diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index 9e72ae6..aa37b84 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -1320,29 +1320,6 @@
 		return max_len;
 }
 
-static void ixgbe_get_rsc_cnt(struct ixgbe_ring *rx_ring,
-			      union ixgbe_adv_rx_desc *rx_desc,
-			      struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	__le32 rsc_enabled;
-	u32 rsc_cnt;
-
-	if (!ring_is_rsc_enabled(rx_ring))
-		return;
-
-	rsc_enabled = rx_desc->wb.lower.lo_dword.data &
-		      cpu_to_le32(IXGBE_RXDADV_RSCCNT_MASK);
-
-	/* If this is an RSC frame rsc_cnt should be non-zero */
-	if (!rsc_enabled)
-		return;
-
-	rsc_cnt = le32_to_cpu(rsc_enabled);
-	rsc_cnt >>= IXGBE_RXDADV_RSCCNT_SHIFT;
-
-	IXGBE_CB(skb)->append_cnt += rsc_cnt - 1;
-}
-
 static void ixgbe_set_rsc_gso_size(struct ixgbe_ring *ring,
 				   struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
@@ -1440,16 +1417,28 @@
 
 	prefetch(IXGBE_RX_DESC(rx_ring, ntc));
 
+	/* update RSC append count if present */
+	if (ring_is_rsc_enabled(rx_ring)) {
+		__le32 rsc_enabled = rx_desc->wb.lower.lo_dword.data &
+				     cpu_to_le32(IXGBE_RXDADV_RSCCNT_MASK);
+
+		if (unlikely(rsc_enabled)) {
+			u32 rsc_cnt = le32_to_cpu(rsc_enabled);
+
+			rsc_cnt >>= IXGBE_RXDADV_RSCCNT_SHIFT;
+			IXGBE_CB(skb)->append_cnt += rsc_cnt - 1;
+
+			/* update ntc based on RSC value */
+			ntc = le32_to_cpu(rx_desc->wb.upper.status_error);
+			ntc &= IXGBE_RXDADV_NEXTP_MASK;
+			ntc >>= IXGBE_RXDADV_NEXTP_SHIFT;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* if we are the last buffer then there is nothing else to do */
 	if (likely(ixgbe_test_staterr(rx_desc, IXGBE_RXD_STAT_EOP)))
 		return false;
 
-	/* append_cnt indicates packet is RSC, if so fetch nextp */
-	if (IXGBE_CB(skb)->append_cnt) {
-		ntc = le32_to_cpu(rx_desc->wb.upper.status_error);
-		ntc &= IXGBE_RXDADV_NEXTP_MASK;
-		ntc >>= IXGBE_RXDADV_NEXTP_SHIFT;
-	}
-
 	/* place skb in next buffer to be received */
 	rx_ring->rx_buffer_info[ntc].skb = skb;
 	rx_ring->rx_stats.non_eop_descs++;
@@ -1829,8 +1818,6 @@
 		if (!skb)
 			break;
 
-		ixgbe_get_rsc_cnt(rx_ring, rx_desc, skb);
-
 		cleaned_count++;
 
 		/* place incomplete frames back on ring for completion */