diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qla3xxx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qla3xxx.c
index 783ee6a32b5d2831589be0ed4188dd101835811e..1b5e098b2367e9f9012e1935735ae07154bc6bb2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qla3xxx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qla3xxx.c
@@ -2757,6 +2757,9 @@ static int ql_alloc_large_buffers(struct ql3_adapter *qdev)
 	int err;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < qdev->num_large_buffers; i++) {
+		lrg_buf_cb = &qdev->lrg_buf[i];
+		memset(lrg_buf_cb, 0, sizeof(struct ql_rcv_buf_cb));
+
 		skb = netdev_alloc_skb(qdev->ndev,
 				       qdev->lrg_buffer_len);
 		if (unlikely(!skb)) {
@@ -2767,11 +2770,7 @@ static int ql_alloc_large_buffers(struct ql3_adapter *qdev)
 			ql_free_large_buffers(qdev);
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		} else {
-
-			lrg_buf_cb = &qdev->lrg_buf[i];
-			memset(lrg_buf_cb, 0, sizeof(struct ql_rcv_buf_cb));
 			lrg_buf_cb->index = i;
-			lrg_buf_cb->skb = skb;
 			/*
 			 * We save some space to copy the ethhdr from first
 			 * buffer
@@ -2793,6 +2792,7 @@ static int ql_alloc_large_buffers(struct ql3_adapter *qdev)
 				return -ENOMEM;
 			}
 
+			lrg_buf_cb->skb = skb;
 			dma_unmap_addr_set(lrg_buf_cb, mapaddr, map);
 			dma_unmap_len_set(lrg_buf_cb, maplen,
 					  qdev->lrg_buffer_len -