diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
index 72ce6e8115fa..8f87fe001541 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
@@ -868,10 +868,12 @@ static void __bcmgenet_tx_reclaim(struct net_device *dev,
 	struct bcmgenet_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 	int last_tx_cn, last_c_index, num_tx_bds;
 	struct enet_cb *tx_cb_ptr;
+	struct netdev_queue *txq;
 	unsigned int c_index;
 
 	/* Compute how many buffers are transmited since last xmit call */
 	c_index = bcmgenet_tdma_ring_readl(priv, ring->index, TDMA_CONS_INDEX);
+	txq = netdev_get_tx_queue(dev, ring->queue);
 
 	last_c_index = ring->c_index;
 	num_tx_bds = ring->size;
@@ -917,8 +919,8 @@ static void __bcmgenet_tx_reclaim(struct net_device *dev,
 	if (ring->free_bds > (MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 1))
 		ring->int_disable(priv, ring);
 
-	if (__netif_subqueue_stopped(dev, ring->queue))
-		netif_wake_subqueue(dev, ring->queue);
+	if (netif_tx_queue_stopped(txq))
+		netif_tx_wake_queue(txq);
 
 	ring->c_index = c_index;
 }
@@ -1106,6 +1108,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t bcmgenet_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct bcmgenet_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 	struct bcmgenet_tx_ring *ring = NULL;
+	struct netdev_queue *txq;
 	unsigned long flags = 0;
 	int nr_frags, index;
 	u16 dma_desc_flags;
@@ -1125,20 +1128,13 @@ static netdev_tx_t bcmgenet_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	else
 		index -= 1;
 
-	if ((index != DESC_INDEX) && (index > priv->hw_params->tx_queues - 1)) {
-		netdev_err(dev, "%s: queue_mapping %d is invalid\n",
-				__func__, skb_get_queue_mapping(skb));
-		dev->stats.tx_errors++;
-		dev->stats.tx_dropped++;
-		ret = NETDEV_TX_OK;
-		goto out;
-	}
 	nr_frags = skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags;
 	ring = &priv->tx_rings[index];
+	txq = netdev_get_tx_queue(dev, ring->queue);
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ring->lock, flags);
 	if (ring->free_bds <= nr_frags + 1) {
-		netif_stop_subqueue(dev, ring->queue);
+		netif_tx_stop_queue(txq);
 		netdev_err(dev, "%s: tx ring %d full when queue %d awake\n",
 				__func__, index, ring->queue);
 		ret = NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
@@ -1176,6 +1172,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t bcmgenet_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		}
 	}
 
+	skb_tx_timestamp(skb);
+
 	/* we kept a software copy of how much we should advance the TDMA
 	 * producer index, now write it down to the hardware
 	 */
@@ -1183,7 +1181,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t bcmgenet_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 			ring->prod_index, TDMA_PROD_INDEX);
 
 	if (ring->free_bds <= (MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 1)) {
-		netif_stop_subqueue(dev, ring->queue);
+		netif_tx_stop_queue(txq);
 		ring->int_enable(priv, ring);
 	}
 
@@ -2498,7 +2496,6 @@ static int bcmgenet_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	bcmgenet_set_hw_params(priv);
 
-	spin_lock_init(&priv->lock);
 	/* Mii wait queue */
 	init_waitqueue_head(&priv->wq);
 	/* Always use RX_BUF_LENGTH (2KB) buffer for all chips */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.h
index a6758adefaab..0f117105fed1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.h
@@ -523,7 +523,6 @@ struct bcmgenet_priv {
 	void __iomem *base;
 	enum bcmgenet_version version;
 	struct net_device *dev;
-	spinlock_t lock;
 	u32 int0_mask;
 	u32 int1_mask;