diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
index 48e65335373f..daade4fe80d6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,6 @@ bool i40e_alloc_rx_buffers(struct i40e_ring *rx_ring, u16 cleaned_count)
 		 * because each write-back erases this info.
 		 */
 		rx_desc->read.pkt_addr = cpu_to_le64(bi->dma + bi->page_offset);
-		rx_desc->read.hdr_addr = 0;
 
 		rx_desc++;
 		bi++;
@@ -1741,7 +1740,6 @@ static int i40e_clean_rx_irq(struct i40e_ring *rx_ring, int budget)
 	while (likely(total_rx_packets < budget)) {
 		union i40e_rx_desc *rx_desc;
 		struct sk_buff *skb;
-		u32 rx_status;
 		u16 vlan_tag;
 		u8 rx_ptype;
 		u64 qword;
@@ -1755,21 +1753,13 @@ static int i40e_clean_rx_irq(struct i40e_ring *rx_ring, int budget)
 
 		rx_desc = I40E_RX_DESC(rx_ring, rx_ring->next_to_clean);
 
-		qword = le64_to_cpu(rx_desc->wb.qword1.status_error_len);
-		rx_ptype = (qword & I40E_RXD_QW1_PTYPE_MASK) >>
-			   I40E_RXD_QW1_PTYPE_SHIFT;
-		rx_status = (qword & I40E_RXD_QW1_STATUS_MASK) >>
-			    I40E_RXD_QW1_STATUS_SHIFT;
-
-		if (!(rx_status & BIT(I40E_RX_DESC_STATUS_DD_SHIFT)))
-			break;
-
 		/* status_error_len will always be zero for unused descriptors
 		 * because it's cleared in cleanup, and overlaps with hdr_addr
 		 * which is always zero because packet split isn't used, if the
 		 * hardware wrote DD then it will be non-zero
 		 */
-		if (!rx_desc->wb.qword1.status_error_len)
+		if (!i40e_test_staterr(rx_desc,
+				       BIT(I40E_RX_DESC_STATUS_DD_SHIFT)))
 			break;
 
 		/* This memory barrier is needed to keep us from reading
@@ -1803,6 +1793,10 @@ static int i40e_clean_rx_irq(struct i40e_ring *rx_ring, int budget)
 		/* probably a little skewed due to removing CRC */
 		total_rx_bytes += skb->len;
 
+		qword = le64_to_cpu(rx_desc->wb.qword1.status_error_len);
+		rx_ptype = (qword & I40E_RXD_QW1_PTYPE_MASK) >>
+			   I40E_RXD_QW1_PTYPE_SHIFT;
+
 		/* populate checksum, VLAN, and protocol */
 		i40e_process_skb_fields(rx_ring, rx_desc, skb, rx_ptype);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
index dd8ad6b989db..e2d362238fd7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
@@ -705,7 +705,6 @@ bool i40evf_alloc_rx_buffers(struct i40e_ring *rx_ring, u16 cleaned_count)
 		 * because each write-back erases this info.
 		 */
 		rx_desc->read.pkt_addr = cpu_to_le64(bi->dma + bi->page_offset);
-		rx_desc->read.hdr_addr = 0;
 
 		rx_desc++;
 		bi++;
@@ -1209,7 +1208,6 @@ static int i40e_clean_rx_irq(struct i40e_ring *rx_ring, int budget)
 	while (likely(total_rx_packets < budget)) {
 		union i40e_rx_desc *rx_desc;
 		struct sk_buff *skb;
-		u32 rx_status;
 		u16 vlan_tag;
 		u8 rx_ptype;
 		u64 qword;
@@ -1223,21 +1221,13 @@ static int i40e_clean_rx_irq(struct i40e_ring *rx_ring, int budget)
 
 		rx_desc = I40E_RX_DESC(rx_ring, rx_ring->next_to_clean);
 
-		qword = le64_to_cpu(rx_desc->wb.qword1.status_error_len);
-		rx_ptype = (qword & I40E_RXD_QW1_PTYPE_MASK) >>
-			   I40E_RXD_QW1_PTYPE_SHIFT;
-		rx_status = (qword & I40E_RXD_QW1_STATUS_MASK) >>
-			    I40E_RXD_QW1_STATUS_SHIFT;
-
-		if (!(rx_status & BIT(I40E_RX_DESC_STATUS_DD_SHIFT)))
-			break;
-
 		/* status_error_len will always be zero for unused descriptors
 		 * because it's cleared in cleanup, and overlaps with hdr_addr
 		 * which is always zero because packet split isn't used, if the
 		 * hardware wrote DD then it will be non-zero
 		 */
-		if (!rx_desc->wb.qword1.status_error_len)
+		if (!i40e_test_staterr(rx_desc,
+				       BIT(I40E_RX_DESC_STATUS_DD_SHIFT)))
 			break;
 
 		/* This memory barrier is needed to keep us from reading
@@ -1271,6 +1261,10 @@ static int i40e_clean_rx_irq(struct i40e_ring *rx_ring, int budget)
 		/* probably a little skewed due to removing CRC */
 		total_rx_bytes += skb->len;
 
+		qword = le64_to_cpu(rx_desc->wb.qword1.status_error_len);
+		rx_ptype = (qword & I40E_RXD_QW1_PTYPE_MASK) >>
+			   I40E_RXD_QW1_PTYPE_SHIFT;
+
 		/* populate checksum, VLAN, and protocol */
 		i40evf_process_skb_fields(rx_ring, rx_desc, skb, rx_ptype);