/* set up the hardware pointers in each descriptor */
        for (i = 0; i < no; i++, descr++) {
+               dma_addr_t cpu_addr;
+
                gelic_descr_set_status(descr, GELIC_DESCR_DMA_NOT_IN_USE);
-               descr->bus_addr =
-                       dma_map_single(ctodev(card), descr,
-                                      GELIC_DESCR_SIZE,
-                                      DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
 
-               if (!descr->bus_addr)
+               cpu_addr = dma_map_single(ctodev(card), descr,
+                                         GELIC_DESCR_SIZE, DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
+
+               if (dma_mapping_error(ctodev(card), cpu_addr))
                        goto iommu_error;
 
+               descr->bus_addr = cpu_to_be32(cpu_addr);
                descr->next = descr + 1;
                descr->prev = descr - 1;
        }
        static const unsigned int rx_skb_size =
                ALIGN(GELIC_NET_MAX_FRAME, GELIC_NET_RXBUF_ALIGN) +
                GELIC_NET_RXBUF_ALIGN - 1;
+       dma_addr_t cpu_addr;
        int offset;
 
        if (gelic_descr_get_status(descr) !=  GELIC_DESCR_DMA_NOT_IN_USE)
        if (offset)
                skb_reserve(descr->skb, GELIC_NET_RXBUF_ALIGN - offset);
        /* io-mmu-map the skb */
-       descr->buf_addr = cpu_to_be32(dma_map_single(ctodev(card),
-                                                    descr->skb->data,
-                                                    GELIC_NET_MAX_FRAME,
-                                                    DMA_FROM_DEVICE));
-       if (!descr->buf_addr) {
+       cpu_addr = dma_map_single(ctodev(card), descr->skb->data,
+                                 GELIC_NET_MAX_FRAME, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
+       descr->buf_addr = cpu_to_be32(cpu_addr);
+       if (dma_mapping_error(ctodev(card), cpu_addr)) {
                dev_kfree_skb_any(descr->skb);
                descr->skb = NULL;
                dev_info(ctodev(card),
 
        buf = dma_map_single(ctodev(card), skb->data, skb->len, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 
-       if (!buf) {
+       if (dma_mapping_error(ctodev(card), buf)) {
                dev_err(ctodev(card),
                        "dma map 2 failed (%p, %i). Dropping packet\n",
                        skb->data, skb->len);