diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index a910f2ca628d..be51dba90e39 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: ff1b974cf30b282f90993ab658e59b73c152c0b8
+refs/heads/master: 3f23e436d241ac1cf50a659228a5a0e1e6572c1a
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/vxge/vxge-main.c b/trunk/drivers/net/vxge/vxge-main.c
index 4b22513bed40..e93651c19f59 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/vxge/vxge-main.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/vxge/vxge-main.c
@@ -445,6 +445,7 @@ vxge_rx_1b_compl(struct __vxge_hw_ring *ringh, void *dtr,
 	vxge_hw_ring_replenish(ringh, 0);
 
 	do {
+		prefetch((char *)dtr + L1_CACHE_BYTES);
 		rx_priv = vxge_hw_ring_rxd_private_get(dtr);
 		skb = rx_priv->skb;
 		data_size = rx_priv->data_size;
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/vxge/vxge-traffic.c b/trunk/drivers/net/vxge/vxge-traffic.c
index 0efb769894ef..fe3ae518c69c 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/vxge/vxge-traffic.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/vxge/vxge-traffic.c
@@ -731,6 +731,7 @@ vxge_hw_channel_dtr_try_complete(struct __vxge_hw_channel *channel, void **dtrh)
 	vxge_assert(channel->compl_index < channel->length);
 
 	*dtrh =	channel->work_arr[channel->compl_index];
+	prefetch(*dtrh);
 }
 
 /*