diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_dev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_dev.c
index 318db5f77fdb15d772752dc45ba509c087148149..fb2b5bf179d7938caf95606127dbc9fdf211f532 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_dev.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ int ionic_heartbeat_check(struct ionic *ionic)
 
 			work = kzalloc(sizeof(*work), GFP_ATOMIC);
 			if (!work) {
-				dev_err(ionic->dev, "%s OOM\n", __func__);
+				dev_err(ionic->dev, "LIF reset trigger dropped\n");
 			} else {
 				work->type = IONIC_DW_TYPE_LIF_RESET;
 				if (fw_status & IONIC_FW_STS_F_RUNNING &&
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c
index 0afec2fa572dd6910746d9661693b693647397ee..11140915c2daf444d95004a1ef596d809d3a9ce5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ static bool ionic_notifyq_service(struct ionic_cq *cq,
 	case IONIC_EVENT_RESET:
 		work = kzalloc(sizeof(*work), GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (!work) {
-			netdev_err(lif->netdev, "%s OOM\n", __func__);
+			netdev_err(lif->netdev, "Reset event dropped\n");
 		} else {
 			work->type = IONIC_DW_TYPE_LIF_RESET;
 			ionic_lif_deferred_enqueue(&lif->deferred, work);
@@ -1051,10 +1051,8 @@ static int ionic_lif_addr(struct ionic_lif *lif, const u8 *addr, bool add,
 
 	if (!can_sleep) {
 		work = kzalloc(sizeof(*work), GFP_ATOMIC);
-		if (!work) {
-			netdev_err(lif->netdev, "%s OOM\n", __func__);
+		if (!work)
 			return -ENOMEM;
-		}
 		work->type = add ? IONIC_DW_TYPE_RX_ADDR_ADD :
 				   IONIC_DW_TYPE_RX_ADDR_DEL;
 		memcpy(work->addr, addr, ETH_ALEN);
@@ -1183,7 +1181,7 @@ static void ionic_set_rx_mode(struct net_device *netdev, bool can_sleep)
 		if (!can_sleep) {
 			work = kzalloc(sizeof(*work), GFP_ATOMIC);
 			if (!work) {
-				netdev_err(lif->netdev, "%s OOM\n", __func__);
+				netdev_err(lif->netdev, "rxmode change dropped\n");
 				return;
 			}
 			work->type = IONIC_DW_TYPE_RX_MODE;
@@ -1467,12 +1465,14 @@ static int ionic_change_mtu(struct net_device *netdev, int new_mtu)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	netdev->mtu = new_mtu;
 	/* if we're not running, nothing more to do */
-	if (!netif_running(netdev))
+	if (!netif_running(netdev)) {
+		netdev->mtu = new_mtu;
 		return 0;
+	}
 
 	ionic_stop_queues_reconfig(lif);
+	netdev->mtu = new_mtu;
 	return ionic_start_queues_reconfig(lif);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_main.c
index d355676f6c160d685239d52565cf96075297eae2..fbc57de6683efe5888c14b8818d55e3bae0c5b8a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_main.c
@@ -511,10 +511,8 @@ int ionic_port_init(struct ionic *ionic)
 						     idev->port_info_sz,
 						     &idev->port_info_pa,
 						     GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!idev->port_info) {
-			dev_err(ionic->dev, "Failed to allocate port info\n");
+		if (!idev->port_info)
 			return -ENOMEM;
-		}
 	}
 
 	sz = min(sizeof(ident->port.config), sizeof(idev->dev_cmd_regs->data));