diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/s2io.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/s2io.c
index d6ae44f164a9d0bbbc19dc1c3a58f9777c6b14c5..6dd451adc331f1c47c43d55a76af4ffa59cef996 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/s2io.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/s2io.c
@@ -7658,7 +7658,6 @@ s2io_init_nic(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *pre)
 	struct s2io_nic *sp;
 	struct net_device *dev;
 	int i, j, ret;
-	int dma_flag = false;
 	u32 mac_up, mac_down;
 	u64 val64 = 0, tmp64 = 0;
 	struct XENA_dev_config __iomem *bar0 = NULL;
@@ -7680,17 +7679,8 @@ s2io_init_nic(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *pre)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	if (!dma_set_mask(&pdev->dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(64))) {
+	if (!dma_set_mask_and_coherent(&pdev->dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(64))) {
 		DBG_PRINT(INIT_DBG, "%s: Using 64bit DMA\n", __func__);
-		dma_flag = true;
-		if (dma_set_coherent_mask(&pdev->dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(64))) {
-			DBG_PRINT(ERR_DBG,
-				  "Unable to obtain 64bit DMA for coherent allocations\n");
-			pci_disable_device(pdev);
-			return -ENOMEM;
-		}
-	} else if (!dma_set_mask(&pdev->dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(32))) {
-		DBG_PRINT(INIT_DBG, "%s: Using 32bit DMA\n", __func__);
 	} else {
 		pci_disable_device(pdev);
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -7720,7 +7710,6 @@ s2io_init_nic(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *pre)
 	sp = netdev_priv(dev);
 	sp->dev = dev;
 	sp->pdev = pdev;
-	sp->high_dma_flag = dma_flag;
 	sp->device_enabled_once = false;
 	if (rx_ring_mode == 1)
 		sp->rxd_mode = RXD_MODE_1;
@@ -7868,9 +7857,8 @@ s2io_init_nic(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *pre)
 		NETIF_F_TSO | NETIF_F_TSO6 |
 		NETIF_F_RXCSUM | NETIF_F_LRO;
 	dev->features |= dev->hw_features |
-		NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_TX | NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_RX;
-	if (sp->high_dma_flag == true)
-		dev->features |= NETIF_F_HIGHDMA;
+		NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_TX | NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_RX |
+		NETIF_F_HIGHDMA;
 	dev->watchdog_timeo = WATCH_DOG_TIMEOUT;
 	INIT_WORK(&sp->rst_timer_task, s2io_restart_nic);
 	INIT_WORK(&sp->set_link_task, s2io_set_link);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/s2io.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/s2io.h
index a4266d1544abb4eb863ed79e7908a5628510ce3d..cb7080eb59128e74cfb2c362dd1498f040e73367 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/s2io.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/s2io.h
@@ -873,7 +873,6 @@ struct s2io_nic {
 	struct mac_addr def_mac_addr[256];
 
 	struct net_device_stats stats;
-	int high_dma_flag;
 	int device_enabled_once;
 
 	char name[60];