int rc;
 
        QETH_CARD_TEXT(card, 2, "L2Sgmac");
-       rc = qeth_setdel_makerc(card, qeth_l2_send_setdelmac(card, mac,
-                                       IPA_CMD_SETGMAC));
+       rc = qeth_l2_send_setdelmac(card, mac, IPA_CMD_SETGMAC);
        if (rc == -EEXIST)
                QETH_DBF_MESSAGE(2, "Group MAC %pM already existing on %s\n",
                        mac, QETH_CARD_IFNAME(card));
        int rc;
 
        QETH_CARD_TEXT(card, 2, "L2Dgmac");
-       rc = qeth_setdel_makerc(card, qeth_l2_send_setdelmac(card, mac,
-                                       IPA_CMD_DELGMAC));
+       rc = qeth_l2_send_setdelmac(card, mac, IPA_CMD_DELGMAC);
        if (rc)
                QETH_DBF_MESSAGE(2,
                        "Could not delete group MAC %pM on %s: %d\n",
        int rc;
 
        if (mac->is_uc) {
-               rc = qeth_setdel_makerc(card,
-                               qeth_l2_send_setdelmac(card, mac->mac_addr,
-                                               IPA_CMD_SETVMAC));
+               rc = qeth_l2_send_setdelmac(card, mac->mac_addr,
+                                               IPA_CMD_SETVMAC);
        } else {
                rc = qeth_l2_send_setgroupmac(card, mac->mac_addr);
        }
        cmd = (struct qeth_ipa_cmd *)(iob->data+IPA_PDU_HEADER_SIZE);
        cmd->data.setdelmac.mac_length = OSA_ADDR_LEN;
        memcpy(&cmd->data.setdelmac.mac, mac, OSA_ADDR_LEN);
-       return qeth_send_ipa_cmd(card, iob, NULL, NULL);
+       return qeth_setdel_makerc(card, qeth_send_ipa_cmd(card, iob,
+                                       NULL, NULL));
 }
 
 static int qeth_l2_send_setmac(struct qeth_card *card, __u8 *mac)
        int rc;
 
        QETH_CARD_TEXT(card, 2, "L2Setmac");
-       rc = qeth_setdel_makerc(card, qeth_l2_send_setdelmac(card, mac,
-                                       IPA_CMD_SETVMAC));
+       rc = qeth_l2_send_setdelmac(card, mac, IPA_CMD_SETVMAC);
        if (rc == 0) {
                card->info.mac_bits |= QETH_LAYER2_MAC_REGISTERED;
                memcpy(card->dev->dev_addr, mac, OSA_ADDR_LEN);
        QETH_CARD_TEXT(card, 2, "L2Delmac");
        if (!(card->info.mac_bits & QETH_LAYER2_MAC_REGISTERED))
                return 0;
-       rc = qeth_setdel_makerc(card, qeth_l2_send_setdelmac(card, mac,
-                                       IPA_CMD_DELVMAC));
+       rc = qeth_l2_send_setdelmac(card, mac, IPA_CMD_DELVMAC);
        if (rc == 0)
                card->info.mac_bits &= ~QETH_LAYER2_MAC_REGISTERED;
        return rc;