diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/qca/qca8k-8xxx.c b/drivers/net/dsa/qca/qca8k-8xxx.c
index c5c3b4e92f28bf6f0a1a2660b4109f7a22b950b8..34bf022bb724498396bd0c525339ecbe7f6c4692 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/qca/qca8k-8xxx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/qca/qca8k-8xxx.c
@@ -36,44 +36,6 @@ qca8k_split_addr(u32 regaddr, u16 *r1, u16 *r2, u16 *page)
 	*page = regaddr & 0x3ff;
 }
 
-static int
-qca8k_set_lo(struct qca8k_priv *priv, int phy_id, u32 regnum, u16 lo)
-{
-	u16 *cached_lo = &priv->mdio_cache.lo;
-	struct mii_bus *bus = priv->bus;
-	int ret;
-
-	if (lo == *cached_lo)
-		return 0;
-
-	ret = bus->write(bus, phy_id, regnum, lo);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		dev_err_ratelimited(&bus->dev,
-				    "failed to write qca8k 32bit lo register\n");
-
-	*cached_lo = lo;
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int
-qca8k_set_hi(struct qca8k_priv *priv, int phy_id, u32 regnum, u16 hi)
-{
-	u16 *cached_hi = &priv->mdio_cache.hi;
-	struct mii_bus *bus = priv->bus;
-	int ret;
-
-	if (hi == *cached_hi)
-		return 0;
-
-	ret = bus->write(bus, phy_id, regnum, hi);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		dev_err_ratelimited(&bus->dev,
-				    "failed to write qca8k 32bit hi register\n");
-
-	*cached_hi = hi;
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int
 qca8k_mii_read32(struct mii_bus *bus, int phy_id, u32 regnum, u32 *val)
 {
@@ -97,7 +59,7 @@ qca8k_mii_read32(struct mii_bus *bus, int phy_id, u32 regnum, u32 *val)
 }
 
 static void
-qca8k_mii_write32(struct qca8k_priv *priv, int phy_id, u32 regnum, u32 val)
+qca8k_mii_write32(struct mii_bus *bus, int phy_id, u32 regnum, u32 val)
 {
 	u16 lo, hi;
 	int ret;
@@ -105,9 +67,12 @@ qca8k_mii_write32(struct qca8k_priv *priv, int phy_id, u32 regnum, u32 val)
 	lo = val & 0xffff;
 	hi = (u16)(val >> 16);
 
-	ret = qca8k_set_lo(priv, phy_id, regnum, lo);
+	ret = bus->write(bus, phy_id, regnum, lo);
 	if (ret >= 0)
-		ret = qca8k_set_hi(priv, phy_id, regnum + 1, hi);
+		ret = bus->write(bus, phy_id, regnum + 1, hi);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		dev_err_ratelimited(&bus->dev,
+				    "failed to write qca8k 32bit register\n");
 }
 
 static int
@@ -417,7 +382,7 @@ qca8k_regmap_write(void *ctx, uint32_t reg, uint32_t val)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto exit;
 
-	qca8k_mii_write32(priv, 0x10 | r2, r1, val);
+	qca8k_mii_write32(bus, 0x10 | r2, r1, val);
 
 exit:
 	mutex_unlock(&bus->mdio_lock);
@@ -450,7 +415,7 @@ qca8k_regmap_update_bits(void *ctx, uint32_t reg, uint32_t mask, uint32_t write_
 
 	val &= ~mask;
 	val |= write_val;
-	qca8k_mii_write32(priv, 0x10 | r2, r1, val);
+	qca8k_mii_write32(bus, 0x10 | r2, r1, val);
 
 exit:
 	mutex_unlock(&bus->mdio_lock);
@@ -725,14 +690,14 @@ qca8k_mdio_write(struct qca8k_priv *priv, int phy, int regnum, u16 data)
 	if (ret)
 		goto exit;
 
-	qca8k_mii_write32(priv, 0x10 | r2, r1, val);
+	qca8k_mii_write32(bus, 0x10 | r2, r1, val);
 
 	ret = qca8k_mdio_busy_wait(bus, QCA8K_MDIO_MASTER_CTRL,
 				   QCA8K_MDIO_MASTER_BUSY);
 
 exit:
 	/* even if the busy_wait timeouts try to clear the MASTER_EN */
-	qca8k_mii_write32(priv, 0x10 | r2, r1, 0);
+	qca8k_mii_write32(bus, 0x10 | r2, r1, 0);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&bus->mdio_lock);
 
@@ -762,7 +727,7 @@ qca8k_mdio_read(struct qca8k_priv *priv, int phy, int regnum)
 	if (ret)
 		goto exit;
 
-	qca8k_mii_write32(priv, 0x10 | r2, r1, val);
+	qca8k_mii_write32(bus, 0x10 | r2, r1, val);
 
 	ret = qca8k_mdio_busy_wait(bus, QCA8K_MDIO_MASTER_CTRL,
 				   QCA8K_MDIO_MASTER_BUSY);
@@ -773,7 +738,7 @@ qca8k_mdio_read(struct qca8k_priv *priv, int phy, int regnum)
 
 exit:
 	/* even if the busy_wait timeouts try to clear the MASTER_EN */
-	qca8k_mii_write32(priv, 0x10 | r2, r1, 0);
+	qca8k_mii_write32(bus, 0x10 | r2, r1, 0);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&bus->mdio_lock);
 
@@ -1943,8 +1908,6 @@ qca8k_sw_probe(struct mdio_device *mdiodev)
 	}
 
 	priv->mdio_cache.page = 0xffff;
-	priv->mdio_cache.lo = 0xffff;
-	priv->mdio_cache.hi = 0xffff;
 
 	/* Check the detected switch id */
 	ret = qca8k_read_switch_id(priv);
diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/qca/qca8k.h b/drivers/net/dsa/qca/qca8k.h
index 0b7a5cb12321670aba0575e5c5532340bd833c90..03514f7a20becce61d1628910abade1af7721adf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/qca/qca8k.h
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/qca/qca8k.h
@@ -375,11 +375,6 @@ struct qca8k_mdio_cache {
  * mdio writes
  */
 	u16 page;
-/* lo and hi can also be cached and from Documentation we can skip one
- * extra mdio write if lo or hi is didn't change.
- */
-	u16 lo;
-	u16 hi;
 };
 
 struct qca8k_pcs {