diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/toshiba/ps3_gelic_net.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/toshiba/ps3_gelic_net.c
index cf8de8a7a8a1eb..9d535ae5962662 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/toshiba/ps3_gelic_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/toshiba/ps3_gelic_net.c
@@ -317,15 +317,17 @@ static int gelic_card_init_chain(struct gelic_card *card,
 
 	/* 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;
 	}
@@ -365,26 +367,28 @@ static int gelic_card_init_chain(struct gelic_card *card,
  *
  * allocates a new rx skb, iommu-maps it and attaches it to the descriptor.
  * Activate the descriptor state-wise
+ *
+ * Gelic RX sk_buffs must be aligned to GELIC_NET_RXBUF_ALIGN and the length
+ * must be a multiple of GELIC_NET_RXBUF_ALIGN.
  */
 static int gelic_descr_prepare_rx(struct gelic_card *card,
 				  struct gelic_descr *descr)
 {
+	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;
-	unsigned int bufsize;
 
 	if (gelic_descr_get_status(descr) !=  GELIC_DESCR_DMA_NOT_IN_USE)
 		dev_info(ctodev(card), "%s: ERROR status\n", __func__);
-	/* we need to round up the buffer size to a multiple of 128 */
-	bufsize = ALIGN(GELIC_NET_MAX_MTU, GELIC_NET_RXBUF_ALIGN);
 
-	/* and we need to have it 128 byte aligned, therefore we allocate a
-	 * bit more */
-	descr->skb = dev_alloc_skb(bufsize + GELIC_NET_RXBUF_ALIGN - 1);
+	descr->skb = netdev_alloc_skb(*card->netdev, rx_skb_size);
 	if (!descr->skb) {
 		descr->buf_addr = 0; /* tell DMAC don't touch memory */
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
-	descr->buf_size = cpu_to_be32(bufsize);
+	descr->buf_size = cpu_to_be32(rx_skb_size);
 	descr->dmac_cmd_status = 0;
 	descr->result_size = 0;
 	descr->valid_size = 0;
@@ -395,11 +399,10 @@ static int gelic_descr_prepare_rx(struct gelic_card *card,
 	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_MTU,
-						     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),
@@ -779,7 +782,7 @@ static int gelic_descr_prepare_tx(struct gelic_card *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);
@@ -915,7 +918,7 @@ static void gelic_net_pass_skb_up(struct gelic_descr *descr,
 	data_error = be32_to_cpu(descr->data_error);
 	/* unmap skb buffer */
 	dma_unmap_single(ctodev(card), be32_to_cpu(descr->buf_addr),
-			 GELIC_NET_MAX_MTU,
+			 GELIC_NET_MAX_FRAME,
 			 DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
 
 	skb_put(skb, be32_to_cpu(descr->valid_size)?
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/toshiba/ps3_gelic_net.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/toshiba/ps3_gelic_net.h
index 68f324ed4eaf08..0d98defb011ed7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/toshiba/ps3_gelic_net.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/toshiba/ps3_gelic_net.h
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@
 #define GELIC_NET_RX_DESCRIPTORS        128 /* num of descriptors */
 #define GELIC_NET_TX_DESCRIPTORS        128 /* num of descriptors */
 
-#define GELIC_NET_MAX_MTU               VLAN_ETH_FRAME_LEN
-#define GELIC_NET_MIN_MTU               VLAN_ETH_ZLEN
+#define GELIC_NET_MAX_FRAME             2312
+#define GELIC_NET_MAX_MTU               2294
+#define GELIC_NET_MIN_MTU               64
 #define GELIC_NET_RXBUF_ALIGN           128
 #define GELIC_CARD_RX_CSUM_DEFAULT      1 /* hw chksum */
 #define GELIC_NET_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT      5*HZ