diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
index eccafd13b882c7722339c1b3aeaf01787ca11c9e..aa3a4f7c3f7c121062c5a8c253830bf92ae38000 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
@@ -528,14 +528,14 @@ struct rtnl_link_stats64 *mvneta_get_stats64(struct net_device *dev,
 
 /* Rx descriptors helper methods */
 
-/* Checks whether the given RX descriptor is both the first and the
- * last descriptor for the RX packet. Each RX packet is currently
+/* Checks whether the RX descriptor having this status is both the first
+ * and the last descriptor for the RX packet. Each RX packet is currently
  * received through a single RX descriptor, so not having each RX
  * descriptor with its first and last bits set is an error
  */
-static int mvneta_rxq_desc_is_first_last(struct mvneta_rx_desc *desc)
+static int mvneta_rxq_desc_is_first_last(u32 status)
 {
-	return (desc->status & MVNETA_RXD_FIRST_LAST_DESC) ==
+	return (status & MVNETA_RXD_FIRST_LAST_DESC) ==
 		MVNETA_RXD_FIRST_LAST_DESC;
 }
 
@@ -1234,10 +1234,10 @@ static void mvneta_rx_error(struct mvneta_port *pp,
 {
 	u32 status = rx_desc->status;
 
-	if (!mvneta_rxq_desc_is_first_last(rx_desc)) {
+	if (!mvneta_rxq_desc_is_first_last(status)) {
 		netdev_err(pp->dev,
 			   "bad rx status %08x (buffer oversize), size=%d\n",
-			   rx_desc->status, rx_desc->data_size);
+			   status, rx_desc->data_size);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -1261,13 +1261,12 @@ static void mvneta_rx_error(struct mvneta_port *pp,
 	}
 }
 
-/* Handle RX checksum offload */
-static void mvneta_rx_csum(struct mvneta_port *pp,
-			   struct mvneta_rx_desc *rx_desc,
+/* Handle RX checksum offload based on the descriptor's status */
+static void mvneta_rx_csum(struct mvneta_port *pp, u32 status,
 			   struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	if ((rx_desc->status & MVNETA_RXD_L3_IP4) &&
-	    (rx_desc->status & MVNETA_RXD_L4_CSUM_OK)) {
+	if ((status & MVNETA_RXD_L3_IP4) &&
+	    (status & MVNETA_RXD_L4_CSUM_OK)) {
 		skb->csum = 0;
 		skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY;
 		return;
@@ -1449,7 +1448,7 @@ static int mvneta_rx(struct mvneta_port *pp, int rx_todo,
 		rx_status = rx_desc->status;
 		skb = (struct sk_buff *)rx_desc->buf_cookie;
 
-		if (!mvneta_rxq_desc_is_first_last(rx_desc) ||
+		if (!mvneta_rxq_desc_is_first_last(rx_status) ||
 		    (rx_status & MVNETA_RXD_ERR_SUMMARY)) {
 			dev->stats.rx_errors++;
 			mvneta_rx_error(pp, rx_desc);
@@ -1472,7 +1471,7 @@ static int mvneta_rx(struct mvneta_port *pp, int rx_todo,
 
 		skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, dev);
 
-		mvneta_rx_csum(pp, rx_desc, skb);
+		mvneta_rx_csum(pp, rx_status, skb);
 
 		napi_gro_receive(&pp->napi, skb);