--- drivers/net/sungem.old.c	2005-08-27 10:38:36.000000000 +0200
+++ drivers/net/sungem.c	2005-08-27 10:55:30.000000000 +0200
@@ -933,6 +933,7 @@
 	struct net_device *dev = dev_id;
 	struct gem *gp = dev->priv;
 	unsigned long flags;
+	u32 gem_status;
 
 	/* Swallow interrupts when shutting the chip down, though
 	 * that shouldn't happen, we should have done free_irq() at
@@ -942,14 +943,14 @@
 		return IRQ_HANDLED;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&gp->lock, flags);
+
+	if ((gem_status = readl(gp->regs + GREG_STAT)) == 0) {
+		/* nothing to do */
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&gp->lock, flags);
+		return IRQ_NONE;
+	}
 	
 	if (netif_rx_schedule_prep(dev)) {
-		u32 gem_status = readl(gp->regs + GREG_STAT);
-
-		if (gem_status == 0) {
-			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&gp->lock, flags);
-			return IRQ_NONE;
-		}
 		gp->status = gem_status;
 		gem_disable_ints(gp);
 		__netif_rx_schedule(dev);