int result;
 
        result = -ENOMEM;
-       if (spider_net_init_chain(card, &card->tx_chain,
-                       card->descr,
-                       PCI_DMA_TODEVICE, tx_descriptors))
+       if (spider_net_init_chain(card, &card->tx_chain, card->descr,
+                       PCI_DMA_TODEVICE, card->tx_desc))
                goto alloc_tx_failed;
        if (spider_net_init_chain(card, &card->rx_chain,
-                       card->descr + tx_descriptors,
-                       PCI_DMA_FROMDEVICE, rx_descriptors))
+                       card->descr + card->rx_desc,
+                       PCI_DMA_FROMDEVICE, card->rx_desc))
                goto alloc_rx_failed;
 
        /* allocate rx skbs */
 
        card->options.rx_csum = SPIDER_NET_RX_CSUM_DEFAULT;
 
+       card->tx_desc = tx_descriptors;
+       card->rx_desc = rx_descriptors;
+
        spider_net_setup_netdev_ops(netdev);
 
        netdev->features = NETIF_F_HW_CSUM | NETIF_F_LLTX;
 
         return 0;
 }
 
+static void
+spider_net_ethtool_get_ringparam(struct net_device *netdev,
+                                struct ethtool_ringparam *ering)
+{
+       struct spider_net_card *card = netdev->priv;
+
+       ering->tx_max_pending = SPIDER_NET_TX_DESCRIPTORS_MAX;
+       ering->tx_pending = card->tx_desc;
+       ering->rx_max_pending = SPIDER_NET_RX_DESCRIPTORS_MAX;
+       ering->rx_pending = card->rx_desc;
+}
+
 struct ethtool_ops spider_net_ethtool_ops = {
        .get_settings           = spider_net_ethtool_get_settings,
        .get_drvinfo            = spider_net_ethtool_get_drvinfo,
        .set_rx_csum            = spider_net_ethtool_set_rx_csum,
        .get_tx_csum            = spider_net_ethtool_get_tx_csum,
        .set_tx_csum            = spider_net_ethtool_set_tx_csum,
+       .get_ringparam          = spider_net_ethtool_get_ringparam,
 };