->cdb[0] = SPDK_SBC_WRITE_16;
-			to_be64(&req->cdb[2], bdev_io->u.bdev.offset_blocks);
-			to_be32(&req->cdb[10], bdev_io->u.bdev.num_blocks);
-		} else {
-			req->cdb[0] = SPDK_SBC_WRITE_10;
-			to_be32(&req->cdb[2], bdev_io->u.bdev.offset_blocks);
-			to_be16(&req->cdb[7], bdev_io->u.bdev.num_blocks);
-		}
+		req->cdb[0] = is_read ? SPDK_SBC_READ_10 : SPDK_SBC_WRITE_10;
+		to_be32(&req->cdb[2], bdev_io->u.bdev.offset_blocks);
+		to_be16(&req->cdb[7], bdev_io->u.bdev.num_blocks);
 	}
 
 	virtio_xmit_pkts(disk->vdev->vqs[2], vreq);