diff --git a/drivers/net/qla3xxx.c b/drivers/net/qla3xxx.c
index 9952e3931e34..6612936306d7 100755
--- a/drivers/net/qla3xxx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/qla3xxx.c
@@ -1688,6 +1688,27 @@ static int ql_populate_free_queue(struct ql3_adapter *qdev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Caller holds hw_lock.
+ */
+static void ql_update_small_bufq_prod_index(struct ql3_adapter *qdev)
+{
+	struct ql3xxx_port_registers __iomem *port_regs = qdev->mem_map_registers;
+	if (qdev->small_buf_release_cnt >= 16) {
+		while (qdev->small_buf_release_cnt >= 16) {
+			qdev->small_buf_q_producer_index++;
+
+			if (qdev->small_buf_q_producer_index ==
+			    NUM_SBUFQ_ENTRIES)
+				qdev->small_buf_q_producer_index = 0;
+			qdev->small_buf_release_cnt -= 8;
+		}
+		wmb();
+		writel(qdev->small_buf_q_producer_index,
+			&port_regs->CommonRegs.rxSmallQProducerIndex);
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * Caller holds hw_lock.
  */
@@ -1732,13 +1753,10 @@ static void ql_update_lrg_bufq_prod_index(struct ql3_adapter *qdev)
 				lrg_buf_q_ele = qdev->lrg_buf_q_virt_addr;
 			}
 		}
-
+		wmb();
 		qdev->lrg_buf_next_free = lrg_buf_q_ele;
-
-		ql_write_common_reg(qdev,
-				    &port_regs->CommonRegs.
-				    rxLargeQProducerIndex,
-				    qdev->lrg_buf_q_producer_index);
+		writel(qdev->lrg_buf_q_producer_index,
+			&port_regs->CommonRegs.rxLargeQProducerIndex);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1944,16 +1962,12 @@ static void ql_process_macip_rx_intr(struct ql3_adapter *qdev,
 static int ql_tx_rx_clean(struct ql3_adapter *qdev,
 			  int *tx_cleaned, int *rx_cleaned, int work_to_do)
 {
-	struct ql3xxx_port_registers __iomem *port_regs = qdev->mem_map_registers;
 	struct net_rsp_iocb *net_rsp;
 	struct net_device *ndev = qdev->ndev;
-	unsigned long hw_flags;
 	int work_done = 0;
 
-	u32 rsp_producer_index = le32_to_cpu(*(qdev->prsp_producer_index));
-
 	/* While there are entries in the completion queue. */
-	while ((rsp_producer_index !=
+	while ((le32_to_cpu(*(qdev->prsp_producer_index)) !=
 		qdev->rsp_consumer_index) && (work_done < work_to_do)) {
 
 		net_rsp = qdev->rsp_current;
@@ -2009,33 +2023,7 @@ static int ql_tx_rx_clean(struct ql3_adapter *qdev,
 		work_done = *tx_cleaned + *rx_cleaned;
 	}
 
-	if(work_done) {
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&qdev->hw_lock, hw_flags);
-
-		ql_update_lrg_bufq_prod_index(qdev);
-
-		if (qdev->small_buf_release_cnt >= 16) {
-			while (qdev->small_buf_release_cnt >= 16) {
-				qdev->small_buf_q_producer_index++;
-
-				if (qdev->small_buf_q_producer_index ==
-				    NUM_SBUFQ_ENTRIES)
-					qdev->small_buf_q_producer_index = 0;
-				qdev->small_buf_release_cnt -= 8;
-			}
-
-			wmb();
-			ql_write_common_reg(qdev,
-					    &port_regs->CommonRegs.
-					    rxSmallQProducerIndex,
-					    qdev->small_buf_q_producer_index);
-
-		}
-
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&qdev->hw_lock, hw_flags);
-	}
-
-	return *tx_cleaned + *rx_cleaned;
+	return work_done;
 }
 
 static int ql_poll(struct net_device *ndev, int *budget)
@@ -2059,9 +2047,10 @@ static int ql_poll(struct net_device *ndev, int *budget)
 		netif_rx_complete(ndev);
 
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&qdev->hw_lock, hw_flags);
-		ql_write_common_reg(qdev,
-				    &port_regs->CommonRegs.rspQConsumerIndex,
-				    qdev->rsp_consumer_index);
+		ql_update_small_bufq_prod_index(qdev);
+		ql_update_lrg_bufq_prod_index(qdev);
+		writel(qdev->rsp_consumer_index,
+			    &port_regs->CommonRegs.rspQConsumerIndex);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&qdev->hw_lock, hw_flags);
 
 		ql_enable_interrupts(qdev);