diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/Kconfig b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/Kconfig
index c3ce9df0041a1c65351619663134ff7e142e965e..ac6473f75eb9c212682b0ceea755f601f62772e2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/Kconfig
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ config CHELSIO_T3
 
 config CHELSIO_T4
 	tristate "Chelsio Communications T4/T5 Ethernet support"
-	depends on PCI
+	depends on PCI && (IPV6 || IPV6=n)
 	select FW_LOADER
 	select MDIO
 	---help---
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
index fed8f26ee67bd0e15d171a6f2f2fb7509fb0f039..3f60070f2519d2f1df97eb2d9dd39bfae0c0ae92 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
@@ -4369,6 +4369,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(cxgb4_unregister_uld);
  * success (true) if it belongs otherwise failure (false).
  * Called with rcu_read_lock() held.
  */
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
 static bool cxgb4_netdev(const struct net_device *netdev)
 {
 	struct adapter *adap;
@@ -4490,6 +4491,13 @@ static int update_root_dev_clip(struct net_device *dev)
 		return ret;
 
 	/* Parse all bond and vlan devices layered on top of the physical dev */
+	root_dev = netdev_master_upper_dev_get_rcu(dev);
+	if (root_dev) {
+		ret = update_dev_clip(root_dev, dev);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
+
 	for (i = 0; i < VLAN_N_VID; i++) {
 		root_dev = __vlan_find_dev_deep_rcu(dev, htons(ETH_P_8021Q), i);
 		if (!root_dev)
@@ -4522,6 +4530,7 @@ static void update_clip(const struct adapter *adap)
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
+#endif /* IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6) */
 
 /**
  *	cxgb_up - enable the adapter
@@ -4568,7 +4577,9 @@ static int cxgb_up(struct adapter *adap)
 	t4_intr_enable(adap);
 	adap->flags |= FULL_INIT_DONE;
 	notify_ulds(adap, CXGB4_STATE_UP);
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
 	update_clip(adap);
+#endif
  out:
 	return err;
  irq_err:
@@ -6862,14 +6873,18 @@ static int __init cxgb4_init_module(void)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		debugfs_remove(cxgb4_debugfs_root);
 
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
 	register_inet6addr_notifier(&cxgb4_inet6addr_notifier);
+#endif
 
 	return ret;
 }
 
 static void __exit cxgb4_cleanup_module(void)
 {
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
 	unregister_inet6addr_notifier(&cxgb4_inet6addr_notifier);
+#endif
 	pci_unregister_driver(&cxgb4_driver);
 	debugfs_remove(cxgb4_debugfs_root);  /* NULL ok */
 }
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/cxgbi/cxgb4i/cxgb4i.c b/drivers/scsi/cxgbi/cxgb4i/cxgb4i.c
index 02e69e7ee4a36cc653baf90409834e7bf9175c94..8c3003b6d59146d838264d9b5fbe464435118c01 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/cxgbi/cxgb4i/cxgb4i.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/cxgbi/cxgb4i/cxgb4i.c
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ static void send_act_open_req(struct cxgbi_sock *csk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	cxgb4_l2t_send(csk->cdev->ports[csk->port_id], skb, csk->l2t);
 }
 
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
 static void send_act_open_req6(struct cxgbi_sock *csk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			       struct l2t_entry *e)
 {
@@ -344,6 +345,7 @@ static void send_act_open_req6(struct cxgbi_sock *csk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	cxgb4_l2t_send(csk->cdev->ports[csk->port_id], skb, csk->l2t);
 }
+#endif
 
 static void send_close_req(struct cxgbi_sock *csk)
 {
@@ -781,9 +783,11 @@ static void csk_act_open_retry_timer(unsigned long data)
 	if (csk->csk_family == AF_INET) {
 		send_act_open_func = send_act_open_req;
 		skb = alloc_wr(size, 0, GFP_ATOMIC);
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
 	} else {
 		send_act_open_func = send_act_open_req6;
 		skb = alloc_wr(size6, 0, GFP_ATOMIC);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	if (!skb)
@@ -1313,11 +1317,6 @@ static int init_act_open(struct cxgbi_sock *csk)
 	cxgbi_sock_set_flag(csk, CTPF_HAS_ATID);
 	cxgbi_sock_get(csk);
 
-	n = dst_neigh_lookup(csk->dst, &csk->daddr.sin_addr.s_addr);
-	if (!n) {
-		pr_err("%s, can't get neighbour of csk->dst.\n", ndev->name);
-		goto rel_resource;
-	}
 	csk->l2t = cxgb4_l2t_get(lldi->l2t, n, ndev, 0);
 	if (!csk->l2t) {
 		pr_err("%s, cannot alloc l2t.\n", ndev->name);
@@ -1335,8 +1334,10 @@ static int init_act_open(struct cxgbi_sock *csk)
 
 	if (csk->csk_family == AF_INET)
 		skb = alloc_wr(size, 0, GFP_NOIO);
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
 	else
 		skb = alloc_wr(size6, 0, GFP_NOIO);
+#endif
 
 	if (!skb)
 		goto rel_resource;
@@ -1370,8 +1371,10 @@ static int init_act_open(struct cxgbi_sock *csk)
 	cxgbi_sock_set_state(csk, CTP_ACTIVE_OPEN);
 	if (csk->csk_family == AF_INET)
 		send_act_open_req(csk, skb, csk->l2t);
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
 	else
 		send_act_open_req6(csk, skb, csk->l2t);
+#endif
 	neigh_release(n);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1635,129 +1638,6 @@ static int cxgb4i_ddp_init(struct cxgbi_device *cdev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
-static int cxgbi_inet6addr_handler(struct notifier_block *this,
-				   unsigned long event, void *data)
-{
-	struct inet6_ifaddr *ifa = data;
-	struct net_device *event_dev = ifa->idev->dev;
-	struct cxgbi_device *cdev;
-	int ret = NOTIFY_DONE;
-
-	if (event_dev->priv_flags & IFF_802_1Q_VLAN)
-		event_dev = vlan_dev_real_dev(event_dev);
-
-	cdev = cxgbi_device_find_by_netdev_rcu(event_dev, NULL);
-
-	if (!cdev)
-		return ret;
-
-	switch (event) {
-	case NETDEV_UP:
-		ret = cxgb4_clip_get(event_dev,
-				     (const struct in6_addr *)
-				     ((ifa)->addr.s6_addr));
-		if (ret < 0)
-			return ret;
-
-		ret = NOTIFY_OK;
-		break;
-
-	case NETDEV_DOWN:
-		cxgb4_clip_release(event_dev,
-				   (const struct in6_addr *)
-				   ((ifa)->addr.s6_addr));
-		ret = NOTIFY_OK;
-		break;
-
-	default:
-		break;
-	}
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static struct notifier_block cxgbi_inet6addr_notifier = {
-	.notifier_call = cxgbi_inet6addr_handler
-};
-
-/* Retrieve IPv6 addresses from a root device (bond, vlan) associated with
- * a physical device.
- * The physical device reference is needed to send the actual CLIP command.
- */
-static int update_dev_clip(struct net_device *root_dev, struct net_device *dev)
-{
-	struct inet6_dev *idev = NULL;
-	struct inet6_ifaddr *ifa;
-	int ret = 0;
-
-	idev = __in6_dev_get(root_dev);
-	if (!idev)
-		return ret;
-
-	read_lock_bh(&idev->lock);
-	list_for_each_entry(ifa, &idev->addr_list, if_list) {
-		pr_info("updating the clip for addr %pI6\n",
-			ifa->addr.s6_addr);
-		ret = cxgb4_clip_get(dev, (const struct in6_addr *)
-				     ifa->addr.s6_addr);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			break;
-	}
-
-	read_unlock_bh(&idev->lock);
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static int update_root_dev_clip(struct net_device *dev)
-{
-	struct net_device *root_dev = NULL;
-	int i, ret = 0;
-
-	/* First populate the real net device's IPv6 address */
-	ret = update_dev_clip(dev, dev);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
-	/* Parse all bond and vlan devices layered on top of the physical dev */
-	root_dev = netdev_master_upper_dev_get(dev);
-	if (root_dev) {
-		ret = update_dev_clip(root_dev, dev);
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
-	}
-
-	for (i = 0; i < VLAN_N_VID; i++) {
-		root_dev = __vlan_find_dev_deep_rcu(dev, htons(ETH_P_8021Q), i);
-		if (!root_dev)
-			continue;
-
-		ret = update_dev_clip(root_dev, dev);
-		if (ret)
-			break;
-	}
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static void cxgbi_update_clip(struct cxgbi_device *cdev)
-{
-	int i;
-
-	rcu_read_lock();
-
-	for (i = 0; i < cdev->nports; i++) {
-		struct net_device *dev = cdev->ports[i];
-		int ret = 0;
-
-		if (dev)
-			ret = update_root_dev_clip(dev);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			break;
-	}
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-}
-#endif /* IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6) */
-
 static void *t4_uld_add(const struct cxgb4_lld_info *lldi)
 {
 	struct cxgbi_device *cdev;
@@ -1876,10 +1756,6 @@ static int t4_uld_state_change(void *handle, enum cxgb4_state state)
 	switch (state) {
 	case CXGB4_STATE_UP:
 		pr_info("cdev 0x%p, UP.\n", cdev);
-#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
-		cxgbi_update_clip(cdev);
-#endif
-		/* re-initialize */
 		break;
 	case CXGB4_STATE_START_RECOVERY:
 		pr_info("cdev 0x%p, RECOVERY.\n", cdev);
@@ -1910,17 +1786,11 @@ static int __init cxgb4i_init_module(void)
 		return rc;
 	cxgb4_register_uld(CXGB4_ULD_ISCSI, &cxgb4i_uld_info);
 
-#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
-	register_inet6addr_notifier(&cxgbi_inet6addr_notifier);
-#endif
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static void __exit cxgb4i_exit_module(void)
 {
-#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
-	unregister_inet6addr_notifier(&cxgbi_inet6addr_notifier);
-#endif
 	cxgb4_unregister_uld(CXGB4_ULD_ISCSI);
 	cxgbi_device_unregister_all(CXGBI_FLAG_DEV_T4);
 	cxgbi_iscsi_cleanup(&cxgb4i_iscsi_transport, &cxgb4i_stt);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/cxgbi/libcxgbi.c b/drivers/scsi/cxgbi/libcxgbi.c
index 6a2001d6b44298f051f4bce7532dbe657185dc73..54fa6e0bc1bbb595e3683cc77b56ae084bfff908 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/cxgbi/libcxgbi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/cxgbi/libcxgbi.c
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ struct cxgbi_device *cxgbi_device_find_by_netdev_rcu(struct net_device *ndev,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cxgbi_device_find_by_netdev_rcu);
 
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
 static struct cxgbi_device *cxgbi_device_find_by_mac(struct net_device *ndev,
 						     int *port)
 {
@@ -307,6 +308,7 @@ static struct cxgbi_device *cxgbi_device_find_by_mac(struct net_device *ndev,
 		  ndev, ndev->name);
 	return NULL;
 }
+#endif
 
 void cxgbi_hbas_remove(struct cxgbi_device *cdev)
 {