"leng  ntw timestamp        bi->skb\n");
 
                for (i = 0; tx_ring->desc && (i < tx_ring->count); i++) {
-                       tx_desc = IXGBE_TX_DESC_ADV(*tx_ring, i);
+                       tx_desc = IXGBE_TX_DESC_ADV(tx_ring, i);
                        tx_buffer_info = &tx_ring->tx_buffer_info[i];
                        u0 = (struct my_u0 *)tx_desc;
                        printk(KERN_INFO "T [0x%03X]    %016llX %016llX %016llX"
 
                for (i = 0; i < rx_ring->count; i++) {
                        rx_buffer_info = &rx_ring->rx_buffer_info[i];
-                       rx_desc = IXGBE_RX_DESC_ADV(*rx_ring, i);
+                       rx_desc = IXGBE_RX_DESC_ADV(rx_ring, i);
                        u0 = (struct my_u0 *)rx_desc;
                        staterr = le32_to_cpu(rx_desc->wb.upper.status_error);
                        if (staterr & IXGBE_RXD_STAT_DD) {
            ixgbe_tx_xon_state(adapter, tx_ring)) {
                /* detected Tx unit hang */
                union ixgbe_adv_tx_desc *tx_desc;
-               tx_desc = IXGBE_TX_DESC_ADV(*tx_ring, eop);
+               tx_desc = IXGBE_TX_DESC_ADV(tx_ring, eop);
                e_err(drv, "Detected Tx Unit Hang\n"
                      "  Tx Queue             <%d>\n"
                      "  TDH, TDT             <%x>, <%x>\n"
 
        i = tx_ring->next_to_clean;
        eop = tx_ring->tx_buffer_info[i].next_to_watch;
-       eop_desc = IXGBE_TX_DESC_ADV(*tx_ring, eop);
+       eop_desc = IXGBE_TX_DESC_ADV(tx_ring, eop);
 
        while ((eop_desc->wb.status & cpu_to_le32(IXGBE_TXD_STAT_DD)) &&
               (count < tx_ring->work_limit)) {
                rmb(); /* read buffer_info after eop_desc */
                for ( ; !cleaned; count++) {
                        struct sk_buff *skb;
-                       tx_desc = IXGBE_TX_DESC_ADV(*tx_ring, i);
+                       tx_desc = IXGBE_TX_DESC_ADV(tx_ring, i);
                        tx_buffer_info = &tx_ring->tx_buffer_info[i];
                        cleaned = (i == eop);
                        skb = tx_buffer_info->skb;
                }
 
                eop = tx_ring->tx_buffer_info[i].next_to_watch;
-               eop_desc = IXGBE_TX_DESC_ADV(*tx_ring, eop);
+               eop_desc = IXGBE_TX_DESC_ADV(tx_ring, eop);
        }
 
        tx_ring->next_to_clean = i;
        bi = &rx_ring->rx_buffer_info[i];
 
        while (cleaned_count--) {
-               rx_desc = IXGBE_RX_DESC_ADV(*rx_ring, i);
+               rx_desc = IXGBE_RX_DESC_ADV(rx_ring, i);
 
                if (!bi->page_dma &&
                    (rx_ring->flags & IXGBE_RING_RX_PS_ENABLED)) {
 #endif /* IXGBE_FCOE */
 
        i = rx_ring->next_to_clean;
-       rx_desc = IXGBE_RX_DESC_ADV(*rx_ring, i);
+       rx_desc = IXGBE_RX_DESC_ADV(rx_ring, i);
        staterr = le32_to_cpu(rx_desc->wb.upper.status_error);
        rx_buffer_info = &rx_ring->rx_buffer_info[i];
 
                if (i == rx_ring->count)
                        i = 0;
 
-               next_rxd = IXGBE_RX_DESC_ADV(*rx_ring, i);
+               next_rxd = IXGBE_RX_DESC_ADV(rx_ring, i);
                prefetch(next_rxd);
                cleaned_count++;
 
                i = tx_ring->next_to_use;
 
                tx_buffer_info = &tx_ring->tx_buffer_info[i];
-               context_desc = IXGBE_TX_CTXTDESC_ADV(*tx_ring, i);
+               context_desc = IXGBE_TX_CTXTDESC_ADV(tx_ring, i);
 
                /* VLAN MACLEN IPLEN */
                if (tx_flags & IXGBE_TX_FLAGS_VLAN)
            (tx_flags & IXGBE_TX_FLAGS_VLAN)) {
                i = tx_ring->next_to_use;
                tx_buffer_info = &tx_ring->tx_buffer_info[i];
-               context_desc = IXGBE_TX_CTXTDESC_ADV(*tx_ring, i);
+               context_desc = IXGBE_TX_CTXTDESC_ADV(tx_ring, i);
 
                if (tx_flags & IXGBE_TX_FLAGS_VLAN)
                        vlan_macip_lens |=
        i = tx_ring->next_to_use;
        while (count--) {
                tx_buffer_info = &tx_ring->tx_buffer_info[i];
-               tx_desc = IXGBE_TX_DESC_ADV(*tx_ring, i);
+               tx_desc = IXGBE_TX_DESC_ADV(tx_ring, i);
                tx_desc->read.buffer_addr = cpu_to_le64(tx_buffer_info->dma);
                tx_desc->read.cmd_type_len =
                        cpu_to_le32(cmd_type_len | tx_buffer_info->length);