* @descr: descriptor to process
  * @card: card structure
  *
- * returns 1 on success, 0 if no packet was passed to the stack
- *
  * Fills out skb structure and passes the data to the stack.
  * The descriptor state is not changed.
  */
-static int
+static void
 spider_net_pass_skb_up(struct spider_net_descr *descr,
                       struct spider_net_card *card)
 {
        /* update netdevice statistics */
        card->netdev_stats.rx_packets++;
        card->netdev_stats.rx_bytes += skb->len;
-
-       return 1;
 }
 
 /**
        struct spider_net_descr_chain *chain = &card->rx_chain;
        struct spider_net_descr *descr = chain->tail;
        int status;
-       int result;
 
        status = spider_net_get_descr_status(descr);
 
        /* descriptor definitively used -- move on tail */
        chain->tail = descr->next;
 
-       result = 0;
-
        /* unmap descriptor */
        pci_unmap_single(card->pdev, descr->buf_addr,
                        SPIDER_NET_MAX_FRAME, PCI_DMA_FROMDEVICE);
                        pr_err("%s: dropping RX descriptor with state %d\n",
                               card->netdev->name, status);
                card->netdev_stats.rx_dropped++;
-               dev_kfree_skb_irq(descr->skb);
-               goto refill;
+               goto bad_desc;
        }
 
        if ( (status != SPIDER_NET_DESCR_COMPLETE) &&
                        pr_err("%s: RX descriptor with unkown state %d\n",
                               card->netdev->name, status);
                card->spider_stats.rx_desc_unk_state++;
-               dev_kfree_skb_irq(descr->skb);
-               goto refill;
+               goto bad_desc;
        }
 
        /* The cases we'll throw away the packet immediately */
                               "data_status=x%08x, data_error=x%08x\n",
                               card->netdev->name,
                               descr->data_status, descr->data_error);
-               card->spider_stats.rx_desc_error++;
-               dev_kfree_skb_irq(descr->skb);
-               goto refill;
+               goto bad_desc;
        }
 
-       /* ok, we've got a packet in descr */
-       result = spider_net_pass_skb_up(descr, card);
-refill:
-       /* change the descriptor state: */
+       /* Ok, we've got a packet in descr */
+       spider_net_pass_skb_up(descr, card);
        descr->dmac_cmd_status = SPIDER_NET_DESCR_NOT_IN_USE;
-       return result;
+       return 1;
+
+bad_desc:
+       dev_kfree_skb_irq(descr->skb);
+       descr->dmac_cmd_status = SPIDER_NET_DESCR_NOT_IN_USE;
+       return 0;
 }
 
 /**