* places them in a descriptor array, scrq_arr
  */
 
-static void create_hdr_descs(u8 hdr_field, u8 *hdr_data, int len, int *hdr_len,
-                            union sub_crq *scrq_arr)
+static int create_hdr_descs(u8 hdr_field, u8 *hdr_data, int len, int *hdr_len,
+                           union sub_crq *scrq_arr)
 {
        union sub_crq hdr_desc;
        int tmp_len = len;
+       int num_descs = 0;
        u8 *data, *cur;
        int tmp;
 
                tmp_len -= tmp;
                *scrq_arr = hdr_desc;
                scrq_arr++;
+               num_descs++;
        }
+
+       return num_descs;
 }
 
 /**
                                int *num_entries, u8 hdr_field)
 {
        int hdr_len[3] = {0, 0, 0};
-       int tot_len, len;
+       int tot_len;
        u8 *hdr_data = txbuff->hdr_data;
 
        tot_len = build_hdr_data(hdr_field, txbuff->skb, hdr_len,
                                 txbuff->hdr_data);
-       len = tot_len;
-       len -= 24;
-       if (len > 0)
-               num_entries += len % 29 ? len / 29 + 1 : len / 29;
-       create_hdr_descs(hdr_field, hdr_data, tot_len, hdr_len,
+       *num_entries += create_hdr_descs(hdr_field, hdr_data, tot_len, hdr_len,
                         txbuff->indir_arr + 1);
 }