void fm10k_write_reta(struct fm10k_intfc *interface, const u32 *indir)
 {
+       u16 rss_i = interface->ring_feature[RING_F_RSS].indices;
        struct fm10k_hw *hw = &interface->hw;
-       int i;
+       u32 table[4];
+       int i, j;
 
        /* record entries to reta table */
-       for (i = 0; i < FM10K_RETA_SIZE; i++, indir += 4) {
-               u32 reta = indir[0] |
-                          (indir[1] << 8) |
-                          (indir[2] << 16) |
-                          (indir[3] << 24);
+       for (i = 0; i < FM10K_RETA_SIZE; i++) {
+               u32 reta, n;
+
+               /* generate a new table if we weren't given one */
+               for (j = 0; j < 4; j++) {
+                       if (indir)
+                               n = indir[i + j];
+                       else
+                               n = ethtool_rxfh_indir_default(i + j, rss_i);
+
+                       table[j] = n;
+               }
+
+               reta = table[0] |
+                       (table[1] << 8) |
+                       (table[2] << 16) |
+                       (table[3] << 24);
 
                if (interface->reta[i] == reta)
                        continue;
 
 static void fm10k_init_reta(struct fm10k_intfc *interface)
 {
        u16 i, rss_i = interface->ring_feature[RING_F_RSS].indices;
-       struct net_device *netdev = interface->netdev;
-       u32 reta, *indir;
+       u32 reta;
 
        /* If the Rx flow indirection table has been configured manually, we
         * need to maintain it when possible.
        }
 
 repopulate_reta:
-       indir = kcalloc(fm10k_get_reta_size(netdev),
-                       sizeof(indir[0]), GFP_KERNEL);
-
-       /* generate redirection table using the default kernel policy */
-       for (i = 0; i < fm10k_get_reta_size(netdev); i++)
-               indir[i] = ethtool_rxfh_indir_default(i, rss_i);
-
-       fm10k_write_reta(interface, indir);
-
-       kfree(indir);
+       fm10k_write_reta(interface, NULL);
 }
 
 /**