/* features */
 enum {
-       UPT1_F_RXCSUM           = 0x0001,   /* rx csum verification */
-       UPT1_F_RSS              = 0x0002,
-       UPT1_F_RXVLAN           = 0x0004,   /* VLAN tag stripping */
-       UPT1_F_LRO              = 0x0008,
+       UPT1_F_RXCSUM           = cpu_to_le64(0x0001),   /* rx csum verification */
+       UPT1_F_RSS              = cpu_to_le64(0x0002),
+       UPT1_F_RXVLAN           = cpu_to_le64(0x0004),   /* VLAN tag stripping */
+       UPT1_F_LRO              = cpu_to_le64(0x0008),
 };
 #endif
 
                        adapter->vlan_grp = grp;
 
                        /* update FEATURES to device */
-                       set_flag_le64(&devRead->misc.uptFeatures,
-                                     UPT1_F_RXVLAN);
+                       devRead->misc.uptFeatures |= UPT1_F_RXVLAN;
                        VMXNET3_WRITE_BAR1_REG(adapter, VMXNET3_REG_CMD,
                                               VMXNET3_CMD_UPDATE_FEATURE);
                        /*
                struct Vmxnet3_DSDevRead *devRead = &shared->devRead;
                adapter->vlan_grp = NULL;
 
-               if (le64_to_cpu(devRead->misc.uptFeatures) & UPT1_F_RXVLAN) {
+               if (devRead->misc.uptFeatures & UPT1_F_RXVLAN) {
                        int i;
 
                        for (i = 0; i < VMXNET3_VFT_SIZE; i++) {
                                               VMXNET3_CMD_UPDATE_VLAN_FILTERS);
 
                        /* update FEATURES to device */
-                       reset_flag_le64(&devRead->misc.uptFeatures,
-                                       UPT1_F_RXVLAN);
+                       devRead->misc.uptFeatures &= ~UPT1_F_RXVLAN;
                        VMXNET3_WRITE_BAR1_REG(adapter, VMXNET3_REG_CMD,
                                               VMXNET3_CMD_UPDATE_FEATURE);
                }
 
        /* set up feature flags */
        if (adapter->rxcsum)
-               set_flag_le64(&devRead->misc.uptFeatures, UPT1_F_RXCSUM);
+               devRead->misc.uptFeatures |= UPT1_F_RXCSUM;
 
        if (adapter->lro) {
-               set_flag_le64(&devRead->misc.uptFeatures, UPT1_F_LRO);
+               devRead->misc.uptFeatures |= UPT1_F_LRO;
                devRead->misc.maxNumRxSG = cpu_to_le16(1 + MAX_SKB_FRAGS);
        }
        if ((adapter->netdev->features & NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_RX) &&
            adapter->vlan_grp) {
-               set_flag_le64(&devRead->misc.uptFeatures, UPT1_F_RXVLAN);
+               devRead->misc.uptFeatures |= UPT1_F_RXVLAN;
        }
 
        devRead->misc.mtu = cpu_to_le32(adapter->netdev->mtu);
                memcpy(pmConf->filters[i].pattern, netdev->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN);
                pmConf->filters[i].mask[0] = 0x3F; /* LSB ETH_ALEN bits */
 
-               set_flag_le16(&pmConf->wakeUpEvents, VMXNET3_PM_WAKEUP_FILTER);
+               pmConf->wakeUpEvents |= VMXNET3_PM_WAKEUP_FILTER;
                i++;
        }
 
                pmConf->filters[i].mask[5] = 0x03; /* IPv4 TIP */
                in_dev_put(in_dev);
 
-               set_flag_le16(&pmConf->wakeUpEvents, VMXNET3_PM_WAKEUP_FILTER);
+               pmConf->wakeUpEvents |= VMXNET3_PM_WAKEUP_FILTER;
                i++;
        }
 
 skip_arp:
        if (adapter->wol & WAKE_MAGIC)
-               set_flag_le16(&pmConf->wakeUpEvents, VMXNET3_PM_WAKEUP_MAGIC);
+               pmConf->wakeUpEvents |= VMXNET3_PM_WAKEUP_MAGIC;
 
        pmConf->numFilters = i;
 
 
                adapter->rxcsum = val;
                if (netif_running(netdev)) {
                        if (val)
-                               set_flag_le64(
-                               &adapter->shared->devRead.misc.uptFeatures,
-                               UPT1_F_RXCSUM);
+                               adapter->shared->devRead.misc.uptFeatures |=
+                               UPT1_F_RXCSUM;
                        else
-                               reset_flag_le64(
-                               &adapter->shared->devRead.misc.uptFeatures,
-                               UPT1_F_RXCSUM);
+                               adapter->shared->devRead.misc.uptFeatures &=
+                               ~UPT1_F_RXCSUM;
 
                        VMXNET3_WRITE_BAR1_REG(adapter, VMXNET3_REG_CMD,
                                               VMXNET3_CMD_UPDATE_FEATURE);
                /* update harware LRO capability accordingly */
                if (lro_requested)
                        adapter->shared->devRead.misc.uptFeatures |=
-                                               cpu_to_le64(UPT1_F_LRO);
+                                                       UPT1_F_LRO;
                else
                        adapter->shared->devRead.misc.uptFeatures &=
-                                               cpu_to_le64(~UPT1_F_LRO);
+                                                       ~UPT1_F_LRO;
                VMXNET3_WRITE_BAR1_REG(adapter, VMXNET3_REG_CMD,
                                       VMXNET3_CMD_UPDATE_FEATURE);
        }
 
 #define VMXNET3_MAX_ETH_HDR_SIZE    22
 #define VMXNET3_MAX_SKB_BUF_SIZE    (3*1024)
 
-static inline void set_flag_le16(__le16 *data, u16 flag)
-{
-       *data = cpu_to_le16(le16_to_cpu(*data) | flag);
-}
-
-static inline void set_flag_le64(__le64 *data, u64 flag)
-{
-       *data = cpu_to_le64(le64_to_cpu(*data) | flag);
-}
-
-static inline void reset_flag_le64(__le64 *data, u64 flag)
-{
-       *data = cpu_to_le64(le64_to_cpu(*data) & ~flag);
-}
-
 int
 vmxnet3_quiesce_dev(struct vmxnet3_adapter *adapter);