diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
index 870bad8adeba8fd9609d67af82b39a5132ec38e5..b548dbe78cd3439bc0293c27283ee8a072536e2c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
@@ -990,9 +990,7 @@ static void i40evf_configure(struct i40evf_adapter *adapter)
 	for (i = 0; i < adapter->num_active_queues; i++) {
 		struct i40e_ring *ring = &adapter->rx_rings[i];
 
-		i40evf_alloc_rx_buffers(ring, ring->count);
-		ring->next_to_use = ring->count - 1;
-		writel(ring->next_to_use, ring->tail);
+		i40evf_alloc_rx_buffers(ring, I40E_DESC_UNUSED(ring));
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2768,7 +2766,6 @@ static void i40evf_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 
 	iounmap(hw->hw_addr);
 	pci_release_regions(pdev);
-
 	i40evf_free_all_tx_resources(adapter);
 	i40evf_free_all_rx_resources(adapter);
 	i40evf_free_queues(adapter);