diff -urN linux.old/drivers/net/pcmcia/xirc2ps_cs.c linux/drivers/net/pcmcia/xirc2ps_cs.c
--- linux.old/drivers/net/pcmcia/xirc2ps_cs.c	Thu Oct 26 19:52:16 2000
+++ linux/drivers/net/pcmcia/xirc2ps_cs.c	Sat Feb  3 01:15:49 2001
@@ -382,6 +382,7 @@
 static void do_powerdown(struct net_device *dev);
 static int do_stop(struct net_device *dev);
 
+
 /*=============== Helper functions =========================*/
 static void
 flush_stale_links(void)
@@ -1348,7 +1349,6 @@
 	     * packets */
 	    lp->stats.rx_dropped++;
 	    DEBUG(2, "%s: RX drop, too much done\n", dev->name);
-	    PutWord(XIRCREG0_DO, 0x8000); /* issue cmd: skip_rx_packet */
 	} else if (rsr & PktRxOk) {
 	    struct sk_buff *skb;
 
@@ -1423,8 +1423,7 @@
 		if (!(rsr & PhyPkt))
 		    lp->stats.multicast++;
 	    }
-	    PutWord(XIRCREG0_DO, 0x8000); /* issue cmd: skip_rx_packet */
-	} else {
+	} else { /* bad packet */
 	    DEBUG(5, "rsr=%#02x\n", rsr);
 	}
 	if (rsr & PktTooLong) {
@@ -1439,6 +1438,9 @@
 	    lp->stats.rx_fifo_errors++; /* okay ? */
 	    DEBUG(3, "%s: Alignment error\n", dev->name);
 	}
+	
+	/* clear the received/dropped/error packet */
+	PutWord(XIRCREG0_DO, 0x8000); /* issue cmd: skip_rx_packet */
 
 	/* get the new ethernet status */
 	eth_status = GetByte(XIRCREG_ESR);