diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c
index ecccca35c6f4..d1c705b412c2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c
@@ -870,13 +870,16 @@ e1000_intr_test(struct e1000_adapter *adapter, uint64_t *data)
 	*data = 0;
 
 	/* Hook up test interrupt handler just for this test */
- 	if (!request_irq(irq, &e1000_test_intr, 0, netdev->name, netdev)) {
+	if (!request_irq(irq, &e1000_test_intr, SA_PROBEIRQ, netdev->name,
+	                 netdev)) {
  		shared_int = FALSE;
  	} else if (request_irq(irq, &e1000_test_intr, SA_SHIRQ,
 			      netdev->name, netdev)){
 		*data = 1;
 		return -1;
 	}
+	DPRINTK(PROBE,INFO, "testing %s interrupt\n",
+	        (shared_int ? "shared" : "unshared"));
 
 	/* Disable all the interrupts */
 	E1000_WRITE_REG(&adapter->hw, IMC, 0xFFFFFFFF);
diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
index ed15fcaedaf9..97e71a4fe8eb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
@@ -3519,7 +3519,7 @@ e1000_clean_rx_irq(struct e1000_adapter *adapter,
 	buffer_info = &rx_ring->buffer_info[i];
 
 	while (rx_desc->status & E1000_RXD_STAT_DD) {
-		struct sk_buff *skb, *next_skb;
+		struct sk_buff *skb;
 		u8 status;
 #ifdef CONFIG_E1000_NAPI
 		if (*work_done >= work_to_do)
@@ -3537,8 +3537,6 @@ e1000_clean_rx_irq(struct e1000_adapter *adapter,
 		prefetch(next_rxd);
 
 		next_buffer = &rx_ring->buffer_info[i];
-		next_skb = next_buffer->skb;
-		prefetch(next_skb->data - NET_IP_ALIGN);
 
 		cleaned = TRUE;
 		cleaned_count++;
@@ -3668,7 +3666,7 @@ e1000_clean_rx_irq_ps(struct e1000_adapter *adapter,
 	struct e1000_buffer *buffer_info, *next_buffer;
 	struct e1000_ps_page *ps_page;
 	struct e1000_ps_page_dma *ps_page_dma;
-	struct sk_buff *skb, *next_skb;
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	unsigned int i, j;
 	uint32_t length, staterr;
 	int cleaned_count = 0;
@@ -3697,8 +3695,6 @@ e1000_clean_rx_irq_ps(struct e1000_adapter *adapter,
 		prefetch(next_rxd);
 
 		next_buffer = &rx_ring->buffer_info[i];
-		next_skb = next_buffer->skb;
-		prefetch(next_skb->data - NET_IP_ALIGN);
 
 		cleaned = TRUE;
 		cleaned_count++;