diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core.h b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core.h
index e3d3609cd9e7a5535cf6c37b0c3829eef354a701..b7e8531625aae56313a514ad8b538705ea55ce38 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core.h
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core.h
@@ -962,8 +962,7 @@ int qeth_get_priority_queue(struct qeth_card *, struct sk_buff *, int, int);
 int qeth_get_elements_no(struct qeth_card *card, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			 int extra_elems, int data_offset);
 int qeth_get_elements_for_frags(struct sk_buff *);
-int qeth_do_send_packet_fast(struct qeth_card *card,
-			     struct qeth_qdio_out_q *queue, struct sk_buff *skb,
+int qeth_do_send_packet_fast(struct qeth_qdio_out_q *queue, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			     struct qeth_hdr *hdr, unsigned int offset,
 			     unsigned int hd_len);
 int qeth_do_send_packet(struct qeth_card *card, struct qeth_qdio_out_q *queue,
diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
index 77032801e30b68ba55b421e882721c808317a033..68e118f1202e41021ce3c8aecb0ea91137df7108 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
@@ -4040,35 +4040,23 @@ static int qeth_fill_buffer(struct qeth_qdio_out_q *queue,
 	return flush_cnt;
 }
 
-int qeth_do_send_packet_fast(struct qeth_card *card,
-			     struct qeth_qdio_out_q *queue, struct sk_buff *skb,
+int qeth_do_send_packet_fast(struct qeth_qdio_out_q *queue, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			     struct qeth_hdr *hdr, unsigned int offset,
 			     unsigned int hd_len)
 {
-	struct qeth_qdio_out_buffer *buffer;
-	int index;
+	int index = queue->next_buf_to_fill;
+	struct qeth_qdio_out_buffer *buffer = queue->bufs[index];
 
-	/* spin until we get the queue ... */
-	while (atomic_cmpxchg(&queue->state, QETH_OUT_Q_UNLOCKED,
-			      QETH_OUT_Q_LOCKED) != QETH_OUT_Q_UNLOCKED);
-	/* ... now we've got the queue */
-	index = queue->next_buf_to_fill;
-	buffer = queue->bufs[queue->next_buf_to_fill];
 	/*
 	 * check if buffer is empty to make sure that we do not 'overtake'
 	 * ourselves and try to fill a buffer that is already primed
 	 */
 	if (atomic_read(&buffer->state) != QETH_QDIO_BUF_EMPTY)
-		goto out;
-	queue->next_buf_to_fill = (queue->next_buf_to_fill + 1) %
-					  QDIO_MAX_BUFFERS_PER_Q;
-	atomic_set(&queue->state, QETH_OUT_Q_UNLOCKED);
+		return -EBUSY;
+	queue->next_buf_to_fill = (index + 1) % QDIO_MAX_BUFFERS_PER_Q;
 	qeth_fill_buffer(queue, buffer, skb, hdr, offset, hd_len);
 	qeth_flush_buffers(queue, index, 1);
 	return 0;
-out:
-	atomic_set(&queue->state, QETH_OUT_Q_UNLOCKED);
-	return -EBUSY;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(qeth_do_send_packet_fast);
 
diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c
index 25a0f381bcd570ce2603fab59b7085d538b966b9..009de7248cc702bbb825749ebd91fdff9600bcbd 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ static int qeth_l2_xmit_iqd(struct qeth_card *card, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		rc = -E2BIG;
 		goto out;
 	}
-	rc = qeth_do_send_packet_fast(card, queue, skb, hdr, data_offset,
+	rc = qeth_do_send_packet_fast(queue, skb, hdr, data_offset,
 				      sizeof(*hdr) + data_offset);
 out:
 	if (rc)
diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
index ab661a431f7c6405f2e4c2b9d60c9dee287a9618..733f94cbd4d431204132dd3da8415868ed89d15b 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
@@ -2771,8 +2771,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t qeth_l3_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		rc = qeth_do_send_packet(card, queue, new_skb, hdr, hd_len,
 					 hd_len, elements);
 	} else
-		rc = qeth_do_send_packet_fast(card, queue, new_skb, hdr,
-					      data_offset, hd_len);
+		rc = qeth_do_send_packet_fast(queue, new_skb, hdr, data_offset,
+					      hd_len);
 
 	if (!rc) {
 		card->stats.tx_packets++;