diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
index 86dccb26fecc..7402ab12e46b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
@@ -116,9 +116,7 @@ static int gfar_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev);
 static void gfar_reset_task(struct work_struct *work);
 static void gfar_timeout(struct net_device *dev);
 static int gfar_close(struct net_device *dev);
-struct sk_buff *gfar_new_skb(struct net_device *dev);
-static void gfar_new_rxbdp(struct gfar_priv_rx_q *rx_queue, struct rxbd8 *bdp,
-			   struct sk_buff *skb);
+struct sk_buff *gfar_new_skb(struct net_device *dev, dma_addr_t *bufaddr);
 static int gfar_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev);
 static int gfar_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu);
 static irqreturn_t gfar_error(int irq, void *dev_id);
@@ -180,6 +178,7 @@ static int gfar_init_bds(struct net_device *ndev)
 	struct rxbd8 *rxbdp;
 	u32 *rfbptr;
 	int i, j;
+	dma_addr_t bufaddr;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < priv->num_tx_queues; i++) {
 		tx_queue = priv->tx_queue[i];
@@ -214,19 +213,17 @@ static int gfar_init_bds(struct net_device *ndev)
 			struct sk_buff *skb = rx_queue->rx_skbuff[j];
 
 			if (skb) {
-				gfar_init_rxbdp(rx_queue, rxbdp,
-						rxbdp->bufPtr);
+				bufaddr = rxbdp->bufPtr;
 			} else {
-				skb = gfar_new_skb(ndev);
+				skb = gfar_new_skb(ndev, &bufaddr);
 				if (!skb) {
 					netdev_err(ndev, "Can't allocate RX buffers\n");
 					return -ENOMEM;
 				}
 				rx_queue->rx_skbuff[j] = skb;
-
-				gfar_new_rxbdp(rx_queue, rxbdp, skb);
 			}
 
+			gfar_init_rxbdp(rx_queue, rxbdp, bufaddr);
 			rxbdp++;
 		}
 
@@ -2319,6 +2316,8 @@ static int gfar_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 						   0,
 						   frag_len,
 						   DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+			if (unlikely(dma_mapping_error(priv->dev, bufaddr)))
+				goto dma_map_err;
 
 			/* set the TxBD length and buffer pointer */
 			txbdp->bufPtr = bufaddr;
@@ -2368,8 +2367,12 @@ static int gfar_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		fcb->ptp = 1;
 	}
 
-	txbdp_start->bufPtr = dma_map_single(priv->dev, skb->data,
-					     skb_headlen(skb), DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+	bufaddr = dma_map_single(priv->dev, skb->data, skb_headlen(skb),
+				 DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+	if (unlikely(dma_mapping_error(priv->dev, bufaddr)))
+		goto dma_map_err;
+
+	txbdp_start->bufPtr = bufaddr;
 
 	/* If time stamping is requested one additional TxBD must be set up. The
 	 * first TxBD points to the FCB and must have a data length of
@@ -2435,6 +2438,25 @@ static int gfar_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tx_queue->txlock, flags);
 
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
+
+dma_map_err:
+	txbdp = next_txbd(txbdp_start, base, tx_queue->tx_ring_size);
+	if (do_tstamp)
+		txbdp = next_txbd(txbdp, base, tx_queue->tx_ring_size);
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_frags; i++) {
+		lstatus = txbdp->lstatus;
+		if (!(lstatus & BD_LFLAG(TXBD_READY)))
+			break;
+
+		txbdp->lstatus = lstatus & ~BD_LFLAG(TXBD_READY);
+		bufaddr = txbdp->bufPtr;
+		dma_unmap_page(priv->dev, bufaddr, txbdp->length,
+			       DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+		txbdp = next_txbd(txbdp, base, tx_queue->tx_ring_size);
+	}
+	gfar_wmb();
+	dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
+	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 }
 
 /* Stops the kernel queue, and halts the controller */
@@ -2635,18 +2657,6 @@ static void gfar_clean_tx_ring(struct gfar_priv_tx_q *tx_queue)
 	netdev_tx_completed_queue(txq, howmany, bytes_sent);
 }
 
-static void gfar_new_rxbdp(struct gfar_priv_rx_q *rx_queue, struct rxbd8 *bdp,
-			   struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	struct net_device *dev = rx_queue->dev;
-	struct gfar_private *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
-	dma_addr_t buf;
-
-	buf = dma_map_single(priv->dev, skb->data,
-			     priv->rx_buffer_size, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
-	gfar_init_rxbdp(rx_queue, bdp, buf);
-}
-
 static struct sk_buff *gfar_alloc_skb(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct gfar_private *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
@@ -2661,9 +2671,25 @@ static struct sk_buff *gfar_alloc_skb(struct net_device *dev)
 	return skb;
 }
 
-struct sk_buff *gfar_new_skb(struct net_device *dev)
+struct sk_buff *gfar_new_skb(struct net_device *dev, dma_addr_t *bufaddr)
 {
-	return gfar_alloc_skb(dev);
+	struct gfar_private *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
+	dma_addr_t addr;
+
+	skb = gfar_alloc_skb(dev);
+	if (!skb)
+		return NULL;
+
+	addr = dma_map_single(priv->dev, skb->data,
+			      priv->rx_buffer_size, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
+	if (unlikely(dma_mapping_error(priv->dev, addr))) {
+		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	*bufaddr = addr;
+	return skb;
 }
 
 static inline void count_errors(unsigned short status, struct net_device *dev)
@@ -2834,11 +2860,12 @@ int gfar_clean_rx_ring(struct gfar_priv_rx_q *rx_queue, int rx_work_limit)
 
 	while (!((bdp->status & RXBD_EMPTY) || (--rx_work_limit < 0))) {
 		struct sk_buff *newskb;
+		dma_addr_t bufaddr;
 
 		rmb();
 
 		/* Add another skb for the future */
-		newskb = gfar_new_skb(dev);
+		newskb = gfar_new_skb(dev, &bufaddr);
 
 		skb = rx_queue->rx_skbuff[rx_queue->skb_currx];
 
@@ -2854,9 +2881,10 @@ int gfar_clean_rx_ring(struct gfar_priv_rx_q *rx_queue, int rx_work_limit)
 			     bdp->status & RXBD_ERR)) {
 			count_errors(bdp->status, dev);
 
-			if (unlikely(!newskb))
+			if (unlikely(!newskb)) {
 				newskb = skb;
-			else if (skb)
+				bufaddr = bdp->bufPtr;
+			} else if (skb)
 				dev_kfree_skb(skb);
 		} else {
 			/* Increment the number of packets */
@@ -2883,7 +2911,7 @@ int gfar_clean_rx_ring(struct gfar_priv_rx_q *rx_queue, int rx_work_limit)
 		rx_queue->rx_skbuff[rx_queue->skb_currx] = newskb;
 
 		/* Setup the new bdp */
-		gfar_new_rxbdp(rx_queue, bdp, newskb);
+		gfar_init_rxbdp(rx_queue, bdp, bufaddr);
 
 		/* Update Last Free RxBD pointer for LFC */
 		if (unlikely(rx_queue->rfbptr && priv->tx_actual_en))