diff --git a/drivers/net/tsec.c b/drivers/net/tsec.c
index 4aeb387..943c4b3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tsec.c
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 
 #define TX_BUF_CNT		2
 
-static uint rx_idx;		/* index of the current RX buffer */
-static uint tx_idx;		/* index of the current TX buffer */
-
 #ifdef __GNUC__
 static struct txbd8 __iomem txbd[TX_BUF_CNT] __aligned(8);
 static struct rxbd8 __iomem rxbd[PKTBUFSRX] __aligned(8);
@@ -280,22 +277,23 @@ void redundant_init(struct eth_device *dev)
 		tsec_send(dev, (void *)pkt, sizeof(pkt));
 
 		/* Wait for buffer to be received */
-		for (t = 0; in_be16(&rxbd[rx_idx].status) & RXBD_EMPTY; t++) {
+		for (t = 0; in_be16(&rxbd[priv->rx_idx].status) & RXBD_EMPTY;
+		     t++) {
 			if (t >= 10 * TOUT_LOOP) {
 				printf("%s: tsec: rx error\n", dev->name);
 				break;
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (!memcmp(pkt, (void *)net_rx_packets[rx_idx], sizeof(pkt)))
+		if (!memcmp(pkt, net_rx_packets[priv->rx_idx], sizeof(pkt)))
 			fail = 0;
 
-		out_be16(&rxbd[rx_idx].length, 0);
+		out_be16(&rxbd[priv->rx_idx].length, 0);
 		status = RXBD_EMPTY;
-		if ((rx_idx + 1) == PKTBUFSRX)
+		if ((priv->rx_idx + 1) == PKTBUFSRX)
 			status |= RXBD_WRAP;
-		out_be16(&rxbd[rx_idx].status, status);
-		rx_idx = (rx_idx + 1) % PKTBUFSRX;
+		out_be16(&rxbd[priv->rx_idx].status, status);
+		priv->rx_idx = (priv->rx_idx + 1) % PKTBUFSRX;
 
 		if (in_be32(&regs->ievent) & IEVENT_BSY) {
 			out_be32(&regs->ievent, IEVENT_BSY);
@@ -330,8 +328,8 @@ static void startup_tsec(struct eth_device *dev)
 	int i;
 
 	/* reset the indices to zero */
-	rx_idx = 0;
-	tx_idx = 0;
+	priv->rx_idx = 0;
+	priv->tx_idx = 0;
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_NMG_ETSEC129
 	uint svr;
 #endif
@@ -388,32 +386,32 @@ static int tsec_send(struct eth_device *dev, void *packet, int length)
 	int i;
 
 	/* Find an empty buffer descriptor */
-	for (i = 0; in_be16(&txbd[tx_idx].status) & TXBD_READY; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; in_be16(&txbd[priv->tx_idx].status) & TXBD_READY; i++) {
 		if (i >= TOUT_LOOP) {
 			debug("%s: tsec: tx buffers full\n", dev->name);
 			return result;
 		}
 	}
 
-	out_be32(&txbd[tx_idx].bufptr, (u32)packet);
-	out_be16(&txbd[tx_idx].length, length);
-	status = in_be16(&txbd[tx_idx].status);
-	out_be16(&txbd[tx_idx].status, status |
+	out_be32(&txbd[priv->tx_idx].bufptr, (u32)packet);
+	out_be16(&txbd[priv->tx_idx].length, length);
+	status = in_be16(&txbd[priv->tx_idx].status);
+	out_be16(&txbd[priv->tx_idx].status, status |
 		(TXBD_READY | TXBD_LAST | TXBD_CRC | TXBD_INTERRUPT));
 
 	/* Tell the DMA to go */
 	out_be32(&regs->tstat, TSTAT_CLEAR_THALT);
 
 	/* Wait for buffer to be transmitted */
-	for (i = 0; in_be16(&txbd[tx_idx].status) & TXBD_READY; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; in_be16(&txbd[priv->tx_idx].status) & TXBD_READY; i++) {
 		if (i >= TOUT_LOOP) {
 			debug("%s: tsec: tx error\n", dev->name);
 			return result;
 		}
 	}
 
-	tx_idx = (tx_idx + 1) % TX_BUF_CNT;
-	result = in_be16(&txbd[tx_idx].status) & TXBD_STATS;
+	priv->tx_idx = (priv->tx_idx + 1) % TX_BUF_CNT;
+	result = in_be16(&txbd[priv->tx_idx].status) & TXBD_STATS;
 
 	return result;
 }
@@ -423,26 +421,26 @@ static int tsec_recv(struct eth_device *dev)
 	struct tsec_private *priv = (struct tsec_private *)dev->priv;
 	struct tsec __iomem *regs = priv->regs;
 
-	while (!(in_be16(&rxbd[rx_idx].status) & RXBD_EMPTY)) {
-		int length = in_be16(&rxbd[rx_idx].length);
-		uint16_t status = in_be16(&rxbd[rx_idx].status);
+	while (!(in_be16(&rxbd[priv->rx_idx].status) & RXBD_EMPTY)) {
+		int length = in_be16(&rxbd[priv->rx_idx].length);
+		uint16_t status = in_be16(&rxbd[priv->rx_idx].status);
+		uchar *packet = net_rx_packets[priv->rx_idx];
 
 		/* Send the packet up if there were no errors */
 		if (!(status & RXBD_STATS))
-			net_process_received_packet(net_rx_packets[rx_idx],
-						    length - 4);
+			net_process_received_packet(packet, length - 4);
 		else
 			printf("Got error %x\n", (status & RXBD_STATS));
 
-		out_be16(&rxbd[rx_idx].length, 0);
+		out_be16(&rxbd[priv->rx_idx].length, 0);
 
 		status = RXBD_EMPTY;
 		/* Set the wrap bit if this is the last element in the list */
-		if ((rx_idx + 1) == PKTBUFSRX)
+		if ((priv->rx_idx + 1) == PKTBUFSRX)
 			status |= RXBD_WRAP;
-		out_be16(&rxbd[rx_idx].status, status);
+		out_be16(&rxbd[priv->rx_idx].status, status);
 
-		rx_idx = (rx_idx + 1) % PKTBUFSRX;
+		priv->rx_idx = (priv->rx_idx + 1) % PKTBUFSRX;
 	}
 
 	if (in_be32(&regs->ievent) & IEVENT_BSY) {
diff --git a/include/tsec.h b/include/tsec.h
index f2aa11a..023f095 100644
--- a/include/tsec.h
+++ b/include/tsec.h
@@ -396,6 +396,8 @@ struct tsec_private {
 	uint phyaddr;
 	char mii_devname[16];
 	u32 flags;
+	uint rx_idx;	/* index of the current RX buffer */
+	uint tx_idx;	/* index of the current TX buffer */
 };
 
 struct tsec_info_struct {
