diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/toshiba/ps3_gelic_net.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/toshiba/ps3_gelic_net.c
index 35c0a81b3707..ff6ed05a2633 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/toshiba/ps3_gelic_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/toshiba/ps3_gelic_net.c
@@ -330,15 +330,17 @@ static int gelic_card_init_chain(struct gelic_card *card,
 
 	/* set up the hardware pointers in each descriptor */
 	for (i = 0; i < no; i++, descr++) {
+		dma_addr_t cpu_addr;
+
 		gelic_descr_set_status(descr, GELIC_DESCR_DMA_NOT_IN_USE);
-		descr->bus_addr =
-			dma_map_single(ctodev(card), descr,
-				       GELIC_DESCR_SIZE,
-				       DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
 
-		if (!descr->bus_addr)
+		cpu_addr = dma_map_single(ctodev(card), descr,
+					  GELIC_DESCR_SIZE, DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
+
+		if (dma_mapping_error(ctodev(card), cpu_addr))
 			goto iommu_error;
 
+		descr->bus_addr = cpu_to_be32(cpu_addr);
 		descr->next = descr + 1;
 		descr->prev = descr - 1;
 	}
@@ -388,6 +390,7 @@ static int gelic_descr_prepare_rx(struct gelic_card *card,
 	static const unsigned int rx_skb_size =
 		ALIGN(GELIC_NET_MAX_FRAME, GELIC_NET_RXBUF_ALIGN) +
 		GELIC_NET_RXBUF_ALIGN - 1;
+	dma_addr_t cpu_addr;
 	int offset;
 
 	if (gelic_descr_get_status(descr) !=  GELIC_DESCR_DMA_NOT_IN_USE)
@@ -411,11 +414,10 @@ static int gelic_descr_prepare_rx(struct gelic_card *card,
 	if (offset)
 		skb_reserve(descr->skb, GELIC_NET_RXBUF_ALIGN - offset);
 	/* io-mmu-map the skb */
-	descr->buf_addr = cpu_to_be32(dma_map_single(ctodev(card),
-						     descr->skb->data,
-						     GELIC_NET_MAX_FRAME,
-						     DMA_FROM_DEVICE));
-	if (!descr->buf_addr) {
+	cpu_addr = dma_map_single(ctodev(card), descr->skb->data,
+				  GELIC_NET_MAX_FRAME, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
+	descr->buf_addr = cpu_to_be32(cpu_addr);
+	if (dma_mapping_error(ctodev(card), cpu_addr)) {
 		dev_kfree_skb_any(descr->skb);
 		descr->skb = NULL;
 		dev_info(ctodev(card),
@@ -795,7 +797,7 @@ static int gelic_descr_prepare_tx(struct gelic_card *card,
 
 	buf = dma_map_single(ctodev(card), skb->data, skb->len, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 
-	if (!buf) {
+	if (dma_mapping_error(ctodev(card), buf)) {
 		dev_err(ctodev(card),
 			"dma map 2 failed (%p, %i). Dropping packet\n",
 			skb->data, skb->len);