diff --git a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_fsf.c b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_fsf.c
index 27ff38f839fc1c752385f430f55020fb934ed6de..3b69ec5e69edf38bd2fa417124c1683385353569 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_fsf.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_fsf.c
@@ -991,8 +991,7 @@ static int zfcp_fsf_setup_ct_els_sbals(struct zfcp_fsf_req *req,
 		qtcb->bottom.support.resp_buf_length =
 			zfcp_qdio_real_bytes(sg_resp);
 
-		zfcp_qdio_set_data_div(qdio, &req->qdio_req,
-					zfcp_qdio_sbale_count(sg_req));
+		zfcp_qdio_set_data_div(qdio, &req->qdio_req, sg_nents(sg_req));
 		zfcp_qdio_set_sbale_last(qdio, &req->qdio_req);
 		zfcp_qdio_set_scount(qdio, &req->qdio_req);
 		return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_qdio.h b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_qdio.h
index 497cd379b0d10b065940e096ee1b60491c48ac44..85cdb82127e88c3ae684e2417a6875c2982ce080 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_qdio.h
+++ b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_qdio.h
@@ -224,21 +224,6 @@ void zfcp_qdio_set_data_div(struct zfcp_qdio *qdio,
 	sbale->length = count;
 }
 
-/**
- * zfcp_qdio_sbale_count - count sbale used
- * @sg: pointer to struct scatterlist
- */
-static inline
-unsigned int zfcp_qdio_sbale_count(struct scatterlist *sg)
-{
-	unsigned int count = 0;
-
-	for (; sg; sg = sg_next(sg))
-		count++;
-
-	return count;
-}
-
 /**
  * zfcp_qdio_real_bytes - count bytes used
  * @sg: pointer to struct scatterlist