diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc.h b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc.h
index 291335e168068c13ca750a9402fb1b86e7dfdad7..dabb5eac5fedc18abc23d63ad163daf0066b9210 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc.h
@@ -989,7 +989,6 @@ struct lpfc_hba {
 	struct dma_pool *lpfc_drb_pool; /* data receive buffer pool */
 	struct dma_pool *lpfc_nvmet_drb_pool; /* data receive buffer pool */
 	struct dma_pool *lpfc_hbq_pool;	/* SLI3 hbq buffer pool */
-	struct dma_pool *txrdy_payload_pool;
 	struct dma_pool *lpfc_cmd_rsp_buf_pool;
 	struct lpfc_dma_pool lpfc_mbuf_safety_pool;
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c
index 1d14aa22f97301419a8db2e1a5c35263fe56d408..8292b66e4b076006bda2c14076a52b1b0e9154c1 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c
@@ -7556,18 +7556,10 @@ lpfc_create_shost(struct lpfc_hba *phba)
 
 	if (phba->nvmet_support) {
 		/* Only 1 vport (pport) will support NVME target */
-		if (phba->txrdy_payload_pool == NULL) {
-			phba->txrdy_payload_pool = dma_pool_create(
-				"txrdy_pool", &phba->pcidev->dev,
-				TXRDY_PAYLOAD_LEN, 16, 0);
-			if (phba->txrdy_payload_pool) {
-				phba->targetport = NULL;
-				phba->cfg_enable_fc4_type = LPFC_ENABLE_NVME;
-				lpfc_printf_log(phba, KERN_INFO,
-						LOG_INIT | LOG_NVME_DISC,
-						"6076 NVME Target Found\n");
-			}
-		}
+		phba->targetport = NULL;
+		phba->cfg_enable_fc4_type = LPFC_ENABLE_NVME;
+		lpfc_printf_log(phba, KERN_INFO, LOG_INIT | LOG_NVME_DISC,
+				"6076 NVME Target Found\n");
 	}
 
 	lpfc_debugfs_initialize(vport);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_mem.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_mem.c
index ae09bb863497d6845b1e389b8178ba079804a63b..7082279e4c01a46ed26d2a552c2ff356b81a7e15 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_mem.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_mem.c
@@ -230,9 +230,6 @@ lpfc_mem_free(struct lpfc_hba *phba)
 	dma_pool_destroy(phba->lpfc_hrb_pool);
 	phba->lpfc_hrb_pool = NULL;
 
-	dma_pool_destroy(phba->txrdy_payload_pool);
-	phba->txrdy_payload_pool = NULL;
-
 	dma_pool_destroy(phba->lpfc_hbq_pool);
 	phba->lpfc_hbq_pool = NULL;
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_nvmet.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_nvmet.c
index c9481a618b850f29eaffa6c89c62bf62711be0a6..e3ac9059d33d3ef561508189cd475a774f5dc890 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_nvmet.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_nvmet.c
@@ -378,13 +378,6 @@ lpfc_nvmet_ctxbuf_post(struct lpfc_hba *phba, struct lpfc_nvmet_ctxbuf *ctx_buf)
 	int cpu;
 	unsigned long iflag;
 
-	if (ctxp->txrdy) {
-		dma_pool_free(phba->txrdy_payload_pool, ctxp->txrdy,
-			      ctxp->txrdy_phys);
-		ctxp->txrdy = NULL;
-		ctxp->txrdy_phys = 0;
-	}
-
 	if (ctxp->state == LPFC_NVMET_STE_FREE) {
 		lpfc_printf_log(phba, KERN_ERR, LOG_NVME_IOERR,
 				"6411 NVMET free, already free IO x%x: %d %d\n",
@@ -430,7 +423,6 @@ lpfc_nvmet_ctxbuf_post(struct lpfc_hba *phba, struct lpfc_nvmet_ctxbuf *ctx_buf)
 
 		ctxp = (struct lpfc_nvmet_rcv_ctx *)ctx_buf->context;
 		ctxp->wqeq = NULL;
-		ctxp->txrdy = NULL;
 		ctxp->offset = 0;
 		ctxp->phba = phba;
 		ctxp->size = size;
@@ -2327,7 +2319,6 @@ lpfc_nvmet_unsol_fcp_buffer(struct lpfc_hba *phba,
 				ctxp->state, ctxp->entry_cnt, ctxp->oxid);
 	}
 	ctxp->wqeq = NULL;
-	ctxp->txrdy = NULL;
 	ctxp->offset = 0;
 	ctxp->phba = phba;
 	ctxp->size = size;
@@ -2606,7 +2597,6 @@ lpfc_nvmet_prep_fcp_wqe(struct lpfc_hba *phba,
 	struct scatterlist *sgel;
 	union lpfc_wqe128 *wqe;
 	struct ulp_bde64 *bde;
-	uint32_t *txrdy;
 	dma_addr_t physaddr;
 	int i, cnt;
 	int do_pbde;
@@ -2768,23 +2758,11 @@ lpfc_nvmet_prep_fcp_wqe(struct lpfc_hba *phba,
 		       &lpfc_treceive_cmd_template.words[3],
 		       sizeof(uint32_t) * 9);
 
-		/* Words 0 - 2 : The first sg segment */
-		txrdy = dma_pool_alloc(phba->txrdy_payload_pool,
-				       GFP_KERNEL, &physaddr);
-		if (!txrdy) {
-			lpfc_printf_log(phba, KERN_ERR, LOG_NVME_IOERR,
-					"6041 Bad txrdy buffer: oxid x%x\n",
-					ctxp->oxid);
-			return NULL;
-		}
-		ctxp->txrdy = txrdy;
-		ctxp->txrdy_phys = physaddr;
-		wqe->fcp_treceive.bde.tus.f.bdeFlags = BUFF_TYPE_BDE_64;
-		wqe->fcp_treceive.bde.tus.f.bdeSize = TXRDY_PAYLOAD_LEN;
-		wqe->fcp_treceive.bde.addrLow =
-			cpu_to_le32(putPaddrLow(physaddr));
-		wqe->fcp_treceive.bde.addrHigh =
-			cpu_to_le32(putPaddrHigh(physaddr));
+		/* Words 0 - 2 : First SGE is skipped, set invalid BDE type */
+		wqe->fcp_treceive.bde.tus.f.bdeFlags = LPFC_SGE_TYPE_SKIP;
+		wqe->fcp_treceive.bde.tus.f.bdeSize = 0;
+		wqe->fcp_treceive.bde.addrLow = 0;
+		wqe->fcp_treceive.bde.addrHigh = 0;
 
 		/* Word 4 */
 		wqe->fcp_treceive.relative_offset = ctxp->offset;
@@ -2819,17 +2797,13 @@ lpfc_nvmet_prep_fcp_wqe(struct lpfc_hba *phba,
 		/* Word 12 */
 		wqe->fcp_tsend.fcp_data_len = rsp->transfer_length;
 
-		/* Setup 1 TXRDY and 1 SKIP SGE */
-		txrdy[0] = 0;
-		txrdy[1] = cpu_to_be32(rsp->transfer_length);
-		txrdy[2] = 0;
-
-		sgl->addr_hi = putPaddrHigh(physaddr);
-		sgl->addr_lo = putPaddrLow(physaddr);
+		/* Setup 2 SKIP SGEs */
+		sgl->addr_hi = 0;
+		sgl->addr_lo = 0;
 		sgl->word2 = 0;
-		bf_set(lpfc_sli4_sge_type, sgl, LPFC_SGE_TYPE_DATA);
+		bf_set(lpfc_sli4_sge_type, sgl, LPFC_SGE_TYPE_SKIP);
 		sgl->word2 = cpu_to_le32(sgl->word2);
-		sgl->sge_len = cpu_to_le32(TXRDY_PAYLOAD_LEN);
+		sgl->sge_len = 0;
 		sgl++;
 		sgl->addr_hi = 0;
 		sgl->addr_lo = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_nvmet.h b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_nvmet.h
index 8ff67deac10ae9669ad2750ddd7347e9b5a3c0d6..b80b1639b9a7307af39e063f750944ee6c63941b 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_nvmet.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_nvmet.h
@@ -112,9 +112,7 @@ struct lpfc_nvmet_rcv_ctx {
 	struct lpfc_hba *phba;
 	struct lpfc_iocbq *wqeq;
 	struct lpfc_iocbq *abort_wqeq;
-	dma_addr_t txrdy_phys;
 	spinlock_t ctxlock; /* protect flag access */
-	uint32_t *txrdy;
 	uint32_t sid;
 	uint32_t offset;
 	uint16_t oxid;