static void ipg_nic_txfree(struct net_device *dev)
 {
        struct ipg_nic_private *sp = netdev_priv(dev);
-       void __iomem *ioaddr = sp->ioaddr;
-       unsigned int curr;
-       u64 txd_map;
-       unsigned int released, pending;
-
-       txd_map = (u64)sp->txd_map;
-       curr = ipg_r32(TFD_LIST_PTR_0) -
-               do_div(txd_map, sizeof(struct ipg_tx)) - 1;
+       unsigned int released, pending, dirty;
 
        IPG_DEBUG_MSG("_nic_txfree\n");
 
        pending = sp->tx_current - sp->tx_dirty;
+       dirty = sp->tx_dirty % IPG_TFDLIST_LENGTH;
 
        for (released = 0; released < pending; released++) {
-               unsigned int dirty = sp->tx_dirty % IPG_TFDLIST_LENGTH;
                struct sk_buff *skb = sp->TxBuff[dirty];
                struct ipg_tx *txfd = sp->txd + dirty;
 
                 * If the TFDDone bit is set, free the associated
                 * buffer.
                 */
-               if (dirty == curr)
-                       break;
-
-               /* Setup TFDDONE for compatible issue. */
-               txfd->tfc |= cpu_to_le64(IPG_TFC_TFDDONE);
+               if (!(txfd->tfc & cpu_to_le64(IPG_TFC_TFDDONE)))
+                        break;
 
                /* Free the transmit buffer. */
                if (skb) {
 
                        sp->TxBuff[dirty] = NULL;
                }
+               dirty = (dirty + 1) % IPG_TFDLIST_LENGTH;
        }
 
        sp->tx_dirty += released;