diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_ethtool.c
index ca276c0a4b8db84d62a0212eaca4ed93926b8e30..e79e91500a0cf82dd711499f06c4c22190f6d752 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_ethtool.c
@@ -971,15 +971,29 @@ u32 fm10k_get_reta_size(struct net_device __always_unused *netdev)
 
 void fm10k_write_reta(struct fm10k_intfc *interface, const u32 *indir)
 {
+	u16 rss_i = interface->ring_feature[RING_F_RSS].indices;
 	struct fm10k_hw *hw = &interface->hw;
-	int i;
+	u32 table[4];
+	int i, j;
 
 	/* record entries to reta table */
-	for (i = 0; i < FM10K_RETA_SIZE; i++, indir += 4) {
-		u32 reta = indir[0] |
-			   (indir[1] << 8) |
-			   (indir[2] << 16) |
-			   (indir[3] << 24);
+	for (i = 0; i < FM10K_RETA_SIZE; i++) {
+		u32 reta, n;
+
+		/* generate a new table if we weren't given one */
+		for (j = 0; j < 4; j++) {
+			if (indir)
+				n = indir[i + j];
+			else
+				n = ethtool_rxfh_indir_default(i + j, rss_i);
+
+			table[j] = n;
+		}
+
+		reta = table[0] |
+			(table[1] << 8) |
+			(table[2] << 16) |
+			(table[3] << 24);
 
 		if (interface->reta[i] == reta)
 			continue;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_main.c
index 58092e523bbe85f7246fb8f000881330173e856b..aca3e4762da7978432e7503aec3c9a9ce46cba0b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_main.c
@@ -1927,8 +1927,7 @@ static void fm10k_assign_rings(struct fm10k_intfc *interface)
 static void fm10k_init_reta(struct fm10k_intfc *interface)
 {
 	u16 i, rss_i = interface->ring_feature[RING_F_RSS].indices;
-	struct net_device *netdev = interface->netdev;
-	u32 reta, *indir;
+	u32 reta;
 
 	/* If the Rx flow indirection table has been configured manually, we
 	 * need to maintain it when possible.
@@ -1953,16 +1952,7 @@ static void fm10k_init_reta(struct fm10k_intfc *interface)
 	}
 
 repopulate_reta:
-	indir = kcalloc(fm10k_get_reta_size(netdev),
-			sizeof(indir[0]), GFP_KERNEL);
-
-	/* generate redirection table using the default kernel policy */
-	for (i = 0; i < fm10k_get_reta_size(netdev); i++)
-		indir[i] = ethtool_rxfh_indir_default(i, rss_i);
-
-	fm10k_write_reta(interface, indir);
-
-	kfree(indir);
+	fm10k_write_reta(interface, NULL);
 }
 
 /**