diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c
index b934977c5c260086a4ff9776d0b9c577b169542e..4686fb5f26aa82d713d655044e6cde3ebf580d1c 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c
@@ -7142,7 +7142,6 @@ qla24xx_nvram_config(scsi_qla_host_t *vha)
 	}
 	icb->firmware_options_2 &= cpu_to_le32(
 	    ~(BIT_3 | BIT_2 | BIT_1 | BIT_0));
-	vha->flags.process_response_queue = 0;
 	if (ha->zio_mode != QLA_ZIO_DISABLED) {
 		ha->zio_mode = QLA_ZIO_MODE_6;
 
@@ -7153,7 +7152,6 @@ qla24xx_nvram_config(scsi_qla_host_t *vha)
 		icb->firmware_options_2 |= cpu_to_le32(
 		    (uint32_t)ha->zio_mode);
 		icb->interrupt_delay_timer = cpu_to_le16(ha->zio_timer);
-		vha->flags.process_response_queue = 1;
 	}
 
 	if (rval) {
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_iocb.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_iocb.c
index 42ac8e097419cb6169d3e2c4e2fba18d1b152732..119927220299e7ec9df947097d230f416fb48139 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_iocb.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_iocb.c
@@ -1526,12 +1526,6 @@ qla24xx_start_scsi(srb_t *sp)
 
 	/* Set chip new ring index. */
 	WRT_REG_DWORD(req->req_q_in, req->ring_index);
-	RD_REG_DWORD_RELAXED(&ha->iobase->isp24.hccr);
-
-	/* Manage unprocessed RIO/ZIO commands in response queue. */
-	if (vha->flags.process_response_queue &&
-		rsp->ring_ptr->signature != RESPONSE_PROCESSED)
-		qla24xx_process_response_queue(vha, rsp);
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ha->hardware_lock, flags);
 	return QLA_SUCCESS;
@@ -1725,12 +1719,6 @@ qla24xx_dif_start_scsi(srb_t *sp)
 
 	/* Set chip new ring index. */
 	WRT_REG_DWORD(req->req_q_in, req->ring_index);
-	RD_REG_DWORD_RELAXED(&ha->iobase->isp24.hccr);
-
-	/* Manage unprocessed RIO/ZIO commands in response queue. */
-	if (vha->flags.process_response_queue &&
-	    rsp->ring_ptr->signature != RESPONSE_PROCESSED)
-		qla24xx_process_response_queue(vha, rsp);
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ha->hardware_lock, flags);
 
@@ -1880,11 +1868,6 @@ qla2xxx_start_scsi_mq(srb_t *sp)
 	/* Set chip new ring index. */
 	WRT_REG_DWORD(req->req_q_in, req->ring_index);
 
-	/* Manage unprocessed RIO/ZIO commands in response queue. */
-	if (vha->flags.process_response_queue &&
-		rsp->ring_ptr->signature != RESPONSE_PROCESSED)
-		qla24xx_process_response_queue(vha, rsp);
-
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&qpair->qp_lock, flags);
 	return QLA_SUCCESS;