diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
index 779b1009da1c..7bf16c1925cc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
@@ -13010,33 +13010,10 @@ static int tg3_test_nvram(struct tg3 *tp)
 	if (!buf)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	i = pci_vpd_find_tag((u8 *)buf, len, PCI_VPD_LRDT_RO_DATA);
-	if (i > 0) {
-		j = pci_vpd_lrdt_size(&((u8 *)buf)[i]);
-		if (j < 0)
-			goto out;
-
-		if (i + PCI_VPD_LRDT_TAG_SIZE + j > len)
-			goto out;
-
-		i += PCI_VPD_LRDT_TAG_SIZE;
-		j = pci_vpd_find_info_keyword((u8 *)buf, i, j,
-					      PCI_VPD_RO_KEYWORD_CHKSUM);
-		if (j > 0) {
-			u8 csum8 = 0;
-
-			j += PCI_VPD_INFO_FLD_HDR_SIZE;
-
-			for (i = 0; i <= j; i++)
-				csum8 += ((u8 *)buf)[i];
-
-			if (csum8)
-				goto out;
-		}
-	}
-
-	err = 0;
-
+	err = pci_vpd_check_csum(buf, len);
+	/* go on if no checksum found */
+	if (err == 1)
+		err = 0;
 out:
 	kfree(buf);
 	return err;