}
 }
 
-static void qeth_free_qdio_buffers(struct qeth_card *card)
-{
-       int i, j;
-
-       if (atomic_xchg(&card->qdio.state, QETH_QDIO_UNINITIALIZED) ==
-               QETH_QDIO_UNINITIALIZED)
-               return;
-
-       qeth_free_cq(card);
-       cancel_delayed_work_sync(&card->buffer_reclaim_work);
-       for (j = 0; j < QDIO_MAX_BUFFERS_PER_Q; ++j) {
-               if (card->qdio.in_q->bufs[j].rx_skb)
-                       dev_kfree_skb_any(card->qdio.in_q->bufs[j].rx_skb);
-       }
-       qeth_free_qdio_queue(card->qdio.in_q);
-       card->qdio.in_q = NULL;
-       /* inbound buffer pool */
-       qeth_free_buffer_pool(card);
-       /* free outbound qdio_qs */
-       if (card->qdio.out_qs) {
-               for (i = 0; i < card->qdio.no_out_queues; ++i) {
-                       qeth_clear_outq_buffers(card->qdio.out_qs[i], 1);
-                       kfree(card->qdio.out_qs[i]);
-               }
-               kfree(card->qdio.out_qs);
-               card->qdio.out_qs = NULL;
-       }
-}
-
 static void qeth_clean_channel(struct qeth_channel *channel)
 {
        int cnt;
                rc = -ENOMEM;
                goto out;
        }
-       newbuf->buffer = &q->qdio_bufs[bidx];
+       newbuf->buffer = q->qdio_bufs[bidx];
        skb_queue_head_init(&newbuf->skb_list);
        lockdep_set_class(&newbuf->skb_list.lock, &qdio_out_skb_queue_key);
        newbuf->q = q;
        return rc;
 }
 
+static void qeth_free_qdio_out_buf(struct qeth_qdio_out_q *q)
+{
+       if (!q)
+               return;
+
+       qdio_free_buffers(q->qdio_bufs, QDIO_MAX_BUFFERS_PER_Q);
+       kfree(q);
+}
+
+static struct qeth_qdio_out_q *qeth_alloc_qdio_out_buf(void)
+{
+       struct qeth_qdio_out_q *q = kzalloc(sizeof(*q), GFP_KERNEL);
+
+       if (!q)
+               return NULL;
+
+       if (qdio_alloc_buffers(q->qdio_bufs, QDIO_MAX_BUFFERS_PER_Q)) {
+               kfree(q);
+               return NULL;
+       }
+       return q;
+}
 
 static int qeth_alloc_qdio_buffers(struct qeth_card *card)
 {
        if (!card->qdio.out_qs)
                goto out_freepool;
        for (i = 0; i < card->qdio.no_out_queues; ++i) {
-               card->qdio.out_qs[i] = kzalloc(sizeof(struct qeth_qdio_out_q),
-                                              GFP_KERNEL);
+               card->qdio.out_qs[i] = qeth_alloc_qdio_out_buf();
                if (!card->qdio.out_qs[i])
                        goto out_freeoutq;
                QETH_DBF_TEXT_(SETUP, 2, "outq %i", i);
        }
 out_freeoutq:
        while (i > 0) {
-               kfree(card->qdio.out_qs[--i]);
+               qeth_free_qdio_out_buf(card->qdio.out_qs[--i]);
                qeth_clear_outq_buffers(card->qdio.out_qs[i], 1);
        }
        kfree(card->qdio.out_qs);
        return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
+static void qeth_free_qdio_buffers(struct qeth_card *card)
+{
+       int i, j;
+
+       if (atomic_xchg(&card->qdio.state, QETH_QDIO_UNINITIALIZED) ==
+               QETH_QDIO_UNINITIALIZED)
+               return;
+
+       qeth_free_cq(card);
+       cancel_delayed_work_sync(&card->buffer_reclaim_work);
+       for (j = 0; j < QDIO_MAX_BUFFERS_PER_Q; ++j) {
+               if (card->qdio.in_q->bufs[j].rx_skb)
+                       dev_kfree_skb_any(card->qdio.in_q->bufs[j].rx_skb);
+       }
+       qeth_free_qdio_queue(card->qdio.in_q);
+       card->qdio.in_q = NULL;
+       /* inbound buffer pool */
+       qeth_free_buffer_pool(card);
+       /* free outbound qdio_qs */
+       if (card->qdio.out_qs) {
+               for (i = 0; i < card->qdio.no_out_queues; ++i) {
+                       qeth_clear_outq_buffers(card->qdio.out_qs[i], 1);
+                       qeth_free_qdio_out_buf(card->qdio.out_qs[i]);
+               }
+               kfree(card->qdio.out_qs);
+               card->qdio.out_qs = NULL;
+       }
+}
+
 static void qeth_create_qib_param_field(struct qeth_card *card,
                char *param_field)
 {
 
        /* outbound queue */
        for (i = 0; i < card->qdio.no_out_queues; ++i) {
-               memset(card->qdio.out_qs[i]->qdio_bufs, 0,
-                      QDIO_MAX_BUFFERS_PER_Q * sizeof(struct qdio_buffer));
+               qdio_reset_buffers(card->qdio.out_qs[i]->qdio_bufs,
+                                  QDIO_MAX_BUFFERS_PER_Q);
                for (j = 0; j < QDIO_MAX_BUFFERS_PER_Q; ++j) {
                        qeth_clear_output_buffer(card->qdio.out_qs[i],
                                        card->qdio.out_qs[i]->bufs[j],