1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
index c9127562bd22..21978cc019e7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
@@ -292,6 +292,18 @@ failure:
         atomic_add(buffers_added, &(pool->available));
 }
 
+/*
+ * The final 8 bytes of the buffer list is a counter of frames dropped
+ * because there was not a buffer in the buffer list capable of holding
+ * the frame.
+ */
+static void ibmveth_update_rx_no_buffer(struct ibmveth_adapter *adapter)
+{
+        __be64 *p = adapter->buffer_list_addr + 4096 - 8;
+
+        adapter->rx_no_buffer = be64_to_cpup(p);
+}
+
 /* replenish routine */
 static void ibmveth_replenish_task(struct ibmveth_adapter *adapter)
 {
@@ -307,8 +319,7 @@ static void ibmveth_replenish_task(struct ibmveth_adapter *adapter)
                         ibmveth_replenish_buffer_pool(adapter, pool);
         }
 
-        adapter->rx_no_buffer = *(u64 *)(((char*)adapter->buffer_list_addr) +
-                                                4096 - 8);
+        ibmveth_update_rx_no_buffer(adapter);
 }
 
 /* empty and free ana buffer pool - also used to do cleanup in error paths */
@@ -698,8 +709,7 @@ static int ibmveth_close(struct net_device *netdev)
 
         free_irq(netdev->irq, netdev);
 
-        adapter->rx_no_buffer = *(u64 *)(((char *)adapter->buffer_list_addr) +
-                                                4096 - 8);
+        ibmveth_update_rx_no_buffer(adapter);
 
         ibmveth_cleanup(adapter);