diff --git a/drivers/char/synclink_gt.c b/drivers/char/synclink_gt.c
index c8bc69c97d1a..5ffdb364ea40 100644
--- a/drivers/char/synclink_gt.c
+++ b/drivers/char/synclink_gt.c
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ struct slgt_info {
 	u32 idle_mode;
 	u32 max_frame_size;       /* as set by device config */
 
-	unsigned int raw_rx_size;
+	unsigned int rbuf_fill_level;
 	unsigned int if_mode;
 
 	/* device status */
@@ -2676,8 +2676,29 @@ static int tx_abort(struct slgt_info *info)
 static int rx_enable(struct slgt_info *info, int enable)
 {
  	unsigned long flags;
-	DBGINFO(("%s rx_enable(%d)\n", info->device_name, enable));
+	unsigned int rbuf_fill_level;
+	DBGINFO(("%s rx_enable(%08x)\n", info->device_name, enable));
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&info->lock,flags);
+	/*
+	 * enable[31..16] = receive DMA buffer fill level
+	 * 0 = noop (leave fill level unchanged)
+	 * fill level must be multiple of 4 and <= buffer size
+	 */
+	rbuf_fill_level = ((unsigned int)enable) >> 16;
+	if (rbuf_fill_level) {
+		if ((rbuf_fill_level > DMABUFSIZE) || (rbuf_fill_level % 4))
+			return -EINVAL;
+		info->rbuf_fill_level = rbuf_fill_level;
+		rx_stop(info); /* restart receiver to use new fill level */
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * enable[1..0] = receiver enable command
+	 * 0 = disable
+	 * 1 = enable
+	 * 2 = enable or force hunt mode if already enabled
+	 */
+	enable &= 3;
 	if (enable) {
 		if (!info->rx_enabled)
 			rx_start(info);
@@ -3444,7 +3465,7 @@ static struct slgt_info *alloc_dev(int adapter_num, int port_num, struct pci_dev
 		info->magic = MGSL_MAGIC;
 		INIT_WORK(&info->task, bh_handler);
 		info->max_frame_size = 4096;
-		info->raw_rx_size = DMABUFSIZE;
+		info->rbuf_fill_level = DMABUFSIZE;
 		info->port.close_delay = 5*HZ/10;
 		info->port.closing_wait = 30*HZ;
 		init_waitqueue_head(&info->status_event_wait_q);
@@ -4447,16 +4468,7 @@ static void free_rbufs(struct slgt_info *info, unsigned int i, unsigned int last
 	while(!done) {
 		/* reset current buffer for reuse */
 		info->rbufs[i].status = 0;
-		switch(info->params.mode) {
-		case MGSL_MODE_RAW:
-		case MGSL_MODE_MONOSYNC:
-		case MGSL_MODE_BISYNC:
-			set_desc_count(info->rbufs[i], info->raw_rx_size);
-			break;
-		default:
-			set_desc_count(info->rbufs[i], DMABUFSIZE);
-		}
-
+		set_desc_count(info->rbufs[i], info->rbuf_fill_level);
 		if (i == last)
 			done = 1;
 		if (++i == info->rbuf_count)
@@ -4563,7 +4575,7 @@ check_again:
 
 	DBGBH(("%s rx frame status=%04X size=%d\n",
 		info->device_name, status, framesize));
-	DBGDATA(info, info->rbufs[start].buf, min_t(int, framesize, DMABUFSIZE), "rx");
+	DBGDATA(info, info->rbufs[start].buf, min_t(int, framesize, info->rbuf_fill_level), "rx");
 
 	if (framesize) {
 		if (!(info->params.crc_type & HDLC_CRC_RETURN_EX)) {
@@ -4583,7 +4595,7 @@ check_again:
 			info->icount.rxok++;
 
 			while(copy_count) {
-				int partial_count = min(copy_count, DMABUFSIZE);
+				int partial_count = min_t(int, copy_count, info->rbuf_fill_level);
 				memcpy(p, info->rbufs[i].buf, partial_count);
 				p += partial_count;
 				copy_count -= partial_count;