diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_controlq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_controlq.c
index f38fd25a914a7..b5774035e6f93 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_controlq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_controlq.c
@@ -99,17 +99,6 @@ ice_alloc_ctrlq_sq_ring(struct ice_hw *hw, struct ice_ctl_q_info *cq)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	cq->sq.desc_buf.size = size;
 
-	cq->sq.cmd_buf = devm_kcalloc(ice_hw_to_dev(hw), cq->num_sq_entries,
-				      sizeof(struct ice_sq_cd), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!cq->sq.cmd_buf) {
-		dmam_free_coherent(ice_hw_to_dev(hw), cq->sq.desc_buf.size,
-				   cq->sq.desc_buf.va, cq->sq.desc_buf.pa);
-		cq->sq.desc_buf.va = NULL;
-		cq->sq.desc_buf.pa = 0;
-		cq->sq.desc_buf.size = 0;
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -338,8 +327,6 @@ do {									\
 					(qi)->ring.r.ring##_bi[i].size = 0;\
 		}							\
 	}								\
-	/* free the buffer info list */					\
-	devm_kfree(ice_hw_to_dev(hw), (qi)->ring.cmd_buf);		\
 	/* free DMA head */						\
 	devm_kfree(ice_hw_to_dev(hw), (qi)->ring.dma_head);		\
 } while (0)
@@ -865,21 +852,17 @@ static u16 ice_clean_sq(struct ice_hw *hw, struct ice_ctl_q_info *cq)
 {
 	struct ice_ctl_q_ring *sq = &cq->sq;
 	u16 ntc = sq->next_to_clean;
-	struct ice_sq_cd *details;
 	struct ice_aq_desc *desc;
 
 	desc = ICE_CTL_Q_DESC(*sq, ntc);
-	details = ICE_CTL_Q_DETAILS(*sq, ntc);
 
 	while (rd32(hw, cq->sq.head) != ntc) {
 		ice_debug(hw, ICE_DBG_AQ_MSG, "ntc %d head %d.\n", ntc, rd32(hw, cq->sq.head));
 		memset(desc, 0, sizeof(*desc));
-		memset(details, 0, sizeof(*details));
 		ntc++;
 		if (ntc == sq->count)
 			ntc = 0;
 		desc = ICE_CTL_Q_DESC(*sq, ntc);
-		details = ICE_CTL_Q_DETAILS(*sq, ntc);
 	}
 
 	sq->next_to_clean = ntc;
@@ -1009,7 +992,6 @@ ice_sq_send_cmd(struct ice_hw *hw, struct ice_ctl_q_info *cq,
 	struct ice_dma_mem *dma_buf = NULL;
 	struct ice_aq_desc *desc_on_ring;
 	bool cmd_completed = false;
-	struct ice_sq_cd *details;
 	int status = 0;
 	u16 retval = 0;
 	u32 val = 0;
@@ -1053,12 +1035,6 @@ ice_sq_send_cmd(struct ice_hw *hw, struct ice_ctl_q_info *cq,
 		goto sq_send_command_error;
 	}
 
-	details = ICE_CTL_Q_DETAILS(cq->sq, cq->sq.next_to_use);
-	if (cd)
-		*details = *cd;
-	else
-		memset(details, 0, sizeof(*details));
-
 	/* Call clean and check queue available function to reclaim the
 	 * descriptors that were processed by FW/MBX; the function returns the
 	 * number of desc available. The clean function called here could be
@@ -1140,9 +1116,8 @@ ice_sq_send_cmd(struct ice_hw *hw, struct ice_ctl_q_info *cq,
 	ice_debug_cq(hw, cq, (void *)desc, buf, buf_size, true);
 
 	/* save writeback AQ if requested */
-	if (details->wb_desc)
-		memcpy(details->wb_desc, desc_on_ring,
-		       sizeof(*details->wb_desc));
+	if (cd && cd->wb_desc)
+		memcpy(cd->wb_desc, desc_on_ring, sizeof(*cd->wb_desc));
 
 	/* update the error if time out occurred */
 	if (!cmd_completed) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_controlq.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_controlq.h
index e5b6691436f52..ca97b7365a1b8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_controlq.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_controlq.h
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ enum ice_ctl_q {
 struct ice_ctl_q_ring {
 	void *dma_head;			/* Virtual address to DMA head */
 	struct ice_dma_mem desc_buf;	/* descriptor ring memory */
-	void *cmd_buf;			/* command buffer memory */
 
 	union {
 		struct ice_dma_mem *sq_bi;
@@ -80,8 +79,6 @@ struct ice_sq_cd {
 	struct ice_aq_desc *wb_desc;
 };
 
-#define ICE_CTL_Q_DETAILS(R, i) (&(((struct ice_sq_cd *)((R).cmd_buf))[i]))
-
 /* rq event information */
 struct ice_rq_event_info {
 	struct ice_aq_desc desc;