diff --git a/drivers/net/sky2.c b/drivers/net/sky2.c
index 2253140ff4dc..f56de9894208 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sky2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sky2.c
@@ -1961,10 +1961,11 @@ static irqreturn_t sky2_intr(int irq, void *dev_id, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	if (status & Y2_IS_STAT_BMU) {
 		hw->intr_mask &= ~Y2_IS_STAT_BMU;
 		sky2_write32(hw, B0_IMSK, hw->intr_mask);
-		prefetch(&hw->st_le[hw->st_idx]);
 
-		if (netif_rx_schedule_test(dev0))
+		if (likely(__netif_rx_schedule_prep(dev0))) {
+			prefetch(&hw->st_le[hw->st_idx]);
 			__netif_rx_schedule(dev0);
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (status & Y2_IS_IRQ_PHY1)
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 07e114d48bbb..7fda03d338d1 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -802,16 +802,16 @@ static inline u32 netif_msg_init(int debug_value, int default_msg_enable_bits)
 	return (1 << debug_value) - 1;
 }
 
-/* Schedule rx intr now? */
-static inline int netif_rx_schedule_test(struct net_device *dev)
+/* Test if receive needs to be scheduled */
+static inline int __netif_rx_schedule_prep(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	return !test_and_set_bit(__LINK_STATE_RX_SCHED, &dev->state);
 }
 
-/* Schedule only if device is up */
+/* Test if receive needs to be scheduled but only if up */
 static inline int netif_rx_schedule_prep(struct net_device *dev)
 {
-	return netif_running(dev) && netif_rx_schedule_test(dev);
+	return netif_running(dev) && __netif_rx_schedule_prep(dev);
 }
 
 /* Add interface to tail of rx poll list. This assumes that _prep has