diff --git a/hw/net/dp8393x.c b/hw/net/dp8393x.c
index 51b71dac1e..1844482b3d 100644
--- a/hw/net/dp8393x.c
+++ b/hw/net/dp8393x.c
@@ -778,8 +778,6 @@ static ssize_t dp8393x_receive(NetClientState *nc, const uint8_t * buf,
         return -1;
     }
 
-    /* XXX: Check byte ordering */
-
     /* Check for EOL */
     if (s->regs[SONIC_LLFA] & SONIC_DESC_EOL) {
         /* Are we still in resource exhaustion? */
@@ -851,15 +849,12 @@ static ssize_t dp8393x_receive(NetClientState *nc, const uint8_t * buf,
         /* EOL detected */
         s->regs[SONIC_ISR] |= SONIC_ISR_RDE;
     } else {
-        /* Clear in_use, but it is always 16bit wide */
-        int offset = dp8393x_crda(s) + sizeof(uint16_t) * 6 * width;
-        if (s->big_endian && width == 2) {
-            /* we need to adjust the offset of the 16bit field */
-            offset += sizeof(uint16_t);
-        }
-        s->data[0] = 0;
-        address_space_write(&s->as, offset, MEMTXATTRS_UNSPECIFIED,
-                            s->data, sizeof(uint16_t));
+        /* Clear in_use */
+        size = sizeof(uint16_t) * width;
+        address = dp8393x_crda(s) + sizeof(uint16_t) * 6 * width;
+        dp8393x_put(s, width, 0, 0);
+        address_space_write(&s->as, address, MEMTXATTRS_UNSPECIFIED,
+                            s->data, size);
         s->regs[SONIC_CRDA] = s->regs[SONIC_LLFA];
         s->regs[SONIC_ISR] |= SONIC_ISR_PKTRX;
         s->regs[SONIC_RSC] = (s->regs[SONIC_RSC] & 0xff00) | (((s->regs[SONIC_RSC] & 0x00ff) + 1) & 0x00ff);