--- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
@@ -425,7 +425,8 @@ struct xennet_gnttab_make_txreq {
 	struct netfront_queue *queue;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	struct page *page;
-	struct xen_netif_tx_request *tx; /* Last request */
+	struct xen_netif_tx_request *tx;      /* Last request on ring page */
+	struct xen_netif_tx_request tx_local; /* Last request local copy*/
 	unsigned int size;
 };
 
@@ -453,30 +454,27 @@ static void xennet_tx_setup_grant(unsign
 	queue->grant_tx_page[id] = page;
 	queue->grant_tx_ref[id] = ref;
 
-	tx->id = id;
-	tx->gref = ref;
-	tx->offset = offset;
-	tx->size = len;
-	tx->flags = 0;
+	info->tx_local.id = id;
+	info->tx_local.gref = ref;
+	info->tx_local.offset = offset;
+	info->tx_local.size = len;
+	info->tx_local.flags = 0;
+
+	*tx = info->tx_local;
 
 	info->tx = tx;
-	info->size += tx->size;
+	info->size += info->tx_local.size;
 }
 
 static struct xen_netif_tx_request *xennet_make_first_txreq(
-	struct netfront_queue *queue, struct sk_buff *skb,
-	struct page *page, unsigned int offset, unsigned int len)
+	struct xennet_gnttab_make_txreq *info,
+	unsigned int offset, unsigned int len)
 {
-	struct xennet_gnttab_make_txreq info = {
-		.queue = queue,
-		.skb = skb,
-		.page = page,
-		.size = 0,
-	};
+	info->size = 0;
 
-	gnttab_for_one_grant(page, offset, len, xennet_tx_setup_grant, &info);
+	gnttab_for_one_grant(info->page, offset, len, xennet_tx_setup_grant, info);
 
-	return info.tx;
+	return info->tx;
 }
 
 static void xennet_make_one_txreq(unsigned long gfn, unsigned int offset,
@@ -489,35 +487,27 @@ static void xennet_make_one_txreq(unsign
 	xennet_tx_setup_grant(gfn, offset, len, data);
 }
 
-static struct xen_netif_tx_request *xennet_make_txreqs(
-	struct netfront_queue *queue, struct xen_netif_tx_request *tx,
-	struct sk_buff *skb, struct page *page,
+static void xennet_make_txreqs(
+	struct xennet_gnttab_make_txreq *info,
+	struct page *page,
 	unsigned int offset, unsigned int len)
 {
-	struct xennet_gnttab_make_txreq info = {
-		.queue = queue,
-		.skb = skb,
-		.tx = tx,
-	};
-
 	/* Skip unused frames from start of page */
 	page += offset >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	offset &= ~PAGE_MASK;
 
 	while (len) {
-		info.page = page;
-		info.size = 0;
+		info->page = page;
+		info->size = 0;
 
 		gnttab_foreach_grant_in_range(page, offset, len,
 					      xennet_make_one_txreq,
-					      &info);
+					      info);
 
 		page++;
 		offset = 0;
-		len -= info.size;
+		len -= info->size;
 	}
-
-	return info.tx;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -571,7 +561,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t xennet_start_xmit(str
 {
 	struct netfront_info *np = netdev_priv(dev);
 	struct netfront_stats *tx_stats = this_cpu_ptr(np->tx_stats);
-	struct xen_netif_tx_request *tx, *first_tx;
+	struct xen_netif_tx_request *first_tx;
 	unsigned int i;
 	int notify;
 	int slots;
@@ -580,6 +570,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t xennet_start_xmit(str
 	unsigned int len;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	struct netfront_queue *queue = NULL;
+	struct xennet_gnttab_make_txreq info = { };
 	unsigned int num_queues = dev->real_num_tx_queues;
 	u16 queue_index;
 	struct sk_buff *nskb;
@@ -637,21 +628,24 @@ static netdev_tx_t xennet_start_xmit(str
 	}
 
 	/* First request for the linear area. */
-	first_tx = tx = xennet_make_first_txreq(queue, skb,
-						page, offset, len);
-	offset += tx->size;
+	info.queue = queue;
+	info.skb = skb;
+	info.page = page;
+	first_tx = xennet_make_first_txreq(&info, offset, len);
+	offset += info.tx_local.size;
 	if (offset == PAGE_SIZE) {
 		page++;
 		offset = 0;
 	}
-	len -= tx->size;
+	len -= info.tx_local.size;
 
 	if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL)
 		/* local packet? */
-		tx->flags |= XEN_NETTXF_csum_blank | XEN_NETTXF_data_validated;
+		first_tx->flags |= XEN_NETTXF_csum_blank |
+				   XEN_NETTXF_data_validated;
 	else if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY)
 		/* remote but checksummed. */
-		tx->flags |= XEN_NETTXF_data_validated;
+		first_tx->flags |= XEN_NETTXF_data_validated;
 
 	/* Optional extra info after the first request. */
 	if (skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size) {
@@ -660,7 +654,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t xennet_start_xmit(str
 		gso = (struct xen_netif_extra_info *)
 			RING_GET_REQUEST(&queue->tx, queue->tx.req_prod_pvt++);
 
-		tx->flags |= XEN_NETTXF_extra_info;
+		first_tx->flags |= XEN_NETTXF_extra_info;
 
 		gso->u.gso.size = skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size;
 		gso->u.gso.type = (skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_type & SKB_GSO_TCPV6) ?
@@ -674,13 +668,13 @@ static netdev_tx_t xennet_start_xmit(str
 	}
 
 	/* Requests for the rest of the linear area. */
-	tx = xennet_make_txreqs(queue, tx, skb, page, offset, len);
+	xennet_make_txreqs(&info, page, offset, len);
 
 	/* Requests for all the frags. */
 	for (i = 0; i < skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags; i++) {
 		skb_frag_t *frag = &skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i];
-		tx = xennet_make_txreqs(queue, tx, skb,
-					skb_frag_page(frag), frag->page_offset,
+		xennet_make_txreqs(&info, skb_frag_page(frag),
+					frag->page_offset,
 					skb_frag_size(frag));
 	}
 
