diff --git a/drivers/net/atlx/atl1.c b/drivers/net/atlx/atl1.c
index 3cf59a7f5a1c898def96b55f08888baf20a9743a..246d92b426360b37865352d0d6133e71415770b4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/atlx/atl1.c
+++ b/drivers/net/atlx/atl1.c
@@ -2310,7 +2310,8 @@ static void atl1_tx_queue(struct atl1_adapter *adapter, u16 count,
 		if (tpd != ptpd)
 			memcpy(tpd, ptpd, sizeof(struct tx_packet_desc));
 		tpd->buffer_addr = cpu_to_le64(buffer_info->dma);
-		tpd->word2 = (cpu_to_le16(buffer_info->length) &
+		tpd->word2 &= ~(TPD_BUFLEN_MASK << TPD_BUFLEN_SHIFT);
+		tpd->word2 |= (cpu_to_le16(buffer_info->length) &
 			TPD_BUFLEN_MASK) << TPD_BUFLEN_SHIFT;
 
 		/*
@@ -2409,8 +2410,8 @@ static int atl1_xmit_frame(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 		vlan_tag = (vlan_tag << 4) | (vlan_tag >> 13) |
 			((vlan_tag >> 9) & 0x8);
 		ptpd->word3 |= 1 << TPD_INS_VL_TAG_SHIFT;
-		ptpd->word3 |= (vlan_tag & TPD_VL_TAGGED_MASK) <<
-			TPD_VL_TAGGED_SHIFT;
+		ptpd->word2 |= (vlan_tag & TPD_VLANTAG_MASK) <<
+			TPD_VLANTAG_SHIFT;
 	}
 
 	tso = atl1_tso(adapter, skb, ptpd);
diff --git a/drivers/net/atlx/atl1.h b/drivers/net/atlx/atl1.h
index a5015b14a42969849968e9edb2a246b09cbc00fa..ffa73fc8d95e6eca471ee18ec73986653bb492b3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/atlx/atl1.h
+++ b/drivers/net/atlx/atl1.h
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ struct rx_free_desc {
 #define TPD_PKTNT_MASK		0x0001
 #define TPD_PKTINT_SHIFT	15
 #define TPD_VLANTAG_MASK	0xFFFF
-#define TPD_VLAN_SHIFT		16
+#define TPD_VLANTAG_SHIFT	16
 
 /* tpd word 3 bits 0:13 */
 #define TPD_EOP_MASK		0x0001