skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, rx_ring->netdev);
 }
 
+/**
+ * ixgbevf_is_non_eop - process handling of non-EOP buffers
+ * @rx_ring: Rx ring being processed
+ * @rx_desc: Rx descriptor for current buffer
+ * @skb: current socket buffer containing buffer in progress
+ *
+ * This function updates next to clean.  If the buffer is an EOP buffer
+ * this function exits returning false, otherwise it will place the
+ * sk_buff in the next buffer to be chained and return true indicating
+ * that this is in fact a non-EOP buffer.
+ **/
+static bool ixgbevf_is_non_eop(struct ixgbevf_ring *rx_ring,
+                              union ixgbe_adv_rx_desc *rx_desc,
+                              struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+       u32 ntc = rx_ring->next_to_clean + 1;
+
+       /* fetch, update, and store next to clean */
+       ntc = (ntc < rx_ring->count) ? ntc : 0;
+       rx_ring->next_to_clean = ntc;
+
+       prefetch(IXGBEVF_RX_DESC(rx_ring, ntc));
+
+       if (likely(ixgbevf_test_staterr(rx_desc, IXGBE_RXD_STAT_EOP)))
+               return false;
+
+       return true;
+}
+
 static bool ixgbevf_alloc_mapped_skb(struct ixgbevf_ring *rx_ring,
                                     struct ixgbevf_rx_buffer *bi)
 {
                                struct ixgbevf_ring *rx_ring,
                                int budget)
 {
-       unsigned int i;
        unsigned int total_rx_bytes = 0, total_rx_packets = 0;
        u16 cleaned_count = ixgbevf_desc_unused(rx_ring);
 
-       i = rx_ring->next_to_clean;
-
        do {
-               union ixgbe_adv_rx_desc *rx_desc, *next_rxd;
+               union ixgbe_adv_rx_desc *rx_desc;
                struct ixgbevf_rx_buffer *rx_buffer;
                struct sk_buff *skb;
+               u16 ntc;
 
                /* return some buffers to hardware, one at a time is too slow */
                if (cleaned_count >= IXGBEVF_RX_BUFFER_WRITE) {
                        cleaned_count = 0;
                }
 
-               rx_desc = IXGBEVF_RX_DESC(rx_ring, i);
-               rx_buffer = &rx_ring->rx_buffer_info[i];
+               ntc = rx_ring->next_to_clean;
+               rx_desc = IXGBEVF_RX_DESC(rx_ring, ntc);
+               rx_buffer = &rx_ring->rx_buffer_info[ntc];
 
                if (!ixgbevf_test_staterr(rx_desc, IXGBE_RXD_STAT_DD))
                        break;
 
                cleaned_count++;
 
-               i++;
-               if (i == rx_ring->count)
-                       i = 0;
-
-               next_rxd = IXGBEVF_RX_DESC(rx_ring, i);
-               prefetch(next_rxd);
-
-               if (!(ixgbevf_test_staterr(rx_desc, IXGBE_RXD_STAT_EOP))) {
-                       skb->next = rx_ring->rx_buffer_info[i].skb;
-                       IXGBE_CB(skb->next)->prev = skb;
-                       rx_ring->rx_stats.non_eop_descs++;
+               /* place incomplete frames back on ring for completion */
+               if (ixgbevf_is_non_eop(rx_ring, rx_desc, skb))
                        continue;
-               }
 
                /* we should not be chaining buffers, if we did drop the skb */
                if (IXGBE_CB(skb)->prev) {
                budget--;
        } while (likely(budget));
 
-       rx_ring->next_to_clean = i;
        u64_stats_update_begin(&rx_ring->syncp);
        rx_ring->stats.packets += total_rx_packets;
        rx_ring->stats.bytes += total_rx_bytes;