diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf.h
index 8971e2d0a984d74055b788742190f9654fb5ac13..eaaa3ecacfd7d338abd723c0f2826b685feb19f7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf.h
@@ -86,9 +86,7 @@ struct ixgbevf_ring {
 	u64 bp_misses;
 	u64 bp_cleaned;
 #endif
-
-	u16 head;
-	u16 tail;
+	u8 __iomem *tail;
 
 	u16 reg_idx; /* holds the special value that gets the hardware register
 		      * offset associated with this ring, which is different
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
index 92ef4cb5a8e8e1f3d4de0e457399861ab2d1b8bf..84b55fe71546ef3526d55ee6b4a1c70d7dddd376 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
@@ -98,10 +98,11 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "Debug level (0=none,...,16=all)");
 static void ixgbevf_set_itr(struct ixgbevf_q_vector *q_vector);
 static void ixgbevf_free_all_rx_resources(struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter);
 
-static inline void ixgbevf_release_rx_desc(struct ixgbe_hw *hw,
-					   struct ixgbevf_ring *rx_ring,
+static inline void ixgbevf_release_rx_desc(struct ixgbevf_ring *rx_ring,
 					   u32 val)
 {
+	rx_ring->next_to_use = val;
+
 	/*
 	 * Force memory writes to complete before letting h/w
 	 * know there are new descriptors to fetch.  (Only
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ static inline void ixgbevf_release_rx_desc(struct ixgbe_hw *hw,
 	 * such as IA-64).
 	 */
 	wmb();
-	IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_VFRDT(rx_ring->reg_idx), val);
+	writel(val, rx_ring->tail);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -406,10 +407,8 @@ static void ixgbevf_alloc_rx_buffers(struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter,
 	}
 
 no_buffers:
-	if (rx_ring->next_to_use != i) {
-		rx_ring->next_to_use = i;
-		ixgbevf_release_rx_desc(&adapter->hw, rx_ring, i);
-	}
+	if (rx_ring->next_to_use != i)
+		ixgbevf_release_rx_desc(rx_ring, i);
 }
 
 static inline void ixgbevf_irq_enable_queues(struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter,
@@ -1110,8 +1109,9 @@ static void ixgbevf_configure_tx(struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter)
 		IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_VFTDLEN(j), tdlen);
 		IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_VFTDH(j), 0);
 		IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_VFTDT(j), 0);
-		adapter->tx_ring[i].head = IXGBE_VFTDH(j);
-		adapter->tx_ring[i].tail = IXGBE_VFTDT(j);
+		ring->tail = hw->hw_addr + IXGBE_VFTDT(j);
+		ring->next_to_clean = 0;
+		ring->next_to_use = 0;
 		/* Disable Tx Head Writeback RO bit, since this hoses
 		 * bookkeeping if things aren't delivered in order.
 		 */
@@ -1208,20 +1208,22 @@ static void ixgbevf_configure_rx(struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter)
 	/* set_rx_buffer_len must be called before ring initialization */
 	ixgbevf_set_rx_buffer_len(adapter);
 
-	rdlen = adapter->rx_ring[0].count * sizeof(union ixgbe_adv_rx_desc);
 	/* Setup the HW Rx Head and Tail Descriptor Pointers and
 	 * the Base and Length of the Rx Descriptor Ring */
 	for (i = 0; i < adapter->num_rx_queues; i++) {
-		rdba = adapter->rx_ring[i].dma;
-		j = adapter->rx_ring[i].reg_idx;
+		struct ixgbevf_ring *ring = &adapter->rx_ring[i];
+		rdba = ring->dma;
+		j = ring->reg_idx;
+		rdlen = ring->count * sizeof(union ixgbe_adv_rx_desc);
 		IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_VFRDBAL(j),
 				(rdba & DMA_BIT_MASK(32)));
 		IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_VFRDBAH(j), (rdba >> 32));
 		IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_VFRDLEN(j), rdlen);
 		IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_VFRDH(j), 0);
 		IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_VFRDT(j), 0);
-		adapter->rx_ring[i].head = IXGBE_VFRDH(j);
-		adapter->rx_ring[i].tail = IXGBE_VFRDT(j);
+		ring->tail = hw->hw_addr + IXGBE_VFRDT(j);
+		ring->next_to_clean = 0;
+		ring->next_to_use = 0;
 
 		ixgbevf_configure_srrctl(adapter, j);
 	}
@@ -1402,7 +1404,7 @@ static void ixgbevf_rx_desc_queue_enable(struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter,
 		hw_dbg(hw, "RXDCTL.ENABLE queue %d not set while polling\n",
 		       rxr);
 
-	ixgbevf_release_rx_desc(&adapter->hw, &adapter->rx_ring[rxr],
+	ixgbevf_release_rx_desc(&adapter->rx_ring[rxr],
 				(adapter->rx_ring[rxr].count - 1));
 }
 
@@ -1680,14 +1682,6 @@ static void ixgbevf_clean_rx_ring(struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter,
 
 	/* Zero out the descriptor ring */
 	memset(rx_ring->desc, 0, rx_ring->size);
-
-	rx_ring->next_to_clean = 0;
-	rx_ring->next_to_use = 0;
-
-	if (rx_ring->head)
-		writel(0, adapter->hw.hw_addr + rx_ring->head);
-	if (rx_ring->tail)
-		writel(0, adapter->hw.hw_addr + rx_ring->tail);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1715,14 +1709,6 @@ static void ixgbevf_clean_tx_ring(struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter,
 	memset(tx_ring->tx_buffer_info, 0, size);
 
 	memset(tx_ring->desc, 0, tx_ring->size);
-
-	tx_ring->next_to_use = 0;
-	tx_ring->next_to_clean = 0;
-
-	if (tx_ring->head)
-		writel(0, adapter->hw.hw_addr + tx_ring->head);
-	if (tx_ring->tail)
-		writel(0, adapter->hw.hw_addr + tx_ring->tail);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2473,8 +2459,6 @@ int ixgbevf_setup_tx_resources(struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter,
 	if (!tx_ring->desc)
 		goto err;
 
-	tx_ring->next_to_use = 0;
-	tx_ring->next_to_clean = 0;
 	return 0;
 
 err:
@@ -2542,9 +2526,6 @@ int ixgbevf_setup_rx_resources(struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter,
 		goto alloc_failed;
 	}
 
-	rx_ring->next_to_clean = 0;
-	rx_ring->next_to_use = 0;
-
 	return 0;
 alloc_failed:
 	return -ENOMEM;
@@ -3181,7 +3162,7 @@ static int ixgbevf_xmit_frame(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 			 ixgbevf_tx_map(tx_ring, skb, tx_flags),
 			 first, skb->len, hdr_len);
 
-	writel(tx_ring->next_to_use, adapter->hw.hw_addr + tx_ring->tail);
+	writel(tx_ring->next_to_use, tx_ring->tail);
 
 	ixgbevf_maybe_stop_tx(tx_ring, DESC_NEEDED);