diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/emac/emac-mac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/emac/emac-mac.c
index 0f5ece5d9507fdaf186594192ccee49de2884419..9cbb27263742bf0506684bd2e76d517037217475 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/emac/emac-mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/emac/emac-mac.c
@@ -734,11 +734,6 @@ static int emac_rx_descs_alloc(struct emac_adapter *adpt)
 	rx_q->rrd.size = rx_q->rrd.count * (adpt->rrd_size * 4);
 	rx_q->rfd.size = rx_q->rfd.count * (adpt->rfd_size * 4);
 
-	/* Check if the RRD and RFD are aligned properly, and if not, adjust. */
-	if (upper_32_bits(ring_header->dma_addr) !=
-	    upper_32_bits(ring_header->dma_addr + ALIGN(rx_q->rrd.size, 8)))
-		ring_header->used = ALIGN(rx_q->rrd.size, 8);
-
 	rx_q->rrd.dma_addr = ring_header->dma_addr + ring_header->used;
 	rx_q->rrd.v_addr   = ring_header->v_addr + ring_header->used;
 	ring_header->used += ALIGN(rx_q->rrd.size, 8);
@@ -772,18 +767,11 @@ int emac_mac_rx_tx_rings_alloc_all(struct emac_adapter *adpt)
 
 	/* Ring DMA buffer. Each ring may need up to 8 bytes for alignment,
 	 * hence the additional padding bytes are allocated.
-	 *
-	 * Also double the memory allocated for the RRD so that we can
-	 * re-align it if necessary.  The EMAC has a restriction that the
-	 * upper 32 bits of the base addresses for the RFD and RRD rings
-	 * must be the same.  It is extremely unlikely that this is not the
-	 * case, since the rings are only a few KB in size.  However, we
-	 * need to check for this anyway, and if the two rings are not
-	 * compliant, then we re-align.
 	 */
-	ring_header->size = ALIGN(num_tx_descs * (adpt->tpd_size * 4), 8) +
-			    ALIGN(num_rx_descs * (adpt->rfd_size * 4), 8) +
-			    ALIGN(num_rx_descs * (adpt->rrd_size * 4), 8) * 2;
+	ring_header->size = num_tx_descs * (adpt->tpd_size * 4) +
+			    num_rx_descs * (adpt->rfd_size * 4) +
+			    num_rx_descs * (adpt->rrd_size * 4) +
+			    8 + 2 * 8; /* 8 byte per one Tx and two Rx rings */
 
 	ring_header->used = 0;
 	ring_header->v_addr = dma_zalloc_coherent(dev, ring_header->size,
@@ -792,23 +780,26 @@ int emac_mac_rx_tx_rings_alloc_all(struct emac_adapter *adpt)
 	if (!ring_header->v_addr)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	ret = emac_rx_descs_alloc(adpt);
-	if (ret) {
-		netdev_err(adpt->netdev, "error: Rx Queue alloc failed\n");
-		goto err_alloc_rx;
-	}
+	ring_header->used = ALIGN(ring_header->dma_addr, 8) -
+							ring_header->dma_addr;
 
 	ret = emac_tx_q_desc_alloc(adpt, &adpt->tx_q);
 	if (ret) {
-		netdev_err(adpt->netdev, "transmit queue allocation failed\n");
+		netdev_err(adpt->netdev, "error: Tx Queue alloc failed\n");
 		goto err_alloc_tx;
 	}
 
+	ret = emac_rx_descs_alloc(adpt);
+	if (ret) {
+		netdev_err(adpt->netdev, "error: Rx Queue alloc failed\n");
+		goto err_alloc_rx;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 
-err_alloc_tx:
-	emac_rx_q_bufs_free(adpt);
 err_alloc_rx:
+	emac_tx_q_bufs_free(adpt);
+err_alloc_tx:
 	dma_free_coherent(dev, ring_header->size,
 			  ring_header->v_addr, ring_header->dma_addr);