skb = buffer_info->skb;
                buffer_info->skb = NULL;
 
+               prefetch(skb->data - NET_IP_ALIGN);
+
                if (++i == rx_ring->count) i = 0;
                next_rxd = E1000_RX_DESC(*rx_ring, i);
+               prefetch(next_rxd);
+
                next_buffer = &rx_ring->buffer_info[i];
                next_skb = next_buffer->skb;
+               prefetch(next_skb->data - NET_IP_ALIGN);
 
                cleaned = TRUE;
                cleaned_count++;
                        cleaned_count = 0;
                }
 
+               /* use prefetched values */
                rx_desc = next_rxd;
                buffer_info = next_buffer;
        }
        i = rx_ring->next_to_clean;
        rx_desc = E1000_RX_DESC_PS(*rx_ring, i);
        staterr = le32_to_cpu(rx_desc->wb.middle.status_error);
-       buffer_info = &rx_ring->buffer_info[i];
 
        while (staterr & E1000_RXD_STAT_DD) {
+               buffer_info = &rx_ring->buffer_info[i];
                ps_page = &rx_ring->ps_page[i];
                ps_page_dma = &rx_ring->ps_page_dma[i];
 #ifdef CONFIG_E1000_NAPI
 #endif
                skb = buffer_info->skb;
 
+               /* in the packet split case this is header only */
+               prefetch(skb->data - NET_IP_ALIGN);
+
                if (++i == rx_ring->count) i = 0;
                next_rxd = E1000_RX_DESC_PS(*rx_ring, i);
+               prefetch(next_rxd);
+
                next_buffer = &rx_ring->buffer_info[i];
                next_skb = next_buffer->skb;
+               prefetch(next_skb->data - NET_IP_ALIGN);
 
                cleaned = TRUE;
                cleaned_count++;
                }
                
                for (j = 0; j < adapter->rx_ps_pages; j++) {
-                       if (!(length = le16_to_cpu(rx_desc->wb.upper.length[j])))
+                       if (!(length= le16_to_cpu(rx_desc->wb.upper.length[j])))
                                break;
-
                        pci_unmap_page(pdev, ps_page_dma->ps_page_dma[j],
                                        PAGE_SIZE, PCI_DMA_FROMDEVICE);
                        ps_page_dma->ps_page_dma[j] = 0;
                        cleaned_count = 0;
                }
 
+               /* use prefetched values */
                rx_desc = next_rxd;
                buffer_info = next_buffer;