EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(qeth_hdr_chk_and_bounce);
 
 static inline void __qeth_fill_buffer(struct sk_buff *skb,
-       struct qdio_buffer *buffer, int is_tso, int *next_element_to_fill,
-       int offset)
+                                     struct qeth_qdio_out_buffer *buf,
+                                     bool is_first_elem, int offset)
 {
+       struct qdio_buffer *buffer = buf->buffer;
+       int element = buf->next_element_to_fill;
        int length = skb_headlen(skb);
-       int length_here;
-       int element;
+       int length_here, cnt;
        char *data;
-       int first_lap, cnt;
        struct skb_frag_struct *frag;
 
-       element = *next_element_to_fill;
        data = skb->data;
-       first_lap = (is_tso == 0 ? 1 : 0);
 
        if (offset >= 0) {
                data = skb->data + offset;
                length -= offset;
-               first_lap = 0;
        }
 
        while (length > 0) {
                buffer->element[element].addr = data;
                buffer->element[element].length = length_here;
                length -= length_here;
-               if (first_lap) {
+               if (is_first_elem) {
+                       is_first_elem = false;
                        if (length || skb_is_nonlinear(skb))
                                /* skb needs additional elements */
                                buffer->element[element].eflags =
                }
                data += length_here;
                element++;
-               first_lap = 0;
        }
 
        for (cnt = 0; cnt < skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags; cnt++) {
 
        if (buffer->element[element - 1].eflags)
                buffer->element[element - 1].eflags = SBAL_EFLAGS_LAST_FRAG;
-       *next_element_to_fill = element;
+       buf->next_element_to_fill = element;
 }
 
 static inline int qeth_fill_buffer(struct qeth_qdio_out_q *queue,
                struct qeth_hdr *hdr, int offset, int hd_len)
 {
        struct qdio_buffer *buffer;
-       int flush_cnt = 0, hdr_len, large_send = 0;
+       int flush_cnt = 0, hdr_len;
+       bool is_first_elem = true;
 
        buffer = buf->buffer;
        refcount_inc(&skb->users);
        /*check first on TSO ....*/
        if (hdr->hdr.l3.id == QETH_HEADER_TYPE_TSO) {
                int element = buf->next_element_to_fill;
+               is_first_elem = false;
 
                hdr_len = sizeof(struct qeth_hdr_tso) +
                        ((struct qeth_hdr_tso *)hdr)->ext.dg_hdr_len;
                buf->next_element_to_fill++;
                skb->data += hdr_len;
                skb->len  -= hdr_len;
-               large_send = 1;
        }
 
        if (offset >= 0) {
                int element = buf->next_element_to_fill;
+               is_first_elem = false;
+
                buffer->element[element].addr = hdr;
                buffer->element[element].length = sizeof(struct qeth_hdr) +
                                                        hd_len;
                buf->next_element_to_fill++;
        }
 
-       __qeth_fill_buffer(skb, buffer, large_send,
-               (int *)&buf->next_element_to_fill, offset);
+       __qeth_fill_buffer(skb, buf, is_first_elem, offset);
 
        if (!queue->do_pack) {
                QETH_CARD_TEXT(queue->card, 6, "fillbfnp");