diff --git a/drivers/net/pasemi_mac.c b/drivers/net/pasemi_mac.c
index 0d80b9d48c266ac3d83e77f98cb98f46045a8378..f71a6864cdc2b66b75d54438e389da27042575b1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/pasemi_mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/pasemi_mac.c
@@ -471,6 +471,7 @@ static int pasemi_mac_clean_rx(struct pasemi_mac *mac, int limit)
 		rmb();
 
 		dp = &RX_DESC(mac, n);
+		prefetchw(dp);
 		macrx = dp->macrx;
 
 		if (!(macrx & XCT_MACRX_O))
@@ -492,8 +493,10 @@ static int pasemi_mac_clean_rx(struct pasemi_mac *mac, int limit)
 			if (info->dma == dma)
 				break;
 		}
+		prefetchw(info);
 
 		skb = info->skb;
+		prefetchw(skb);
 		info->dma = 0;
 
 		pci_unmap_single(mac->dma_pdev, dma, skb->len,
@@ -516,9 +519,7 @@ static int pasemi_mac_clean_rx(struct pasemi_mac *mac, int limit)
 
 		skb_put(skb, len);
 
-		skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, mac->netdev);
-
-		if ((macrx & XCT_MACRX_HTY_M) == XCT_MACRX_HTY_IPV4_OK) {
+		if (likely((macrx & XCT_MACRX_HTY_M) == XCT_MACRX_HTY_IPV4_OK)) {
 			skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_COMPLETE;
 			skb->csum = (macrx & XCT_MACRX_CSUM_M) >>
 					   XCT_MACRX_CSUM_S;
@@ -528,6 +529,7 @@ static int pasemi_mac_clean_rx(struct pasemi_mac *mac, int limit)
 		mac->stats.rx_bytes += len;
 		mac->stats.rx_packets++;
 
+		skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, mac->netdev);
 		netif_receive_skb(skb);
 
 		dp->ptr = 0;
@@ -559,7 +561,7 @@ static int pasemi_mac_clean_tx(struct pasemi_mac *mac)
 
 	for (i = start; i < mac->tx->next_to_use; i++) {
 		dp = &TX_DESC(mac, i);
-		if (!dp || (dp->mactx & XCT_MACTX_O))
+		if (unlikely(dp->mactx & XCT_MACTX_O))
 			break;
 
 		count++;
@@ -948,7 +950,7 @@ static int pasemi_mac_start_tx(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	struct pasemi_mac_txring *txring;
 	struct pasemi_mac_buffer *info;
 	struct pas_dma_xct_descr *dp;
-	u64 dflags;
+	u64 dflags, mactx, ptr;
 	dma_addr_t map;
 	int flags;
 
@@ -976,6 +978,9 @@ static int pasemi_mac_start_tx(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	if (dma_mapping_error(map))
 		return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
 
+	mactx = dflags | XCT_MACTX_LLEN(skb->len);
+	ptr   = XCT_PTR_LEN(skb->len) | XCT_PTR_ADDR(map);
+
 	txring = mac->tx;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&txring->lock, flags);
@@ -996,12 +1001,11 @@ static int pasemi_mac_start_tx(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		}
 	}
 
-
 	dp = &TX_DESC(mac, txring->next_to_use);
 	info = &TX_DESC_INFO(mac, txring->next_to_use);
 
-	dp->mactx = dflags | XCT_MACTX_LLEN(skb->len);
-	dp->ptr   = XCT_PTR_LEN(skb->len) | XCT_PTR_ADDR(map);
+	dp->mactx = mactx;
+	dp->ptr   = ptr;
 	info->dma = map;
 	info->skb = skb;