int ipv)
 {
        int push_len = sizeof(struct qeth_hdr);
-       unsigned int elements, nr_frags;
        unsigned int hdr_elements = 0;
        struct qeth_hdr *hdr = NULL;
        unsigned int hd_len = 0;
+       unsigned int elements;
+       bool is_sg;
        int rc;
 
        /* fix hardware limitation: as long as we do not have sbal
                if (rc)
                        return rc;
        }
-       nr_frags = skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags;
 
        rc = skb_cow_head(skb, push_len);
        if (rc)
        }
        elements += hdr_elements;
 
+       is_sg = skb_is_nonlinear(skb);
        /* TODO: remove the skb_orphan() once TX completion is fast enough */
        skb_orphan(skb);
        rc = qeth_do_send_packet(card, queue, skb, hdr, 0, hd_len, elements);
 out:
        if (!rc) {
-               if (card->options.performance_stats && nr_frags) {
-                       card->perf_stats.sg_skbs_sent++;
-                       /* nr_frags + skb->data */
-                       card->perf_stats.sg_frags_sent += nr_frags + 1;
+               if (card->options.performance_stats) {
+                       card->perf_stats.buf_elements_sent += elements;
+                       if (is_sg)
+                               card->perf_stats.sg_skbs_sent++;
                }
        } else {
                if (hd_len)
 
                                int cast_type)
 {
        const unsigned int hw_hdr_len = sizeof(struct qeth_hdr);
-       unsigned int frame_len, nr_frags;
        unsigned char eth_hdr[ETH_HLEN];
        unsigned int hdr_elements = 0;
        struct qeth_hdr *hdr = NULL;
        int elements, push_len, rc;
        unsigned int hd_len = 0;
+       unsigned int frame_len;
+       bool is_sg;
 
        /* compress skb to fit into one IO buffer: */
        if (!qeth_get_elements_no(card, skb, 0, 0)) {
        skb_copy_from_linear_data(skb, eth_hdr, ETH_HLEN);
        skb_pull(skb, ETH_HLEN);
        frame_len = skb->len;
-       nr_frags = skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags;
 
        push_len = qeth_push_hdr(skb, &hdr, hw_hdr_len);
        if (push_len < 0)
        else
                qeth_l3_fill_header(card, hdr, skb, ipv, cast_type, frame_len);
 
+       is_sg = skb_is_nonlinear(skb);
        if (IS_IQD(card)) {
                rc = qeth_do_send_packet_fast(queue, skb, hdr, 0, hd_len);
        } else {
        }
 out:
        if (!rc) {
-               if (card->options.performance_stats && nr_frags) {
-                       card->perf_stats.sg_skbs_sent++;
-                       /* nr_frags + skb->data */
-                       card->perf_stats.sg_frags_sent += nr_frags + 1;
+               if (card->options.performance_stats) {
+                       card->perf_stats.buf_elements_sent += elements;
+                       if (is_sg)
+                               card->perf_stats.sg_skbs_sent++;
                }
        } else {
                if (!push_len)
 static int qeth_l3_xmit(struct qeth_card *card, struct sk_buff *skb,
                        struct qeth_qdio_out_q *queue, int ipv, int cast_type)
 {
-       unsigned int hd_len, nr_frags;
        int elements, len, rc;
        __be16 *tag;
        struct qeth_hdr *hdr = NULL;
        int hdr_elements = 0;
        struct sk_buff *new_skb = NULL;
        int tx_bytes = skb->len;
-       bool use_tso;
+       unsigned int hd_len;
+       bool use_tso, is_sg;
 
        /* Ignore segment size from skb_is_gso(), 1 page is always used. */
        use_tso = skb_is_gso(skb) &&
                if (rc)
                        goto out;
        }
-       nr_frags = skb_shinfo(new_skb)->nr_frags;
 
        if (use_tso) {
                hdr = skb_push(new_skb, sizeof(struct qeth_hdr_tso));
                rc = -EINVAL;
                goto out;
        }
+
+       is_sg = skb_is_nonlinear(new_skb);
        rc = qeth_do_send_packet(card, queue, new_skb, hdr, hd_len, hd_len,
                                 elements);
 out:
                if (new_skb != skb)
                        dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
                if (card->options.performance_stats) {
+                       card->perf_stats.buf_elements_sent += elements;
+                       if (is_sg)
+                               card->perf_stats.sg_skbs_sent++;
                        if (use_tso) {
                                card->perf_stats.large_send_bytes += tx_bytes;
                                card->perf_stats.large_send_cnt++;
                        }
-                       if (nr_frags) {
-                               card->perf_stats.sg_skbs_sent++;
-                               /* nr_frags + skb->data */
-                               card->perf_stats.sg_frags_sent += nr_frags + 1;
-                       }
                }
        } else {
                if (new_skb != skb)