diff --git a/drivers/staging/usbip/stub_rx.c b/drivers/staging/usbip/stub_rx.c
index 6b4e3e182de81ae03344266074b3a3ef07cb5e6d..27ac363d1cfa2f283b0c422bcb92ca3258cd74cf 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/usbip/stub_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/usbip/stub_rx.c
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ static void stub_rx_pdu(struct usbip_device *ud)
 	memset(&pdu, 0, sizeof(pdu));
 
 	/* 1. receive a pdu header */
-	ret = usbip_xmit(0, ud->tcp_socket, (char *) &pdu, sizeof(pdu), 0);
+	ret = usbip_recv(ud->tcp_socket, &pdu, sizeof(pdu));
 	if (ret != sizeof(pdu)) {
 		dev_err(dev, "recv a header, %d\n", ret);
 		usbip_event_add(ud, SDEV_EVENT_ERROR_TCP);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/usbip/usbip_common.c b/drivers/staging/usbip/usbip_common.c
index 3b7a847f4657c38f6db0a42a3db80a1afac9843e..d93e7f1f79735abcea7c08ee475167e2dee7b4f6 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/usbip/usbip_common.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/usbip/usbip_common.c
@@ -334,9 +334,8 @@ void usbip_dump_header(struct usbip_header *pdu)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usbip_dump_header);
 
-/* Send/receive messages over TCP/IP. I refer drivers/block/nbd.c */
-int usbip_xmit(int send, struct socket *sock, char *buf, int size,
-	       int msg_flags)
+/* Receive data over TCP/IP. */
+int usbip_recv(struct socket *sock, void *buf, int size)
 {
 	int result;
 	struct msghdr msg;
@@ -355,19 +354,6 @@ int usbip_xmit(int send, struct socket *sock, char *buf, int size,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	if (usbip_dbg_flag_xmit) {
-		if (send) {
-			if (!in_interrupt())
-				pr_debug("%-10s:", current->comm);
-			else
-				pr_debug("interrupt  :");
-
-			pr_debug("sending... , sock %p, buf %p, size %d, "
-				 "msg_flags %d\n", sock, buf, size, msg_flags);
-			usbip_dump_buffer(buf, size);
-		}
-	}
-
 	do {
 		sock->sk->sk_allocation = GFP_NOIO;
 		iov.iov_base    = buf;
@@ -377,42 +363,30 @@ int usbip_xmit(int send, struct socket *sock, char *buf, int size,
 		msg.msg_control = NULL;
 		msg.msg_controllen = 0;
 		msg.msg_namelen    = 0;
-		msg.msg_flags      = msg_flags | MSG_NOSIGNAL;
-
-		if (send)
-			result = kernel_sendmsg(sock, &msg, &iov, 1, size);
-		else
-			result = kernel_recvmsg(sock, &msg, &iov, 1, size,
-						MSG_WAITALL);
+		msg.msg_flags      = MSG_NOSIGNAL;
 
+		result = kernel_recvmsg(sock, &msg, &iov, 1, size, MSG_WAITALL);
 		if (result <= 0) {
-			pr_debug("%s sock %p buf %p size %u ret %d total %d\n",
-				 send ? "send" : "receive", sock, buf, size,
-				 result, total);
+			pr_debug("receive sock %p buf %p size %u ret %d total %d\n",
+				 sock, buf, size, result, total);
 			goto err;
 		}
 
 		size -= result;
 		buf += result;
 		total += result;
-
 	} while (size > 0);
 
 	if (usbip_dbg_flag_xmit) {
-		if (!send) {
-			if (!in_interrupt())
-				pr_debug("%-10s:", current->comm);
-			else
-				pr_debug("interrupt  :");
-
-			pr_debug("receiving....\n");
-			usbip_dump_buffer(bp, osize);
-			pr_debug("received, osize %d ret %d size %d total %d\n",
-				 osize, result, size, total);
-		}
+		if (!in_interrupt())
+			pr_debug("%-10s:", current->comm);
+		else
+			pr_debug("interrupt  :");
 
-		if (send)
-			pr_debug("send, total %d\n", total);
+		pr_debug("receiving....\n");
+		usbip_dump_buffer(bp, osize);
+		pr_debug("received, osize %d ret %d size %d total %d\n",
+			osize, result, size, total);
 	}
 
 	return total;
@@ -420,7 +394,7 @@ int usbip_xmit(int send, struct socket *sock, char *buf, int size,
 err:
 	return result;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usbip_xmit);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usbip_recv);
 
 struct socket *sockfd_to_socket(unsigned int sockfd)
 {
@@ -712,7 +686,7 @@ int usbip_recv_iso(struct usbip_device *ud, struct urb *urb)
 	if (!buff)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	ret = usbip_xmit(0, ud->tcp_socket, buff, size, 0);
+	ret = usbip_recv(ud->tcp_socket, buff, size);
 	if (ret != size) {
 		dev_err(&urb->dev->dev, "recv iso_frame_descriptor, %d\n",
 			ret);
@@ -823,8 +797,7 @@ int usbip_recv_xbuff(struct usbip_device *ud, struct urb *urb)
 	if (!(size > 0))
 		return 0;
 
-	ret = usbip_xmit(0, ud->tcp_socket, (char *)urb->transfer_buffer,
-			 size, 0);
+	ret = usbip_recv(ud->tcp_socket, urb->transfer_buffer, size);
 	if (ret != size) {
 		dev_err(&urb->dev->dev, "recv xbuf, %d\n", ret);
 		if (ud->side == USBIP_STUB) {
diff --git a/drivers/staging/usbip/usbip_common.h b/drivers/staging/usbip/usbip_common.h
index be216175ae879941a865d6f2b068a205bb96cdb5..33e8db0af9c57cba064122b20c5b5ce7edbe86a5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/usbip/usbip_common.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/usbip/usbip_common.h
@@ -305,8 +305,7 @@ void setreuse(struct socket *);
 void usbip_dump_urb(struct urb *purb);
 void usbip_dump_header(struct usbip_header *pdu);
 
-int usbip_xmit(int send, struct socket *sock, char *buf, int size,
-	       int msg_flags);
+int usbip_recv(struct socket *sock, void *buf, int size);
 struct socket *sockfd_to_socket(unsigned int sockfd);
 
 void usbip_pack_pdu(struct usbip_header *pdu, struct urb *urb, int cmd,
diff --git a/drivers/staging/usbip/vhci_rx.c b/drivers/staging/usbip/vhci_rx.c
index 3872b8cccdcf715067f273e091f3fd2cf419d6ac..3f511b47563d40257639f8c6312f315e281856e0 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/usbip/vhci_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/usbip/vhci_rx.c
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ static void vhci_rx_pdu(struct usbip_device *ud)
 	memset(&pdu, 0, sizeof(pdu));
 
 	/* 1. receive a pdu header */
-	ret = usbip_xmit(0, ud->tcp_socket, (char *) &pdu, sizeof(pdu), 0);
+	ret = usbip_recv(ud->tcp_socket, &pdu, sizeof(pdu));
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		if (ret == -ECONNRESET)
 			pr_info("connection reset by peer\n");