diff --git a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-defines.h b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-defines.h
index e898df25b87f..21438c804a43 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-defines.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-defines.h
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@
 
 /*
  * A few defines are used to control the operation of this driver:
- *  USE_ASYNC_IOBDMA
- *      Use asynchronous IO access to hardware. This uses Octeon's asynchronous
- *      IOBDMAs to issue IO accesses without stalling. Set this to zero
- *      to disable this. Note that IOBDMAs require CVMSEG.
  *  REUSE_SKBUFFS_WITHOUT_FREE
  *      Allows the TX path to free an skbuff into the FPA hardware pool. This
  *      can significantly improve performance for forwarding and bridging, but
@@ -32,8 +28,6 @@
 #define REUSE_SKBUFFS_WITHOUT_FREE  1
 #endif
 
-#define USE_ASYNC_IOBDMA	1
-
 /* Maximum number of SKBs to try to free per xmit packet. */
 #define MAX_OUT_QUEUE_DEPTH 1000
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-rx.c b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-rx.c
index 1a44291318ee..dd76c99d5ae0 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-rx.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-rx.c
@@ -201,11 +201,9 @@ static int cvm_oct_poll(struct oct_rx_group *rx_group, int budget)
 	/* Prefetch cvm_oct_device since we know we need it soon */
 	prefetch(cvm_oct_device);
 
-	if (USE_ASYNC_IOBDMA) {
-		/* Save scratch in case userspace is using it */
-		CVMX_SYNCIOBDMA;
-		old_scratch = cvmx_scratch_read64(CVMX_SCR_SCRATCH);
-	}
+	/* Save scratch in case userspace is using it */
+	CVMX_SYNCIOBDMA;
+	old_scratch = cvmx_scratch_read64(CVMX_SCR_SCRATCH);
 
 	/* Only allow work for our group (and preserve priorities) */
 	if (OCTEON_IS_MODEL(OCTEON_CN68XX)) {
@@ -220,10 +218,8 @@ static int cvm_oct_poll(struct oct_rx_group *rx_group, int budget)
 			       BIT(rx_group->group));
 	}
 
-	if (USE_ASYNC_IOBDMA) {
-		cvmx_pow_work_request_async(CVMX_SCR_SCRATCH, CVMX_POW_NO_WAIT);
-		did_work_request = 1;
-	}
+	cvmx_pow_work_request_async(CVMX_SCR_SCRATCH, CVMX_POW_NO_WAIT);
+	did_work_request = 1;
 
 	while (rx_count < budget) {
 		struct sk_buff *skb = NULL;
@@ -232,7 +228,7 @@ static int cvm_oct_poll(struct oct_rx_group *rx_group, int budget)
 		cvmx_wqe_t *work;
 		int port;
 
-		if (USE_ASYNC_IOBDMA && did_work_request)
+		if (did_work_request)
 			work = cvmx_pow_work_response_async(CVMX_SCR_SCRATCH);
 		else
 			work = cvmx_pow_work_request_sync(CVMX_POW_NO_WAIT);
@@ -260,7 +256,7 @@ static int cvm_oct_poll(struct oct_rx_group *rx_group, int budget)
 			sizeof(void *));
 		prefetch(pskb);
 
-		if (USE_ASYNC_IOBDMA && rx_count < (budget - 1)) {
+		if (rx_count < (budget - 1)) {
 			cvmx_pow_work_request_async_nocheck(CVMX_SCR_SCRATCH,
 							    CVMX_POW_NO_WAIT);
 			did_work_request = 1;
@@ -403,10 +399,9 @@ static int cvm_oct_poll(struct oct_rx_group *rx_group, int budget)
 		cvmx_write_csr(CVMX_POW_PP_GRP_MSKX(coreid), old_group_mask);
 	}
 
-	if (USE_ASYNC_IOBDMA) {
-		/* Restore the scratch area */
-		cvmx_scratch_write64(CVMX_SCR_SCRATCH, old_scratch);
-	}
+	/* Restore the scratch area */
+	cvmx_scratch_write64(CVMX_SCR_SCRATCH, old_scratch);
+
 	cvm_oct_rx_refill_pool(0);
 
 	return rx_count;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-tx.c b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-tx.c
index 31f35025d19e..2eede0907924 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-tx.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-tx.c
@@ -179,23 +179,18 @@ int cvm_oct_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		qos = 0;
 	}
 
-	if (USE_ASYNC_IOBDMA) {
-		/* Save scratch in case userspace is using it */
-		CVMX_SYNCIOBDMA;
-		old_scratch = cvmx_scratch_read64(CVMX_SCR_SCRATCH);
-		old_scratch2 = cvmx_scratch_read64(CVMX_SCR_SCRATCH + 8);
-
-		/*
-		 * Fetch and increment the number of packets to be
-		 * freed.
-		 */
-		cvmx_fau_async_fetch_and_add32(CVMX_SCR_SCRATCH + 8,
-					       FAU_NUM_PACKET_BUFFERS_TO_FREE,
-					       0);
-		cvmx_fau_async_fetch_and_add32(CVMX_SCR_SCRATCH,
-					       priv->fau + qos * 4,
-					       MAX_SKB_TO_FREE);
-	}
+	/* Save scratch in case userspace is using it */
+	CVMX_SYNCIOBDMA;
+	old_scratch = cvmx_scratch_read64(CVMX_SCR_SCRATCH);
+	old_scratch2 = cvmx_scratch_read64(CVMX_SCR_SCRATCH + 8);
+
+	/* Fetch and increment the number of packets to be freed. */
+	cvmx_fau_async_fetch_and_add32(CVMX_SCR_SCRATCH + 8,
+				       FAU_NUM_PACKET_BUFFERS_TO_FREE,
+				       0);
+	cvmx_fau_async_fetch_and_add32(CVMX_SCR_SCRATCH,
+				       priv->fau + qos * 4,
+				       MAX_SKB_TO_FREE);
 
 	/*
 	 * We have space for 6 segment pointers, If there will be more
@@ -204,22 +199,11 @@ int cvm_oct_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	if (unlikely(skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags > 5)) {
 		if (unlikely(__skb_linearize(skb))) {
 			queue_type = QUEUE_DROP;
-			if (USE_ASYNC_IOBDMA) {
-				/*
-				 * Get the number of skbuffs in use
-				 * by the hardware
-				 */
-				CVMX_SYNCIOBDMA;
-				skb_to_free =
-					cvmx_scratch_read64(CVMX_SCR_SCRATCH);
-			} else {
-				/*
-				 * Get the number of skbuffs in use
-				 * by the hardware
-				 */
-				skb_to_free = cvmx_fau_fetch_and_add32(
-					priv->fau + qos * 4, MAX_SKB_TO_FREE);
-			}
+			/* Get the number of skbuffs in use by the
+			 * hardware
+			 */
+			CVMX_SYNCIOBDMA;
+			skb_to_free = cvmx_scratch_read64(CVMX_SCR_SCRATCH);
 			skb_to_free = cvm_oct_adjust_skb_to_free(skb_to_free,
 								 priv->fau +
 								 qos * 4);
@@ -387,18 +371,10 @@ int cvm_oct_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		pko_command.s.ipoffp1 = skb_network_offset(skb) + 1;
 	}
 
-	if (USE_ASYNC_IOBDMA) {
-		/* Get the number of skbuffs in use by the hardware */
-		CVMX_SYNCIOBDMA;
-		skb_to_free = cvmx_scratch_read64(CVMX_SCR_SCRATCH);
-		buffers_to_free = cvmx_scratch_read64(CVMX_SCR_SCRATCH + 8);
-	} else {
-		/* Get the number of skbuffs in use by the hardware */
-		skb_to_free = cvmx_fau_fetch_and_add32(priv->fau + qos * 4,
-						       MAX_SKB_TO_FREE);
-		buffers_to_free =
-		    cvmx_fau_fetch_and_add32(FAU_NUM_PACKET_BUFFERS_TO_FREE, 0);
-	}
+	/* Get the number of skbuffs in use by the hardware */
+	CVMX_SYNCIOBDMA;
+	skb_to_free = cvmx_scratch_read64(CVMX_SCR_SCRATCH);
+	buffers_to_free = cvmx_scratch_read64(CVMX_SCR_SCRATCH + 8);
 
 	skb_to_free = cvm_oct_adjust_skb_to_free(skb_to_free,
 						 priv->fau + qos * 4);
@@ -416,9 +392,7 @@ int cvm_oct_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	} else {
 		queue_type = QUEUE_HW;
 	}
-	if (USE_ASYNC_IOBDMA)
-		cvmx_fau_async_fetch_and_add32(
-				CVMX_SCR_SCRATCH, FAU_TOTAL_TX_TO_CLEAN, 1);
+	cvmx_fau_async_fetch_and_add32(CVMX_SCR_SCRATCH, FAU_TOTAL_TX_TO_CLEAN, 1);
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->tx_free_list[qos].lock, flags);
 
@@ -488,16 +462,11 @@ int cvm_oct_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		dev_kfree_skb_any(t);
 	}
 
-	if (USE_ASYNC_IOBDMA) {
-		CVMX_SYNCIOBDMA;
-		total_to_clean = cvmx_scratch_read64(CVMX_SCR_SCRATCH);
-		/* Restore the scratch area */
-		cvmx_scratch_write64(CVMX_SCR_SCRATCH, old_scratch);
-		cvmx_scratch_write64(CVMX_SCR_SCRATCH + 8, old_scratch2);
-	} else {
-		total_to_clean = cvmx_fau_fetch_and_add32(
-						FAU_TOTAL_TX_TO_CLEAN, 1);
-	}
+	CVMX_SYNCIOBDMA;
+	total_to_clean = cvmx_scratch_read64(CVMX_SCR_SCRATCH);
+	/* Restore the scratch area */
+	cvmx_scratch_write64(CVMX_SCR_SCRATCH, old_scratch);
+	cvmx_scratch_write64(CVMX_SCR_SCRATCH + 8, old_scratch2);
 
 	if (total_to_clean & 0x3ff) {
 		/*
