diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index fb5c137d58c1..ceb256ee8ace 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 67da097e1295071da700862e7faa8a294b182b42
+refs/heads/master: 990a3158002ff19b2d665334bc7a21a8887a123d
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h b/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
index 196002ba031c..a8e10cff7a89 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ struct vf_macvlans {
 
 /* Tx Descriptors needed, worst case */
 #define TXD_USE_COUNT(S) DIV_ROUND_UP((S), IXGBE_MAX_DATA_PER_TXD)
-#define DESC_NEEDED ((MAX_SKB_FRAGS * TXD_USE_COUNT(PAGE_SIZE)) + 4)
+#define DESC_NEEDED (MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 4)
 
 /* wrapper around a pointer to a socket buffer,
  * so a DMA handle can be stored along with the buffer */