diff --git a/drivers/net/team/team_core.c b/drivers/net/team/team_core.c
index beffbe450612..ca75f08e3c59 100644
--- a/drivers/net/team/team_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/team/team_core.c
@@ -820,7 +820,8 @@ static struct list_head *__team_get_qom_list(struct team *team, u16 queue_id)
 /*
  * note: already called with rcu_read_lock
  */
-static bool team_queue_override_transmit(struct team *team, struct sk_buff *skb)
+static bool team_queue_override_transmit(struct team *team, struct sk_buff *skb,
+					 bool *tx_success)
 {
 	struct list_head *qom_list;
 	struct team_port *port;
@@ -828,11 +829,11 @@ static bool team_queue_override_transmit(struct team *team, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (!team->queue_override_enabled || !skb->queue_mapping)
 		return false;
 	qom_list = __team_get_qom_list(team, skb->queue_mapping);
-	list_for_each_entry_rcu(port, qom_list, qom_list) {
-		if (!team_dev_queue_xmit(team, port, skb))
-			return true;
-	}
-	return false;
+	port = list_first_or_null_rcu(qom_list, struct team_port, qom_list);
+	if (!port)
+		return false;
+	*tx_success = !team_dev_queue_xmit(team, port, skb);
+	return true;
 }
 
 static void __team_queue_override_port_del(struct team *team,
@@ -1864,8 +1865,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t team_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	bool tx_success;
 	unsigned int len = skb->len;
 
-	tx_success = team_queue_override_transmit(team, skb);
-	if (!tx_success)
+	if (!team_queue_override_transmit(team, skb, &tx_success))
 		tx_success = READ_ONCE(team->ops.transmit)(team, skb);
 	if (tx_success) {
 		struct team_pcpu_stats *pcpu_stats;