diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/libwx/wx_hw.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/libwx/wx_hw.c
index d6bc2309d2a3..663a8988d27a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/libwx/wx_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/libwx/wx_hw.c
@@ -1348,7 +1348,6 @@ static void wx_configure_rx_ring(struct wx *wx,
 				 struct wx_ring *ring)
 {
 	u16 reg_idx = ring->reg_idx;
-	union wx_rx_desc *rx_desc;
 	u64 rdba = ring->dma;
 	u32 rxdctl;
 
@@ -1378,9 +1377,9 @@ static void wx_configure_rx_ring(struct wx *wx,
 	memset(ring->rx_buffer_info, 0,
 	       sizeof(struct wx_rx_buffer) * ring->count);
 
-	/* initialize Rx descriptor 0 */
-	rx_desc = WX_RX_DESC(ring, 0);
-	rx_desc->wb.upper.length = 0;
+	/* reset ntu and ntc to place SW in sync with hardware */
+	ring->next_to_clean = 0;
+	ring->next_to_use = 0;
 
 	/* enable receive descriptor ring */
 	wr32m(wx, WX_PX_RR_CFG(reg_idx),
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/libwx/wx_lib.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/libwx/wx_lib.c
index b7bfd3a432a4..23dbe4e4b36c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/libwx/wx_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/libwx/wx_lib.c
@@ -357,6 +357,8 @@ void wx_alloc_rx_buffers(struct wx_ring *rx_ring, u16 cleaned_count)
 
 		/* clear the status bits for the next_to_use descriptor */
 		rx_desc->wb.upper.status_error = 0;
+		/* clear the length for the next_to_use descriptor */
+		rx_desc->wb.upper.length = 0;
 
 		cleaned_count--;
 	} while (cleaned_count);
@@ -2173,6 +2175,9 @@ static void wx_clean_rx_ring(struct wx_ring *rx_ring)
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* Zero out the descriptor ring */
+	memset(rx_ring->desc, 0, rx_ring->size);
+
 	rx_ring->next_to_alloc = 0;
 	rx_ring->next_to_clean = 0;
 	rx_ring->next_to_use = 0;