diff --git a/drivers/net/wwan/iosm/iosm_ipc_imem.c b/drivers/net/wwan/iosm/iosm_ipc_imem.c
index cff3b43ca4d7d3f9ce813aef5e9148c10f0c1979..12c03dacb5dd0c032d7963ac7bfb4c6f9e4a3082 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wwan/iosm/iosm_ipc_imem.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wwan/iosm/iosm_ipc_imem.c
@@ -181,9 +181,9 @@ void ipc_imem_hrtimer_stop(struct hrtimer *hr_timer)
 bool ipc_imem_ul_write_td(struct iosm_imem *ipc_imem)
 {
 	struct ipc_mem_channel *channel;
+	bool hpda_ctrl_pending = false;
 	struct sk_buff_head *ul_list;
 	bool hpda_pending = false;
-	bool forced_hpdu = false;
 	struct ipc_pipe *pipe;
 	int i;
 
@@ -200,15 +200,19 @@ bool ipc_imem_ul_write_td(struct iosm_imem *ipc_imem)
 		ul_list = &channel->ul_list;
 
 		/* Fill the transfer descriptor with the uplink buffer info. */
-		hpda_pending |= ipc_protocol_ul_td_send(ipc_imem->ipc_protocol,
+		if (!ipc_imem_check_wwan_ips(channel)) {
+			hpda_ctrl_pending |=
+				ipc_protocol_ul_td_send(ipc_imem->ipc_protocol,
 							pipe, ul_list);
-
-		/* forced HP update needed for non data channels */
-		if (hpda_pending && !ipc_imem_check_wwan_ips(channel))
-			forced_hpdu = true;
+		} else {
+			hpda_pending |=
+				ipc_protocol_ul_td_send(ipc_imem->ipc_protocol,
+							pipe, ul_list);
+		}
 	}
 
-	if (forced_hpdu) {
+	/* forced HP update needed for non data channels */
+	if (hpda_ctrl_pending) {
 		hpda_pending = false;
 		ipc_protocol_doorbell_trigger(ipc_imem->ipc_protocol,
 					      IPC_HP_UL_WRITE_TD);
@@ -527,6 +531,9 @@ static void ipc_imem_run_state_worker(struct work_struct *instance)
 		return;
 	}
 
+	if (test_and_clear_bit(IOSM_DEVLINK_INIT, &ipc_imem->flag))
+		ipc_devlink_deinit(ipc_imem->ipc_devlink);
+
 	if (!ipc_imem_setup_cp_mux_cap_init(ipc_imem, &mux_cfg))
 		ipc_imem->mux = ipc_mux_init(&mux_cfg, ipc_imem);
 
@@ -1167,7 +1174,7 @@ void ipc_imem_cleanup(struct iosm_imem *ipc_imem)
 		ipc_port_deinit(ipc_imem->ipc_port);
 	}
 
-	if (ipc_imem->ipc_devlink)
+	if (test_and_clear_bit(IOSM_DEVLINK_INIT, &ipc_imem->flag))
 		ipc_devlink_deinit(ipc_imem->ipc_devlink);
 
 	ipc_imem_device_ipc_uninit(ipc_imem);
@@ -1263,7 +1270,6 @@ struct iosm_imem *ipc_imem_init(struct iosm_pcie *pcie, unsigned int device_id,
 
 	ipc_imem->pci_device_id = device_id;
 
-	ipc_imem->ev_cdev_write_pending = false;
 	ipc_imem->cp_version = 0;
 	ipc_imem->device_sleep = IPC_HOST_SLEEP_ENTER_SLEEP;
 
@@ -1331,6 +1337,8 @@ struct iosm_imem *ipc_imem_init(struct iosm_pcie *pcie, unsigned int device_id,
 
 		if (ipc_flash_link_establish(ipc_imem))
 			goto devlink_channel_fail;
+
+		set_bit(IOSM_DEVLINK_INIT, &ipc_imem->flag);
 	}
 	return ipc_imem;
 devlink_channel_fail:
diff --git a/drivers/net/wwan/iosm/iosm_ipc_imem.h b/drivers/net/wwan/iosm/iosm_ipc_imem.h
index 6be6708b4eec86c71309513880d9242501a3d624..6b8a837faef2fe5f064d48681595e8f1724f49f9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wwan/iosm/iosm_ipc_imem.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wwan/iosm/iosm_ipc_imem.h
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ struct ipc_chnl_cfg;
 #define IOSM_CHIP_INFO_SIZE_MAX 100
 
 #define FULLY_FUNCTIONAL 0
+#define IOSM_DEVLINK_INIT 1
 
 /* List of the supported UL/DL pipes. */
 enum ipc_mem_pipes {
@@ -335,8 +336,6 @@ enum ipc_phase {
  *				process the irq actions.
  * @flag:			Flag to monitor the state of driver
  * @td_update_timer_suspended:	if true then td update timer suspend
- * @ev_cdev_write_pending:	0 means inform the IPC tasklet to pass
- *				the accumulated uplink buffers to CP.
  * @ev_mux_net_transmit_pending:0 means inform the IPC tasklet to pass
  * @reset_det_n:		Reset detect flag
  * @pcie_wake_n:		Pcie wake flag
@@ -374,7 +373,6 @@ struct iosm_imem {
 	u8 ev_irq_pending[IPC_IRQ_VECTORS];
 	unsigned long flag;
 	u8 td_update_timer_suspended:1,
-	   ev_cdev_write_pending:1,
 	   ev_mux_net_transmit_pending:1,
 	   reset_det_n:1,
 	   pcie_wake_n:1;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wwan/iosm/iosm_ipc_imem_ops.c b/drivers/net/wwan/iosm/iosm_ipc_imem_ops.c
index 825e8e5ffb2aedc8c32f0066e1451ab9b778b0b5..831cdae28e8a9f56884187cce380966213037205 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wwan/iosm/iosm_ipc_imem_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wwan/iosm/iosm_ipc_imem_ops.c
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ void ipc_imem_sys_wwan_close(struct iosm_imem *ipc_imem, int if_id,
 static int ipc_imem_tq_cdev_write(struct iosm_imem *ipc_imem, int arg,
 				  void *msg, size_t size)
 {
-	ipc_imem->ev_cdev_write_pending = false;
 	ipc_imem_ul_send(ipc_imem);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -50,11 +49,6 @@ static int ipc_imem_tq_cdev_write(struct iosm_imem *ipc_imem, int arg,
 /* Through tasklet to do sio write. */
 static int ipc_imem_call_cdev_write(struct iosm_imem *ipc_imem)
 {
-	if (ipc_imem->ev_cdev_write_pending)
-		return -1;
-
-	ipc_imem->ev_cdev_write_pending = true;
-
 	return ipc_task_queue_send_task(ipc_imem, ipc_imem_tq_cdev_write, 0,
 					NULL, 0, false);
 }
@@ -450,6 +444,7 @@ void ipc_imem_sys_devlink_close(struct iosm_devlink *ipc_devlink)
 	/* Release the pipe resources */
 	ipc_imem_pipe_cleanup(ipc_imem, &channel->ul_pipe);
 	ipc_imem_pipe_cleanup(ipc_imem, &channel->dl_pipe);
+	ipc_imem->nr_of_channels--;
 }
 
 void ipc_imem_sys_devlink_notify_rx(struct iosm_devlink *ipc_devlink,