diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c
index 7f997d36948f3..73c98d34fa1f9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c
@@ -144,6 +144,11 @@ static bool e1000_clean_rx_irq(struct e1000_adapter *adapter,
 static bool e1000_clean_jumbo_rx_irq(struct e1000_adapter *adapter,
 				     struct e1000_rx_ring *rx_ring,
 				     int *work_done, int work_to_do);
+static void e1000_alloc_dummy_rx_buffers(struct e1000_adapter *adapter,
+					 struct e1000_rx_ring *rx_ring,
+					 int cleaned_count)
+{
+}
 static void e1000_alloc_rx_buffers(struct e1000_adapter *adapter,
 				   struct e1000_rx_ring *rx_ring,
 				   int cleaned_count);
@@ -516,6 +521,7 @@ void e1000_down(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 	struct net_device *netdev = adapter->netdev;
 	u32 rctl, tctl;
 
+	netif_carrier_off(netdev);
 
 	/* disable receives in the hardware */
 	rctl = er32(RCTL);
@@ -544,7 +550,6 @@ void e1000_down(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 
 	adapter->link_speed = 0;
 	adapter->link_duplex = 0;
-	netif_carrier_off(netdev);
 
 	e1000_reset(adapter);
 	e1000_clean_all_tx_rings(adapter);
@@ -3552,8 +3557,11 @@ static int e1000_change_mtu(struct net_device *netdev, int new_mtu)
 		msleep(1);
 	/* e1000_down has a dependency on max_frame_size */
 	hw->max_frame_size = max_frame;
-	if (netif_running(netdev))
+	if (netif_running(netdev)) {
+		/* prevent buffers from being reallocated */
+		adapter->alloc_rx_buf = e1000_alloc_dummy_rx_buffers;
 		e1000_down(adapter);
+	}
 
 	/* NOTE: netdev_alloc_skb reserves 16 bytes, and typically NET_IP_ALIGN
 	 * means we reserve 2 more, this pushes us to allocate from the next
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c
index 7523f510c7e41..9d81c03174334 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c
@@ -603,12 +603,15 @@ static s32 e1000_init_nvm_params_ich8lan(struct e1000_hw *hw)
 	u16 i;
 	u32 nvm_size;
 
-	/* Can't read flash registers if the register set isn't mapped. */
 	nvm->type = e1000_nvm_flash_sw;
-	/* in SPT, gfpreg doesn't exist. NVM size is taken from the
-	 * STRAP register
-	 */
+
 	if (hw->mac.type == e1000_pch_spt) {
+		/* in SPT, gfpreg doesn't exist. NVM size is taken from the
+		 * STRAP register. This is because in SPT the GbE Flash region
+		 * is no longer accessed through the flash registers. Instead,
+		 * the mechanism has changed, and the Flash region access
+		 * registers are now implemented in GbE memory space.
+		 */
 		nvm->flash_base_addr = 0;
 		nvm_size = (((er32(STRAP) >> 1) & 0x1F) + 1)
 		    * NVM_SIZE_MULTIPLIER;
@@ -618,6 +621,7 @@ static s32 e1000_init_nvm_params_ich8lan(struct e1000_hw *hw)
 		/* Set the base address for flash register access */
 		hw->flash_address = hw->hw_addr + E1000_FLASH_BASE_ADDR;
 	} else {
+		/* Can't read flash registers if register set isn't mapped. */
 		if (!hw->flash_address) {
 			e_dbg("ERROR: Flash registers not mapped\n");
 			return -E1000_ERR_CONFIG;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
index 6fa4fc05709ef..4be4576d71aaa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
@@ -6833,7 +6833,8 @@ static int e1000_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 		goto err_ioremap;
 
 	if ((adapter->flags & FLAG_HAS_FLASH) &&
-	    (pci_resource_flags(pdev, 1) & IORESOURCE_MEM)) {
+	    (pci_resource_flags(pdev, 1) & IORESOURCE_MEM) &&
+	    (hw->mac.type < e1000_pch_spt)) {
 		flash_start = pci_resource_start(pdev, 1);
 		flash_len = pci_resource_len(pdev, 1);
 		adapter->hw.flash_address = ioremap(flash_start, flash_len);
@@ -7069,7 +7070,7 @@ static int e1000_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	kfree(adapter->tx_ring);
 	kfree(adapter->rx_ring);
 err_sw_init:
-	if (adapter->hw.flash_address)
+	if ((adapter->hw.flash_address) && (hw->mac.type < e1000_pch_spt))
 		iounmap(adapter->hw.flash_address);
 	e1000e_reset_interrupt_capability(adapter);
 err_flashmap:
@@ -7142,7 +7143,8 @@ static void e1000_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	kfree(adapter->rx_ring);
 
 	iounmap(adapter->hw.hw_addr);
-	if (adapter->hw.flash_address)
+	if ((adapter->hw.flash_address) &&
+	    (adapter->hw.mac.type < e1000_pch_spt))
 		iounmap(adapter->hw.flash_address);
 	pci_release_selected_regions(pdev,
 				     pci_select_bars(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM));
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ptp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ptp.c
index d20fc8ed11f15..d6be4c69172d9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ptp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ptp.c
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ static int igb_ptp_settime_i210(struct ptp_clock_info *ptp,
 static void igb_pin_direction(int pin, int input, u32 *ctrl, u32 *ctrl_ext)
 {
 	u32 *ptr = pin < 2 ? ctrl : ctrl_ext;
-	u32 mask[IGB_N_SDP] = {
+	static const u32 mask[IGB_N_SDP] = {
 		E1000_CTRL_SDP0_DIR,
 		E1000_CTRL_SDP1_DIR,
 		E1000_CTRL_EXT_SDP2_DIR,
@@ -373,16 +373,16 @@ static void igb_pin_direction(int pin, int input, u32 *ctrl, u32 *ctrl_ext)
 
 static void igb_pin_extts(struct igb_adapter *igb, int chan, int pin)
 {
-	struct e1000_hw *hw = &igb->hw;
-	u32 aux0_sel_sdp[IGB_N_SDP] = {
+	static const u32 aux0_sel_sdp[IGB_N_SDP] = {
 		AUX0_SEL_SDP0, AUX0_SEL_SDP1, AUX0_SEL_SDP2, AUX0_SEL_SDP3,
 	};
-	u32 aux1_sel_sdp[IGB_N_SDP] = {
+	static const u32 aux1_sel_sdp[IGB_N_SDP] = {
 		AUX1_SEL_SDP0, AUX1_SEL_SDP1, AUX1_SEL_SDP2, AUX1_SEL_SDP3,
 	};
-	u32 ts_sdp_en[IGB_N_SDP] = {
+	static const u32 ts_sdp_en[IGB_N_SDP] = {
 		TS_SDP0_EN, TS_SDP1_EN, TS_SDP2_EN, TS_SDP3_EN,
 	};
+	struct e1000_hw *hw = &igb->hw;
 	u32 ctrl, ctrl_ext, tssdp = 0;
 
 	ctrl = rd32(E1000_CTRL);
@@ -409,28 +409,28 @@ static void igb_pin_extts(struct igb_adapter *igb, int chan, int pin)
 
 static void igb_pin_perout(struct igb_adapter *igb, int chan, int pin)
 {
-	struct e1000_hw *hw = &igb->hw;
-	u32 aux0_sel_sdp[IGB_N_SDP] = {
+	static const u32 aux0_sel_sdp[IGB_N_SDP] = {
 		AUX0_SEL_SDP0, AUX0_SEL_SDP1, AUX0_SEL_SDP2, AUX0_SEL_SDP3,
 	};
-	u32 aux1_sel_sdp[IGB_N_SDP] = {
+	static const u32 aux1_sel_sdp[IGB_N_SDP] = {
 		AUX1_SEL_SDP0, AUX1_SEL_SDP1, AUX1_SEL_SDP2, AUX1_SEL_SDP3,
 	};
-	u32 ts_sdp_en[IGB_N_SDP] = {
+	static const u32 ts_sdp_en[IGB_N_SDP] = {
 		TS_SDP0_EN, TS_SDP1_EN, TS_SDP2_EN, TS_SDP3_EN,
 	};
-	u32 ts_sdp_sel_tt0[IGB_N_SDP] = {
+	static const u32 ts_sdp_sel_tt0[IGB_N_SDP] = {
 		TS_SDP0_SEL_TT0, TS_SDP1_SEL_TT0,
 		TS_SDP2_SEL_TT0, TS_SDP3_SEL_TT0,
 	};
-	u32 ts_sdp_sel_tt1[IGB_N_SDP] = {
+	static const u32 ts_sdp_sel_tt1[IGB_N_SDP] = {
 		TS_SDP0_SEL_TT1, TS_SDP1_SEL_TT1,
 		TS_SDP2_SEL_TT1, TS_SDP3_SEL_TT1,
 	};
-	u32 ts_sdp_sel_clr[IGB_N_SDP] = {
+	static const u32 ts_sdp_sel_clr[IGB_N_SDP] = {
 		TS_SDP0_SEL_FC1, TS_SDP1_SEL_FC1,
 		TS_SDP2_SEL_FC1, TS_SDP3_SEL_FC1,
 	};
+	struct e1000_hw *hw = &igb->hw;
 	u32 ctrl, ctrl_ext, tssdp = 0;
 
 	ctrl = rd32(E1000_CTRL);
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ static int igb_ptp_feature_enable_i210(struct ptp_clock_info *ptp,
 	u32 tsauxc, tsim, tsauxc_mask, tsim_mask, trgttiml, trgttimh;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	struct timespec ts;
-	int pin;
+	int pin = -1;
 	s64 ns;
 
 	switch (rq->type) {