diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/sonic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/sonic.c
index 7aa7f8050d44..b6599aa22504 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/sonic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/sonic.c
@@ -423,6 +423,21 @@ static irqreturn_t sonic_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
+/* Return the array index corresponding to a given Receive Buffer pointer. */
+static int index_from_addr(struct sonic_local *lp, dma_addr_t addr,
+			   unsigned int last)
+{
+	unsigned int i = last;
+
+	do {
+		i = (i + 1) & SONIC_RRS_MASK;
+		if (addr == lp->rx_laddr[i])
+			return i;
+	} while (i != last);
+
+	return -ENOENT;
+}
+
 /*
  * We have a good packet(s), pass it/them up the network stack.
  */
@@ -442,6 +457,16 @@ static void sonic_rx(struct net_device *dev)
 
 		status = sonic_rda_get(dev, entry, SONIC_RD_STATUS);
 		if (status & SONIC_RCR_PRX) {
+			u32 addr = (sonic_rda_get(dev, entry,
+						  SONIC_RD_PKTPTR_H) << 16) |
+				   sonic_rda_get(dev, entry, SONIC_RD_PKTPTR_L);
+			int i = index_from_addr(lp, addr, entry);
+
+			if (i < 0) {
+				WARN_ONCE(1, "failed to find buffer!\n");
+				break;
+			}
+
 			/* Malloc up new buffer. */
 			new_skb = netdev_alloc_skb(dev, SONIC_RBSIZE + 2);
 			if (new_skb == NULL) {
@@ -463,7 +488,7 @@ static void sonic_rx(struct net_device *dev)
 
 			/* now we have a new skb to replace it, pass the used one up the stack */
 			dma_unmap_single(lp->device, lp->rx_laddr[entry], SONIC_RBSIZE, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
-			used_skb = lp->rx_skb[entry];
+			used_skb = lp->rx_skb[i];
 			pkt_len = sonic_rda_get(dev, entry, SONIC_RD_PKTLEN);
 			skb_trim(used_skb, pkt_len);
 			used_skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(used_skb, dev);
@@ -472,13 +497,13 @@ static void sonic_rx(struct net_device *dev)
 			lp->stats.rx_bytes += pkt_len;
 
 			/* and insert the new skb */
-			lp->rx_laddr[entry] = new_laddr;
-			lp->rx_skb[entry] = new_skb;
+			lp->rx_laddr[i] = new_laddr;
+			lp->rx_skb[i] = new_skb;
 
 			bufadr_l = (unsigned long)new_laddr & 0xffff;
 			bufadr_h = (unsigned long)new_laddr >> 16;
-			sonic_rra_put(dev, entry, SONIC_RR_BUFADR_L, bufadr_l);
-			sonic_rra_put(dev, entry, SONIC_RR_BUFADR_H, bufadr_h);
+			sonic_rra_put(dev, i, SONIC_RR_BUFADR_L, bufadr_l);
+			sonic_rra_put(dev, i, SONIC_RR_BUFADR_H, bufadr_h);
 		} else {
 			/* This should only happen, if we enable accepting broken packets. */
 			lp->stats.rx_errors++;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/sonic.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/sonic.h
index 7057760cb55c..83905eee6960 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/sonic.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/natsemi/sonic.h
@@ -274,8 +274,9 @@
 #define SONIC_NUM_RDS   SONIC_NUM_RRS /* number of receive descriptors */
 #define SONIC_NUM_TDS   16            /* number of transmit descriptors */
 
-#define SONIC_RDS_MASK  (SONIC_NUM_RDS-1)
-#define SONIC_TDS_MASK  (SONIC_NUM_TDS-1)
+#define SONIC_RRS_MASK  (SONIC_NUM_RRS - 1)
+#define SONIC_RDS_MASK  (SONIC_NUM_RDS - 1)
+#define SONIC_TDS_MASK  (SONIC_NUM_TDS - 1)
 
 #define SONIC_RBSIZE	1520          /* size of one resource buffer */