diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
index 9a807e93c9fd..9018bb1b2e12 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
@@ -1305,7 +1305,7 @@ static void mlx4_en_tx_timeout(struct net_device *dev)
 		if (!netif_tx_queue_stopped(netdev_get_tx_queue(dev, i)))
 			continue;
 		en_warn(priv, "TX timeout on queue: %d, QP: 0x%x, CQ: 0x%x, Cons: 0x%x, Prod: 0x%x\n",
-			i, tx_ring->qpn, tx_ring->cqn,
+			i, tx_ring->qpn, tx_ring->sp_cqn,
 			tx_ring->cons, tx_ring->prod);
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
index 5de3cbe24f2b..4b597dca5c52 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ int mlx4_en_create_tx_ring(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv,
 
 	ring->size = size;
 	ring->size_mask = size - 1;
-	ring->stride = stride;
+	ring->sp_stride = stride;
 	ring->full_size = ring->size - HEADROOM - MAX_DESC_TXBBS;
 
 	tmp = size * sizeof(struct mlx4_en_tx_info);
@@ -90,22 +90,22 @@ int mlx4_en_create_tx_ring(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv,
 			goto err_info;
 		}
 	}
-	ring->buf_size = ALIGN(size * ring->stride, MLX4_EN_PAGE_SIZE);
+	ring->buf_size = ALIGN(size * ring->sp_stride, MLX4_EN_PAGE_SIZE);
 
 	/* Allocate HW buffers on provided NUMA node */
 	set_dev_node(&mdev->dev->persist->pdev->dev, node);
-	err = mlx4_alloc_hwq_res(mdev->dev, &ring->wqres, ring->buf_size);
+	err = mlx4_alloc_hwq_res(mdev->dev, &ring->sp_wqres, ring->buf_size);
 	set_dev_node(&mdev->dev->persist->pdev->dev, mdev->dev->numa_node);
 	if (err) {
 		en_err(priv, "Failed allocating hwq resources\n");
 		goto err_bounce;
 	}
 
-	ring->buf = ring->wqres.buf.direct.buf;
+	ring->buf = ring->sp_wqres.buf.direct.buf;
 
 	en_dbg(DRV, priv, "Allocated TX ring (addr:%p) - buf:%p size:%d buf_size:%d dma:%llx\n",
 	       ring, ring->buf, ring->size, ring->buf_size,
-	       (unsigned long long) ring->wqres.buf.direct.map);
+	       (unsigned long long) ring->sp_wqres.buf.direct.map);
 
 	err = mlx4_qp_reserve_range(mdev->dev, 1, 1, &ring->qpn,
 				    MLX4_RESERVE_ETH_BF_QP);
@@ -114,12 +114,12 @@ int mlx4_en_create_tx_ring(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv,
 		goto err_hwq_res;
 	}
 
-	err = mlx4_qp_alloc(mdev->dev, ring->qpn, &ring->qp, GFP_KERNEL);
+	err = mlx4_qp_alloc(mdev->dev, ring->qpn, &ring->sp_qp, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (err) {
 		en_err(priv, "Failed allocating qp %d\n", ring->qpn);
 		goto err_reserve;
 	}
-	ring->qp.event = mlx4_en_sqp_event;
+	ring->sp_qp.event = mlx4_en_sqp_event;
 
 	err = mlx4_bf_alloc(mdev->dev, &ring->bf, node);
 	if (err) {
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ int mlx4_en_create_tx_ring(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv,
 	if (queue_index < priv->num_tx_rings_p_up)
 		cpumask_set_cpu(cpumask_local_spread(queue_index,
 						     priv->mdev->dev->numa_node),
-				&ring->affinity_mask);
+				&ring->sp_affinity_mask);
 
 	*pring = ring;
 	return 0;
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ int mlx4_en_create_tx_ring(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv,
 err_reserve:
 	mlx4_qp_release_range(mdev->dev, ring->qpn, 1);
 err_hwq_res:
-	mlx4_free_hwq_res(mdev->dev, &ring->wqres, ring->buf_size);
+	mlx4_free_hwq_res(mdev->dev, &ring->sp_wqres, ring->buf_size);
 err_bounce:
 	kfree(ring->bounce_buf);
 	ring->bounce_buf = NULL;
@@ -171,10 +171,10 @@ void mlx4_en_destroy_tx_ring(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv,
 
 	if (ring->bf_alloced)
 		mlx4_bf_free(mdev->dev, &ring->bf);
-	mlx4_qp_remove(mdev->dev, &ring->qp);
-	mlx4_qp_free(mdev->dev, &ring->qp);
+	mlx4_qp_remove(mdev->dev, &ring->sp_qp);
+	mlx4_qp_free(mdev->dev, &ring->sp_qp);
 	mlx4_qp_release_range(priv->mdev->dev, ring->qpn, 1);
-	mlx4_free_hwq_res(mdev->dev, &ring->wqres, ring->buf_size);
+	mlx4_free_hwq_res(mdev->dev, &ring->sp_wqres, ring->buf_size);
 	kfree(ring->bounce_buf);
 	ring->bounce_buf = NULL;
 	kvfree(ring->tx_info);
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ int mlx4_en_activate_tx_ring(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv,
 	struct mlx4_en_dev *mdev = priv->mdev;
 	int err;
 
-	ring->cqn = cq;
+	ring->sp_cqn = cq;
 	ring->prod = 0;
 	ring->cons = 0xffffffff;
 	ring->last_nr_txbb = 1;
@@ -198,21 +198,21 @@ int mlx4_en_activate_tx_ring(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv,
 	memset(ring->buf, 0, ring->buf_size);
 	ring->free_tx_desc = mlx4_en_free_tx_desc;
 
-	ring->qp_state = MLX4_QP_STATE_RST;
-	ring->doorbell_qpn = cpu_to_be32(ring->qp.qpn << 8);
+	ring->sp_qp_state = MLX4_QP_STATE_RST;
+	ring->doorbell_qpn = cpu_to_be32(ring->sp_qp.qpn << 8);
 	ring->mr_key = cpu_to_be32(mdev->mr.key);
 
-	mlx4_en_fill_qp_context(priv, ring->size, ring->stride, 1, 0, ring->qpn,
-				ring->cqn, user_prio, &ring->context);
+	mlx4_en_fill_qp_context(priv, ring->size, ring->sp_stride, 1, 0, ring->qpn,
+				ring->sp_cqn, user_prio, &ring->sp_context);
 	if (ring->bf_alloced)
-		ring->context.usr_page =
+		ring->sp_context.usr_page =
 			cpu_to_be32(mlx4_to_hw_uar_index(mdev->dev,
 							 ring->bf.uar->index));
 
-	err = mlx4_qp_to_ready(mdev->dev, &ring->wqres.mtt, &ring->context,
-			       &ring->qp, &ring->qp_state);
-	if (!cpumask_empty(&ring->affinity_mask))
-		netif_set_xps_queue(priv->dev, &ring->affinity_mask,
+	err = mlx4_qp_to_ready(mdev->dev, &ring->sp_wqres.mtt, &ring->sp_context,
+			       &ring->sp_qp, &ring->sp_qp_state);
+	if (!cpumask_empty(&ring->sp_affinity_mask))
+		netif_set_xps_queue(priv->dev, &ring->sp_affinity_mask,
 				    ring->queue_index);
 
 	return err;
@@ -223,8 +223,8 @@ void mlx4_en_deactivate_tx_ring(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv,
 {
 	struct mlx4_en_dev *mdev = priv->mdev;
 
-	mlx4_qp_modify(mdev->dev, NULL, ring->qp_state,
-		       MLX4_QP_STATE_RST, NULL, 0, 0, &ring->qp);
+	mlx4_qp_modify(mdev->dev, NULL, ring->sp_qp_state,
+		       MLX4_QP_STATE_RST, NULL, 0, 0, &ring->sp_qp);
 }
 
 static inline bool mlx4_en_is_tx_ring_full(struct mlx4_en_tx_ring *ring)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.h
index eff21651b673..574bcbb1b38f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.h
@@ -281,46 +281,50 @@ struct mlx4_en_tx_ring {
 	u32			last_nr_txbb;
 	u32			cons;
 	unsigned long		wake_queue;
+	struct netdev_queue	*tx_queue;
+	u32			(*free_tx_desc)(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv,
+						struct mlx4_en_tx_ring *ring,
+						int index, u8 owner,
+						u64 timestamp, int napi_mode);
+	struct mlx4_en_rx_ring	*recycle_ring;
 
 	/* cache line used and dirtied in mlx4_en_xmit() */
 	u32			prod ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
+	unsigned int		tx_dropped;
 	unsigned long		bytes;
 	unsigned long		packets;
 	unsigned long		tx_csum;
 	unsigned long		tso_packets;
 	unsigned long		xmit_more;
-	unsigned int		tx_dropped;
 	struct mlx4_bf		bf;
-	unsigned long		queue_stopped;
 
 	/* Following part should be mostly read */
-	cpumask_t		affinity_mask;
-	struct mlx4_qp		qp;
-	struct mlx4_hwq_resources wqres;
-	u32			size; /* number of TXBBs */
-	u32			size_mask;
-	u16			stride;
-	u32			full_size;
-	u16			cqn;	/* index of port CQ associated with this ring */
-	u32			buf_size;
 	__be32			doorbell_qpn;
 	__be32			mr_key;
+	u32			size; /* number of TXBBs */
+	u32			size_mask;
+	u32			full_size;
+	u32			buf_size;
 	void			*buf;
 	struct mlx4_en_tx_info	*tx_info;
-	struct mlx4_en_rx_ring	*recycle_ring;
-	u32			(*free_tx_desc)(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv,
-						struct mlx4_en_tx_ring *ring,
-						int index, u8 owner,
-						u64 timestamp, int napi_mode);
-	u8			*bounce_buf;
-	struct mlx4_qp_context	context;
 	int			qpn;
-	enum mlx4_qp_state	qp_state;
 	u8			queue_index;
 	bool			bf_enabled;
 	bool			bf_alloced;
-	struct netdev_queue	*tx_queue;
-	int			hwtstamp_tx_type;
+	u8			hwtstamp_tx_type;
+	u8			*bounce_buf;
+
+	/* Not used in fast path
+	 * Only queue_stopped might be used if BQL is not properly working.
+	 */
+	unsigned long		queue_stopped;
+	struct mlx4_hwq_resources sp_wqres;
+	struct mlx4_qp		sp_qp;
+	struct mlx4_qp_context	sp_context;
+	cpumask_t		sp_affinity_mask;
+	enum mlx4_qp_state	sp_qp_state;
+	u16			sp_stride;
+	u16			sp_cqn;	/* index of port CQ associated with this ring */
 } ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
 
 struct mlx4_en_rx_desc {