static void pasemi_mac_restart_rx_intr(struct pasemi_mac *mac)
 {
-       unsigned int reg, stat;
+       unsigned int reg, pcnt;
        /* Re-enable packet count interrupts: finally
         * ack the packet count interrupt we got in rx_intr.
         */
 
-       pci_read_config_dword(mac->iob_pdev,
-                             PAS_IOB_DMA_RXCH_STAT(mac->dma_rxch),
-                             &stat);
+       pcnt = *mac->rx_status & PAS_STATUS_PCNT_M;
 
-       reg = PAS_IOB_DMA_RXCH_RESET_PCNT(stat & PAS_IOB_DMA_RXCH_STAT_CNTDEL_M)
-               | PAS_IOB_DMA_RXCH_RESET_PINTC;
+       reg = PAS_IOB_DMA_RXCH_RESET_PCNT(pcnt) | PAS_IOB_DMA_RXCH_RESET_PINTC;
 
        pci_write_config_dword(mac->iob_pdev,
                               PAS_IOB_DMA_RXCH_RESET(mac->dma_rxch),
 
 static void pasemi_mac_restart_tx_intr(struct pasemi_mac *mac)
 {
-       unsigned int reg, stat;
+       unsigned int reg, pcnt;
 
        /* Re-enable packet count interrupts */
-       pci_read_config_dword(mac->iob_pdev,
-                             PAS_IOB_DMA_TXCH_STAT(mac->dma_txch), &stat);
+       pcnt = *mac->tx_status & PAS_STATUS_PCNT_M;
 
-       reg = PAS_IOB_DMA_TXCH_RESET_PCNT(stat & PAS_IOB_DMA_TXCH_STAT_CNTDEL_M)
-               | PAS_IOB_DMA_TXCH_RESET_PINTC;
+       reg = PAS_IOB_DMA_TXCH_RESET_PCNT(pcnt) | PAS_IOB_DMA_TXCH_RESET_PINTC;
 
        pci_write_config_dword(mac->iob_pdev,
                               PAS_IOB_DMA_TXCH_RESET(mac->dma_txch), reg);
 {
        struct net_device *dev = data;
        struct pasemi_mac *mac = netdev_priv(dev);
-       unsigned int reg;
+       unsigned int reg, pcnt;
 
        if (!(*mac->tx_status & PAS_STATUS_CAUSE_M))
                return IRQ_NONE;
 
        pasemi_mac_clean_tx(mac);
 
-       reg = PAS_IOB_DMA_TXCH_RESET_PINTC;
+       pcnt = *mac->tx_status & PAS_STATUS_PCNT_M;
+
+       reg = PAS_IOB_DMA_TXCH_RESET_PCNT(pcnt) | PAS_IOB_DMA_TXCH_RESET_PINTC;
 
        if (*mac->tx_status & PAS_STATUS_SOFT)
                reg |= PAS_IOB_DMA_TXCH_RESET_SINTC;
        if (*mac->tx_status & PAS_STATUS_ERROR)
                reg |= PAS_IOB_DMA_TXCH_RESET_DINTC;
 
-       pci_write_config_dword(mac->iob_pdev, PAS_IOB_DMA_TXCH_RESET(mac->dma_txch),
+       pci_write_config_dword(mac->iob_pdev,
+                              PAS_IOB_DMA_TXCH_RESET(mac->dma_txch),
                               reg);
 
        return IRQ_HANDLED;
        if (txring->next_to_clean - txring->next_to_use == TX_RING_SIZE) {
                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&txring->lock, flags);
                pasemi_mac_clean_tx(mac);
+               pasemi_mac_restart_tx_intr(mac);
                spin_lock_irqsave(&txring->lock, flags);
 
                if (txring->next_to_clean - txring->next_to_use ==