1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c
index 79ea35869e1e..90a76306ad0f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c
@@ -376,8 +376,13 @@ static int tse_rx(struct altera_tse_private *priv, int limit)
         u16 pktlength;
         u16 pktstatus;
 
-        while (((rxstatus = priv->dmaops->get_rx_status(priv)) != 0) &&
-               (count < limit))  {
+        /* Check for count < limit first as get_rx_status is changing
+        * the response-fifo so we must process the next packet
+        * after calling get_rx_status if a response is pending.
+        * (reading the last byte of the response pops the value from the fifo.)
+        */
+        while ((count < limit) &&
+               ((rxstatus = priv->dmaops->get_rx_status(priv)) != 0)) {
                 pktstatus = rxstatus >> 16;
                 pktlength = rxstatus & 0xffff;