diff --git a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/upt1_defs.h b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/upt1_defs.h
index 37108fb..969c751 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/upt1_defs.h
+++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/upt1_defs.h
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@ struct UPT1_RSSConf {
 
 /* features */
 enum {
-	UPT1_F_RXCSUM		= 0x0001,   /* rx csum verification */
-	UPT1_F_RSS		= 0x0002,
-	UPT1_F_RXVLAN		= 0x0004,   /* VLAN tag stripping */
-	UPT1_F_LRO		= 0x0008,
+	UPT1_F_RXCSUM		= cpu_to_le64(0x0001),   /* rx csum verification */
+	UPT1_F_RSS		= cpu_to_le64(0x0002),
+	UPT1_F_RXVLAN		= cpu_to_le64(0x0004),   /* VLAN tag stripping */
+	UPT1_F_LRO		= cpu_to_le64(0x0008),
 };
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_defs.h b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_defs.h
index ca7727b..4d84912 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_defs.h
+++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_defs.h
@@ -523,9 +523,9 @@ struct Vmxnet3_RxFilterConf {
 #define VMXNET3_PM_MAX_PATTERN_SIZE   128
 #define VMXNET3_PM_MAX_MASK_SIZE      (VMXNET3_PM_MAX_PATTERN_SIZE / 8)
 
-#define VMXNET3_PM_WAKEUP_MAGIC       0x01  /* wake up on magic pkts */
-#define VMXNET3_PM_WAKEUP_FILTER      0x02  /* wake up on pkts matching
-					     * filters */
+#define VMXNET3_PM_WAKEUP_MAGIC       cpu_to_le16(0x01)  /* wake up on magic pkts */
+#define VMXNET3_PM_WAKEUP_FILTER      cpu_to_le16(0x02)  /* wake up on pkts matching
+							  * filters */
 
 
 struct Vmxnet3_PM_PktFilter {
diff --git a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
index 198ce92..ce292d4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
@@ -1548,23 +1548,6 @@ vmxnet3_free_irqs(struct vmxnet3_adapter *adapter)
 	}
 }
 
-
-inline void set_flag_le16(__le16 *data, u16 flag)
-{
-	*data = cpu_to_le16(le16_to_cpu(*data) | flag);
-}
-
-inline void set_flag_le64(__le64 *data, u64 flag)
-{
-	*data = cpu_to_le64(le64_to_cpu(*data) | flag);
-}
-
-inline void reset_flag_le64(__le64 *data, u64 flag)
-{
-	*data = cpu_to_le64(le64_to_cpu(*data) & ~flag);
-}
-
-
 static void
 vmxnet3_vlan_rx_register(struct net_device *netdev, struct vlan_group *grp)
 {
@@ -1580,8 +1563,7 @@ vmxnet3_vlan_rx_register(struct net_device *netdev, struct vlan_group *grp)
 			adapter->vlan_grp = grp;
 
 			/* update FEATURES to device */
-			set_flag_le64(&devRead->misc.uptFeatures,
-				      UPT1_F_RXVLAN);
+			devRead->misc.uptFeatures |= UPT1_F_RXVLAN;
 			VMXNET3_WRITE_BAR1_REG(adapter, VMXNET3_REG_CMD,
 					       VMXNET3_CMD_UPDATE_FEATURE);
 			/*
@@ -1604,7 +1586,7 @@ vmxnet3_vlan_rx_register(struct net_device *netdev, struct vlan_group *grp)
 		struct Vmxnet3_DSDevRead *devRead = &shared->devRead;
 		adapter->vlan_grp = NULL;
 
-		if (le64_to_cpu(devRead->misc.uptFeatures) & UPT1_F_RXVLAN) {
+		if (devRead->misc.uptFeatures & UPT1_F_RXVLAN) {
 			int i;
 
 			for (i = 0; i < VMXNET3_VFT_SIZE; i++) {
@@ -1617,8 +1599,7 @@ vmxnet3_vlan_rx_register(struct net_device *netdev, struct vlan_group *grp)
 					       VMXNET3_CMD_UPDATE_VLAN_FILTERS);
 
 			/* update FEATURES to device */
-			reset_flag_le64(&devRead->misc.uptFeatures,
-					UPT1_F_RXVLAN);
+			devRead->misc.uptFeatures &= ~UPT1_F_RXVLAN;
 			VMXNET3_WRITE_BAR1_REG(adapter, VMXNET3_REG_CMD,
 					       VMXNET3_CMD_UPDATE_FEATURE);
 		}
@@ -1779,15 +1760,15 @@ vmxnet3_setup_driver_shared(struct vmxnet3_adapter *adapter)
 
 	/* set up feature flags */
 	if (adapter->rxcsum)
-		set_flag_le64(&devRead->misc.uptFeatures, UPT1_F_RXCSUM);
+		devRead->misc.uptFeatures |= UPT1_F_RXCSUM;
 
 	if (adapter->lro) {
-		set_flag_le64(&devRead->misc.uptFeatures, UPT1_F_LRO);
+		devRead->misc.uptFeatures |= UPT1_F_LRO;
 		devRead->misc.maxNumRxSG = cpu_to_le16(1 + MAX_SKB_FRAGS);
 	}
 	if ((adapter->netdev->features & NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_RX) &&
 	    adapter->vlan_grp) {
-		set_flag_le64(&devRead->misc.uptFeatures, UPT1_F_RXVLAN);
+		devRead->misc.uptFeatures |= UPT1_F_RXVLAN;
 	}
 
 	devRead->misc.mtu = cpu_to_le32(adapter->netdev->mtu);
@@ -2594,7 +2575,7 @@ vmxnet3_suspend(struct device *device)
 		memcpy(pmConf->filters[i].pattern, netdev->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN);
 		pmConf->filters[i].mask[0] = 0x3F; /* LSB ETH_ALEN bits */
 
-		set_flag_le16(&pmConf->wakeUpEvents, VMXNET3_PM_WAKEUP_FILTER);
+		pmConf->wakeUpEvents |= VMXNET3_PM_WAKEUP_FILTER;
 		i++;
 	}
 
@@ -2642,7 +2623,7 @@ vmxnet3_suspend(struct device *device)
 
 skip_arp:
 	if (adapter->wol & WAKE_MAGIC)
-		set_flag_le16(&pmConf->wakeUpEvents, VMXNET3_PM_WAKEUP_MAGIC);
+		pmConf->wakeUpEvents |= VMXNET3_PM_WAKEUP_MAGIC;
 
 	pmConf->numFilters = i;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethtool.c
index 7e4b5a8..b79070b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethtool.c
@@ -50,13 +50,11 @@ vmxnet3_set_rx_csum(struct net_device *netdev, u32 val)
 		adapter->rxcsum = val;
 		if (netif_running(netdev)) {
 			if (val)
-				set_flag_le64(
-				&adapter->shared->devRead.misc.uptFeatures,
-				UPT1_F_RXCSUM);
+				adapter->shared->devRead.misc.uptFeatures |=
+				UPT1_F_RXCSUM;
 			else
-				reset_flag_le64(
-				&adapter->shared->devRead.misc.uptFeatures,
-				UPT1_F_RXCSUM);
+				adapter->shared->devRead.misc.uptFeatures &=
+				~UPT1_F_RXCSUM;
 
 			VMXNET3_WRITE_BAR1_REG(adapter, VMXNET3_REG_CMD,
 					       VMXNET3_CMD_UPDATE_FEATURE);
@@ -292,10 +290,10 @@ vmxnet3_set_flags(struct net_device *netdev, u32 data)
 		/* update harware LRO capability accordingly */
 		if (lro_requested)
 			adapter->shared->devRead.misc.uptFeatures |=
-						cpu_to_le64(UPT1_F_LRO);
+							UPT1_F_LRO;
 		else
 			adapter->shared->devRead.misc.uptFeatures &=
-						cpu_to_le64(~UPT1_F_LRO);
+							~UPT1_F_LRO;
 		VMXNET3_WRITE_BAR1_REG(adapter, VMXNET3_REG_CMD,
 				       VMXNET3_CMD_UPDATE_FEATURE);
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_int.h b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_int.h
index 2121c73..46aee6d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_int.h
+++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_int.h
@@ -353,10 +353,6 @@ struct vmxnet3_adapter {
 #define VMXNET3_MAX_ETH_HDR_SIZE    22
 #define VMXNET3_MAX_SKB_BUF_SIZE    (3*1024)
 
-void set_flag_le16(__le16 *data, u16 flag);
-void set_flag_le64(__le64 *data, u64 flag);
-void reset_flag_le64(__le64 *data, u64 flag);
-
 int
 vmxnet3_quiesce_dev(struct vmxnet3_adapter *adapter);
 
