diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/sky2.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/sky2.c
index 0ced3117abc6..487a6c8bd4ec 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/sky2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/sky2.c
@@ -2495,9 +2495,11 @@ static struct sk_buff *receive_copy(struct sky2_port *sky2,
 		skb->ip_summed = re->skb->ip_summed;
 		skb->csum = re->skb->csum;
 		skb->rxhash = re->skb->rxhash;
+		skb->vlan_tci = re->skb->vlan_tci;
 
 		pci_dma_sync_single_for_device(sky2->hw->pdev, re->data_addr,
 					       length, PCI_DMA_FROMDEVICE);
+		re->skb->vlan_tci = 0;
 		re->skb->rxhash = 0;
 		re->skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_NONE;
 		skb_put(skb, length);
@@ -2583,9 +2585,6 @@ static struct sk_buff *sky2_receive(struct net_device *dev,
 	struct sk_buff *skb = NULL;
 	u16 count = (status & GMR_FS_LEN) >> 16;
 
-	if (status & GMR_FS_VLAN)
-		count -= VLAN_HLEN;	/* Account for vlan tag */
-
 	netif_printk(sky2, rx_status, KERN_DEBUG, dev,
 		     "rx slot %u status 0x%x len %d\n",
 		     sky2->rx_next, status, length);
@@ -2593,6 +2592,9 @@ static struct sk_buff *sky2_receive(struct net_device *dev,
 	sky2->rx_next = (sky2->rx_next + 1) % sky2->rx_pending;
 	prefetch(sky2->rx_ring + sky2->rx_next);
 
+	if (vlan_tx_tag_present(re->skb))
+		count -= VLAN_HLEN;	/* Account for vlan tag */
+
 	/* This chip has hardware problems that generates bogus status.
 	 * So do only marginal checking and expect higher level protocols
 	 * to handle crap frames.
@@ -2650,11 +2652,8 @@ static inline void sky2_tx_done(struct net_device *dev, u16 last)
 }
 
 static inline void sky2_skb_rx(const struct sky2_port *sky2,
-			       u32 status, struct sk_buff *skb)
+			       struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	if (status & GMR_FS_VLAN)
-		__vlan_hwaccel_put_tag(skb, be16_to_cpu(sky2->rx_tag));
-
 	if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_NONE)
 		netif_receive_skb(skb);
 	else
@@ -2708,6 +2707,14 @@ static void sky2_rx_checksum(struct sky2_port *sky2, u32 status)
 	}
 }
 
+static void sky2_rx_tag(struct sky2_port *sky2, u16 length)
+{
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
+
+	skb = sky2->rx_ring[sky2->rx_next].skb;
+	__vlan_hwaccel_put_tag(skb, be16_to_cpu(length));
+}
+
 static void sky2_rx_hash(struct sky2_port *sky2, u32 status)
 {
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
@@ -2766,8 +2773,7 @@ static int sky2_status_intr(struct sky2_hw *hw, int to_do, u16 idx)
 			}
 
 			skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, dev);
-
-			sky2_skb_rx(sky2, status, skb);
+			sky2_skb_rx(sky2, skb);
 
 			/* Stop after net poll weight */
 			if (++work_done >= to_do)
@@ -2775,11 +2781,11 @@ static int sky2_status_intr(struct sky2_hw *hw, int to_do, u16 idx)
 			break;
 
 		case OP_RXVLAN:
-			sky2->rx_tag = length;
+			sky2_rx_tag(sky2, length);
 			break;
 
 		case OP_RXCHKSVLAN:
-			sky2->rx_tag = length;
+			sky2_rx_tag(sky2, length);
 			/* fall through */
 		case OP_RXCHKS:
 			if (likely(dev->features & NETIF_F_RXCSUM))
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/sky2.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/sky2.h
index ff6f58bf822a..3c896ce80b71 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/sky2.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/sky2.h
@@ -2241,7 +2241,6 @@ struct sky2_port {
 	u16		     rx_pending;
 	u16		     rx_data_size;
 	u16		     rx_nfrags;
-	u16		     rx_tag;
 
 	struct {
 		unsigned long last;