static int xrx200_alloc_skb(struct xrx200_chan *ch)
 {
+       dma_addr_t mapping;
        int ret = 0;
 
        ch->skb[ch->dma.desc] = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(ch->priv->net_dev,
                goto skip;
        }
 
-       ch->dma.desc_base[ch->dma.desc].addr = dma_map_single(ch->priv->dev,
-                       ch->skb[ch->dma.desc]->data, XRX200_DMA_DATA_LEN,
-                       DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
-       if (unlikely(dma_mapping_error(ch->priv->dev,
-                                      ch->dma.desc_base[ch->dma.desc].addr))) {
+       mapping = dma_map_single(ch->priv->dev, ch->skb[ch->dma.desc]->data,
+                                XRX200_DMA_DATA_LEN, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
+       if (unlikely(dma_mapping_error(ch->priv->dev, mapping))) {
                dev_kfree_skb_any(ch->skb[ch->dma.desc]);
                ret = -ENOMEM;
                goto skip;
        }
 
+       ch->dma.desc_base[ch->dma.desc].addr = mapping;
+       /* Make sure the address is written before we give it to HW */
+       wmb();
 skip:
        ch->dma.desc_base[ch->dma.desc].ctl =
                LTQ_DMA_OWN | LTQ_DMA_RX_OFFSET(NET_IP_ALIGN) |
        ch->dma.desc %= LTQ_DESC_NUM;
 
        if (ret) {
+               ch->skb[ch->dma.desc] = skb;
+               net_dev->stats.rx_dropped++;
                netdev_err(net_dev, "failed to allocate new rx buffer\n");
                return ret;
        }