diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
index d3415ee..9b3d43d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
@@ -206,28 +206,6 @@ static void ixgbevf_set_ivar(struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter, s8 direction,
 	}
 }
 
-static void ixgbevf_unmap_and_free_tx_resource(struct ixgbevf_ring *tx_ring,
-					struct ixgbevf_tx_buffer *tx_buffer)
-{
-	if (tx_buffer->skb) {
-		dev_kfree_skb_any(tx_buffer->skb);
-		if (dma_unmap_len(tx_buffer, len))
-			dma_unmap_single(tx_ring->dev,
-					 dma_unmap_addr(tx_buffer, dma),
-					 dma_unmap_len(tx_buffer, len),
-					 DMA_TO_DEVICE);
-	} else if (dma_unmap_len(tx_buffer, len)) {
-		dma_unmap_page(tx_ring->dev,
-			       dma_unmap_addr(tx_buffer, dma),
-			       dma_unmap_len(tx_buffer, len),
-			       DMA_TO_DEVICE);
-	}
-	tx_buffer->next_to_watch = NULL;
-	tx_buffer->skb = NULL;
-	dma_unmap_len_set(tx_buffer, len, 0);
-	/* tx_buffer must be completely set up in the transmit path */
-}
-
 static u64 ixgbevf_get_tx_completed(struct ixgbevf_ring *ring)
 {
 	return ring->stats.packets;
@@ -349,7 +327,6 @@ static bool ixgbevf_clean_tx_irq(struct ixgbevf_q_vector *q_vector,
 				 DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 
 		/* clear tx_buffer data */
-		tx_buffer->skb = NULL;
 		dma_unmap_len_set(tx_buffer, len, 0);
 
 		/* unmap remaining buffers */
@@ -1576,6 +1553,10 @@ static void ixgbevf_configure_tx_ring(struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter,
 	txdctl |= (1u << 8) |    /* HTHRESH = 1 */
 		   32;           /* PTHRESH = 32 */
 
+	/* reinitialize tx_buffer_info */
+	memset(ring->tx_buffer_info, 0,
+	       sizeof(struct ixgbevf_tx_buffer) * ring->count);
+
 	clear_bit(__IXGBEVF_HANG_CHECK_ARMED, &ring->state);
 
 	IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_VFTXDCTL(reg_idx), txdctl);
@@ -2184,23 +2165,57 @@ static void ixgbevf_clean_rx_ring(struct ixgbevf_ring *rx_ring)
  **/
 static void ixgbevf_clean_tx_ring(struct ixgbevf_ring *tx_ring)
 {
-	struct ixgbevf_tx_buffer *tx_buffer_info;
-	unsigned long size;
-	unsigned int i;
+	u16 i = tx_ring->next_to_clean;
+	struct ixgbevf_tx_buffer *tx_buffer = &tx_ring->tx_buffer_info[i];
 
-	if (!tx_ring->tx_buffer_info)
-		return;
+	while (i != tx_ring->next_to_use) {
+		union ixgbe_adv_tx_desc *eop_desc, *tx_desc;
+
+		/* Free all the Tx ring sk_buffs */
+		dev_kfree_skb_any(tx_buffer->skb);
+
+		/* unmap skb header data */
+		dma_unmap_single(tx_ring->dev,
+				 dma_unmap_addr(tx_buffer, dma),
+				 dma_unmap_len(tx_buffer, len),
+				 DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+
+		/* check for eop_desc to determine the end of the packet */
+		eop_desc = tx_buffer->next_to_watch;
+		tx_desc = IXGBEVF_TX_DESC(tx_ring, i);
+
+		/* unmap remaining buffers */
+		while (tx_desc != eop_desc) {
+			tx_buffer++;
+			tx_desc++;
+			i++;
+			if (unlikely(i == tx_ring->count)) {
+				i = 0;
+				tx_buffer = tx_ring->tx_buffer_info;
+				tx_desc = IXGBEVF_TX_DESC(tx_ring, 0);
+			}
+
+			/* unmap any remaining paged data */
+			if (dma_unmap_len(tx_buffer, len))
+				dma_unmap_page(tx_ring->dev,
+					       dma_unmap_addr(tx_buffer, dma),
+					       dma_unmap_len(tx_buffer, len),
+					       DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+		}
 
-	/* Free all the Tx ring sk_buffs */
-	for (i = 0; i < tx_ring->count; i++) {
-		tx_buffer_info = &tx_ring->tx_buffer_info[i];
-		ixgbevf_unmap_and_free_tx_resource(tx_ring, tx_buffer_info);
+		/* move us one more past the eop_desc for start of next pkt */
+		tx_buffer++;
+		i++;
+		if (unlikely(i == tx_ring->count)) {
+			i = 0;
+			tx_buffer = tx_ring->tx_buffer_info;
+		}
 	}
 
-	size = sizeof(struct ixgbevf_tx_buffer) * tx_ring->count;
-	memset(tx_ring->tx_buffer_info, 0, size);
+	/* reset next_to_use and next_to_clean */
+	tx_ring->next_to_use = 0;
+	tx_ring->next_to_clean = 0;
 
-	memset(tx_ring->desc, 0, tx_ring->size);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -3030,7 +3045,7 @@ int ixgbevf_setup_tx_resources(struct ixgbevf_ring *tx_ring)
 	int size;
 
 	size = sizeof(struct ixgbevf_tx_buffer) * tx_ring->count;
-	tx_ring->tx_buffer_info = vzalloc(size);
+	tx_ring->tx_buffer_info = vmalloc(size);
 	if (!tx_ring->tx_buffer_info)
 		goto err;
 
@@ -3634,18 +3649,32 @@ static void ixgbevf_tx_map(struct ixgbevf_ring *tx_ring,
 	return;
 dma_error:
 	dev_err(tx_ring->dev, "TX DMA map failed\n");
+	tx_buffer = &tx_ring->tx_buffer_info[i];
 
 	/* clear dma mappings for failed tx_buffer_info map */
-	for (;;) {
+	while (tx_buffer != first) {
+		if (dma_unmap_len(tx_buffer, len))
+			dma_unmap_page(tx_ring->dev,
+				       dma_unmap_addr(tx_buffer, dma),
+				       dma_unmap_len(tx_buffer, len),
+				       DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+		dma_unmap_len_set(tx_buffer, len, 0);
+
+		if (i-- == 0)
+			i += tx_ring->count;
 		tx_buffer = &tx_ring->tx_buffer_info[i];
-		ixgbevf_unmap_and_free_tx_resource(tx_ring, tx_buffer);
-		if (tx_buffer == first)
-			break;
-		if (i == 0)
-			i = tx_ring->count;
-		i--;
 	}
 
+	if (dma_unmap_len(tx_buffer, len))
+		dma_unmap_single(tx_ring->dev,
+				 dma_unmap_addr(tx_buffer, dma),
+				 dma_unmap_len(tx_buffer, len),
+				 DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+	dma_unmap_len_set(tx_buffer, len, 0);
+
+	dev_kfree_skb_any(tx_buffer->skb);
+	tx_buffer->skb = NULL;
+
 	tx_ring->next_to_use = i;
 }
 
