diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_msgdma.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_msgdma.c
index 3df1866..219a8a1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_msgdma.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_msgdma.c
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ void msgdma_uninitialize(struct altera_tse_private *priv)
 {
 }
 
+void msgdma_start_rxdma(struct altera_tse_private *priv)
+{
+}
+
 void msgdma_reset(struct altera_tse_private *priv)
 {
 	int counter;
@@ -154,7 +158,7 @@ u32 msgdma_tx_completions(struct altera_tse_private *priv)
 
 /* Put buffer to the mSGDMA RX FIFO
  */
-int msgdma_add_rx_desc(struct altera_tse_private *priv,
+void msgdma_add_rx_desc(struct altera_tse_private *priv,
 			struct tse_buffer *rxbuffer)
 {
 	struct msgdma_extended_desc *desc = priv->rx_dma_desc;
@@ -175,7 +179,6 @@ int msgdma_add_rx_desc(struct altera_tse_private *priv,
 	iowrite32(0, &desc->burst_seq_num);
 	iowrite32(0x00010001, &desc->stride);
 	iowrite32(control, &desc->control);
-	return 1;
 }
 
 /* status is returned on upper 16 bits,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_msgdma.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_msgdma.h
index 7f0f5bf..42cf61c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_msgdma.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_msgdma.h
@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@ void msgdma_disable_txirq(struct altera_tse_private *);
 void msgdma_clear_rxirq(struct altera_tse_private *);
 void msgdma_clear_txirq(struct altera_tse_private *);
 u32 msgdma_tx_completions(struct altera_tse_private *);
-int msgdma_add_rx_desc(struct altera_tse_private *, struct tse_buffer *);
+void msgdma_add_rx_desc(struct altera_tse_private *, struct tse_buffer *);
 int msgdma_tx_buffer(struct altera_tse_private *, struct tse_buffer *);
 u32 msgdma_rx_status(struct altera_tse_private *);
 int msgdma_initialize(struct altera_tse_private *);
 void msgdma_uninitialize(struct altera_tse_private *);
+void msgdma_start_rxdma(struct altera_tse_private *);
 
 #endif /*  __ALTERA_MSGDMA_H__ */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_sgdma.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_sgdma.c
index 0ee9663..4bcdd34 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_sgdma.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_sgdma.c
@@ -64,11 +64,15 @@ queue_rx_peekhead(struct altera_tse_private *priv);
 
 int sgdma_initialize(struct altera_tse_private *priv)
 {
-	priv->txctrlreg = SGDMA_CTRLREG_ILASTD;
+	priv->txctrlreg = SGDMA_CTRLREG_ILASTD |
+		      SGDMA_CTRLREG_INTEN;
 
 	priv->rxctrlreg = SGDMA_CTRLREG_IDESCRIP |
+		      SGDMA_CTRLREG_INTEN |
 		      SGDMA_CTRLREG_ILASTD;
 
+	priv->sgdmadesclen = sizeof(sgdma_descrip);
+
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&priv->txlisthd);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&priv->rxlisthd);
 
@@ -93,6 +97,16 @@ int sgdma_initialize(struct altera_tse_private *priv)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	/* Initialize descriptor memory to all 0's, sync memory to cache */
+	memset(priv->tx_dma_desc, 0, priv->txdescmem);
+	memset(priv->rx_dma_desc, 0, priv->rxdescmem);
+
+	dma_sync_single_for_device(priv->device, priv->txdescphys,
+				   priv->txdescmem, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+
+	dma_sync_single_for_device(priv->device, priv->rxdescphys,
+				   priv->rxdescmem, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -130,26 +144,23 @@ void sgdma_reset(struct altera_tse_private *priv)
 	iowrite32(0, &prxsgdma->control);
 }
 
+/* For SGDMA, interrupts remain enabled after initially enabling,
+ * so no need to provide implementations for abstract enable
+ * and disable
+ */
+
 void sgdma_enable_rxirq(struct altera_tse_private *priv)
 {
-	struct sgdma_csr *csr = (struct sgdma_csr *)priv->rx_dma_csr;
-	priv->rxctrlreg |= SGDMA_CTRLREG_INTEN;
-	tse_set_bit(&csr->control, SGDMA_CTRLREG_INTEN);
 }
 
 void sgdma_enable_txirq(struct altera_tse_private *priv)
 {
-	struct sgdma_csr *csr = (struct sgdma_csr *)priv->tx_dma_csr;
-	priv->txctrlreg |= SGDMA_CTRLREG_INTEN;
-	tse_set_bit(&csr->control, SGDMA_CTRLREG_INTEN);
 }
 
-/* for SGDMA, RX interrupts remain enabled after enabling */
 void sgdma_disable_rxirq(struct altera_tse_private *priv)
 {
 }
 
-/* for SGDMA, TX interrupts remain enabled after enabling */
 void sgdma_disable_txirq(struct altera_tse_private *priv)
 {
 }
@@ -219,11 +230,15 @@ u32 sgdma_tx_completions(struct altera_tse_private *priv)
 	return ready;
 }
 
-int sgdma_add_rx_desc(struct altera_tse_private *priv,
-		      struct tse_buffer *rxbuffer)
+void sgdma_start_rxdma(struct altera_tse_private *priv)
+{
+	sgdma_async_read(priv);
+}
+
+void sgdma_add_rx_desc(struct altera_tse_private *priv,
+		       struct tse_buffer *rxbuffer)
 {
 	queue_rx(priv, rxbuffer);
-	return sgdma_async_read(priv);
 }
 
 /* status is returned on upper 16 bits,
@@ -240,28 +255,52 @@ u32 sgdma_rx_status(struct altera_tse_private *priv)
 	unsigned int pktstatus = 0;
 	struct tse_buffer *rxbuffer = NULL;
 
-	dma_sync_single_for_cpu(priv->device,
-				priv->rxdescphys,
-				priv->rxdescmem,
-				DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
+	u32 sts = ioread32(&csr->status);
 
 	desc = &base[0];
-	if ((ioread32(&csr->status) & SGDMA_STSREG_EOP) ||
-	    (desc->status & SGDMA_STATUS_EOP)) {
+	if (sts & SGDMA_STSREG_EOP) {
+		dma_sync_single_for_cpu(priv->device,
+					priv->rxdescphys,
+					priv->sgdmadesclen,
+					DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
+
 		pktlength = desc->bytes_xferred;
 		pktstatus = desc->status & 0x3f;
 		rxstatus = pktstatus;
 		rxstatus = rxstatus << 16;
 		rxstatus |= (pktlength & 0xffff);
 
-		desc->status = 0;
+		if (rxstatus) {
+			desc->status = 0;
 
-		rxbuffer = dequeue_rx(priv);
-		if (rxbuffer == NULL)
-			netdev_err(priv->dev,
-				   "sgdma rx and rx queue empty!\n");
+			rxbuffer = dequeue_rx(priv);
+			if (rxbuffer == NULL)
+				netdev_info(priv->dev,
+					    "sgdma rx and rx queue empty!\n");
+
+			/* Clear control */
+			iowrite32(0, &csr->control);
+			/* clear status */
+			iowrite32(0xf, &csr->status);
 
-		/* kick the rx sgdma after reaping this descriptor */
+			/* kick the rx sgdma after reaping this descriptor */
+			pktsrx = sgdma_async_read(priv);
+
+		} else {
+			/* If the SGDMA indicated an end of packet on recv,
+			 * then it's expected that the rxstatus from the
+			 * descriptor is non-zero - meaning a valid packet
+			 * with a nonzero length, or an error has been
+			 * indicated. if not, then all we can do is signal
+			 * an error and return no packet received. Most likely
+			 * there is a system design error, or an error in the
+			 * underlying kernel (cache or cache management problem)
+			 */
+			netdev_err(priv->dev,
+				   "SGDMA RX Error Info: %x, %x, %x\n",
+				   sts, desc->status, rxstatus);
+		}
+	} else if (sts == 0) {
 		pktsrx = sgdma_async_read(priv);
 	}
 
@@ -319,13 +358,14 @@ static int sgdma_async_read(struct altera_tse_private *priv)
 	struct sgdma_descrip *cdesc = &descbase[0];
 	struct sgdma_descrip *ndesc = &descbase[1];
 
-	unsigned int sts = ioread32(&csr->status);
 	struct tse_buffer *rxbuffer = NULL;
 
 	if (!sgdma_rxbusy(priv)) {
 		rxbuffer = queue_rx_peekhead(priv);
-		if (rxbuffer == NULL)
+		if (rxbuffer == NULL) {
+			netdev_err(priv->dev, "no rx buffers available\n");
 			return 0;
+		}
 
 		sgdma_descrip(cdesc,		/* current descriptor */
 			      ndesc,		/* next descriptor */
@@ -337,17 +377,10 @@ static int sgdma_async_read(struct altera_tse_private *priv)
 			      0,		/* read fixed: NA for rx dma */
 			      0);		/* SOP: NA for rx DMA */
 
-		/* clear control and status */
-		iowrite32(0, &csr->control);
-
-		/* If status available, clear those bits */
-		if (sts & 0xf)
-			iowrite32(0xf, &csr->status);
-
 		dma_sync_single_for_device(priv->device,
 					   priv->rxdescphys,
-					   priv->rxdescmem,
-					   DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
+					   priv->sgdmadesclen,
+					   DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 
 		iowrite32(lower_32_bits(sgdma_rxphysaddr(priv, cdesc)),
 			  &csr->next_descrip);
@@ -374,7 +407,7 @@ static int sgdma_async_write(struct altera_tse_private *priv,
 	iowrite32(0x1f, &csr->status);
 
 	dma_sync_single_for_device(priv->device, priv->txdescphys,
-				   priv->txdescmem, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+				   priv->sgdmadesclen, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 
 	iowrite32(lower_32_bits(sgdma_txphysaddr(priv, desc)),
 		  &csr->next_descrip);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_sgdma.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_sgdma.h
index 07d4717..584977e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_sgdma.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_sgdma.h
@@ -26,10 +26,11 @@ void sgdma_clear_rxirq(struct altera_tse_private *);
 void sgdma_clear_txirq(struct altera_tse_private *);
 int sgdma_tx_buffer(struct altera_tse_private *priv, struct tse_buffer *);
 u32 sgdma_tx_completions(struct altera_tse_private *);
-int sgdma_add_rx_desc(struct altera_tse_private *priv, struct tse_buffer *);
+void sgdma_add_rx_desc(struct altera_tse_private *priv, struct tse_buffer *);
 void sgdma_status(struct altera_tse_private *);
 u32 sgdma_rx_status(struct altera_tse_private *);
 int sgdma_initialize(struct altera_tse_private *);
 void sgdma_uninitialize(struct altera_tse_private *);
+void sgdma_start_rxdma(struct altera_tse_private *);
 
 #endif /*  __ALTERA_SGDMA_H__ */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse.h
index 8feeed0..6059a09 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse.h
@@ -390,10 +390,11 @@ struct altera_dmaops {
 	void (*clear_rxirq)(struct altera_tse_private *);
 	int (*tx_buffer)(struct altera_tse_private *, struct tse_buffer *);
 	u32 (*tx_completions)(struct altera_tse_private *);
-	int (*add_rx_desc)(struct altera_tse_private *, struct tse_buffer *);
+	void (*add_rx_desc)(struct altera_tse_private *, struct tse_buffer *);
 	u32 (*get_rx_status)(struct altera_tse_private *);
 	int (*init_dma)(struct altera_tse_private *);
 	void (*uninit_dma)(struct altera_tse_private *);
+	void (*start_rxdma)(struct altera_tse_private *);
 };
 
 /* This structure is private to each device.
@@ -453,6 +454,7 @@ struct altera_tse_private {
 	u32 rxctrlreg;
 	dma_addr_t rxdescphys;
 	dma_addr_t txdescphys;
+	size_t sgdmadesclen;
 
 	struct list_head txlisthd;
 	struct list_head rxlisthd;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c
index c70a29e..dabba5e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ static int tse_init_rx_buffer(struct altera_tse_private *priv,
 		dev_kfree_skb_any(rxbuffer->skb);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
+	rxbuffer->dma_addr &= (dma_addr_t)~3;
 	rxbuffer->len = len;
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -425,9 +426,10 @@ static int tse_rx(struct altera_tse_private *priv, int limit)
 		priv->dev->stats.rx_bytes += pktlength;
 
 		entry = next_entry;
+
+		tse_rx_refill(priv);
 	}
 
-	tse_rx_refill(priv);
 	return count;
 }
 
@@ -520,7 +522,6 @@ static irqreturn_t altera_isr(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	struct altera_tse_private *priv;
 	unsigned long int flags;
 
-
 	if (unlikely(!dev)) {
 		pr_err("%s: invalid dev pointer\n", __func__);
 		return IRQ_NONE;
@@ -868,13 +869,13 @@ static int init_mac(struct altera_tse_private *priv)
 	/* Disable RX/TX shift 16 for alignment of all received frames on 16-bit
 	 * start address
 	 */
-	tse_clear_bit(&mac->rx_cmd_stat, ALTERA_TSE_RX_CMD_STAT_RX_SHIFT16);
+	tse_set_bit(&mac->rx_cmd_stat, ALTERA_TSE_RX_CMD_STAT_RX_SHIFT16);
 	tse_clear_bit(&mac->tx_cmd_stat, ALTERA_TSE_TX_CMD_STAT_TX_SHIFT16 |
 					 ALTERA_TSE_TX_CMD_STAT_OMIT_CRC);
 
 	/* Set the MAC options */
 	cmd = ioread32(&mac->command_config);
-	cmd |= MAC_CMDCFG_PAD_EN;	/* Padding Removal on Receive */
+	cmd &= ~MAC_CMDCFG_PAD_EN;	/* No padding Removal on Receive */
 	cmd &= ~MAC_CMDCFG_CRC_FWD;	/* CRC Removal */
 	cmd |= MAC_CMDCFG_RX_ERR_DISC;	/* Automatically discard frames
 					 * with CRC errors
@@ -882,6 +883,12 @@ static int init_mac(struct altera_tse_private *priv)
 	cmd |= MAC_CMDCFG_CNTL_FRM_ENA;
 	cmd &= ~MAC_CMDCFG_TX_ENA;
 	cmd &= ~MAC_CMDCFG_RX_ENA;
+
+	/* Default speed and duplex setting, full/100 */
+	cmd &= ~MAC_CMDCFG_HD_ENA;
+	cmd &= ~MAC_CMDCFG_ETH_SPEED;
+	cmd &= ~MAC_CMDCFG_ENA_10;
+
 	iowrite32(cmd, &mac->command_config);
 
 	if (netif_msg_hw(priv))
@@ -1085,17 +1092,19 @@ static int tse_open(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->rxdma_irq_lock, flags);
 
-	/* Start MAC Rx/Tx */
-	spin_lock(&priv->mac_cfg_lock);
-	tse_set_mac(priv, true);
-	spin_unlock(&priv->mac_cfg_lock);
-
 	if (priv->phydev)
 		phy_start(priv->phydev);
 
 	napi_enable(&priv->napi);
 	netif_start_queue(dev);
 
+	priv->dmaops->start_rxdma(priv);
+
+	/* Start MAC Rx/Tx */
+	spin_lock(&priv->mac_cfg_lock);
+	tse_set_mac(priv, true);
+	spin_unlock(&priv->mac_cfg_lock);
+
 	return 0;
 
 tx_request_irq_error:
@@ -1167,7 +1176,6 @@ static struct net_device_ops altera_tse_netdev_ops = {
 	.ndo_validate_addr	= eth_validate_addr,
 };
 
-
 static int request_and_map(struct platform_device *pdev, const char *name,
 			   struct resource **res, void __iomem **ptr)
 {
@@ -1496,6 +1504,7 @@ struct altera_dmaops altera_dtype_sgdma = {
 	.get_rx_status = sgdma_rx_status,
 	.init_dma = sgdma_initialize,
 	.uninit_dma = sgdma_uninitialize,
+	.start_rxdma = sgdma_start_rxdma,
 };
 
 struct altera_dmaops altera_dtype_msgdma = {
@@ -1514,6 +1523,7 @@ struct altera_dmaops altera_dtype_msgdma = {
 	.get_rx_status = msgdma_rx_status,
 	.init_dma = msgdma_initialize,
 	.uninit_dma = msgdma_uninitialize,
+	.start_rxdma = msgdma_start_rxdma,
 };
 
 static struct of_device_id altera_tse_ids[] = {
