diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_base.c b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_base.c
index 7e8ede2fee9d72518e753be60bd9df1d0a18bf5a..0af5744fb25c4b33f3870ff5d8f8420eb0811ffc 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_base.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_base.c
@@ -3926,7 +3926,7 @@ _base_send_ioc_init(struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER *ioc, int sleep_flag)
 	mpi_request.WhoInit = MPI2_WHOINIT_HOST_DRIVER;
 	mpi_request.VF_ID = 0; /* TODO */
 	mpi_request.VP_ID = 0;
-	mpi_request.MsgVersion = cpu_to_le16(MPI2_VERSION);
+	mpi_request.MsgVersion = cpu_to_le16(MPI25_VERSION);
 	mpi_request.HeaderVersion = cpu_to_le16(MPI2_HEADER_VERSION);
 
 	if (_base_is_controller_msix_enabled(ioc))
@@ -4795,7 +4795,6 @@ mpt3sas_base_attach(struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER *ioc)
 	ioc->build_sg_scmd = &_base_build_sg_scmd_ieee;
 	ioc->build_sg = &_base_build_sg_ieee;
 	ioc->build_zero_len_sge = &_base_build_zero_len_sge_ieee;
-	ioc->mpi25 = 1;
 	ioc->sge_size_ieee = sizeof(Mpi2IeeeSgeSimple64_t);
 
 	/*
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_base.h b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_base.h
index d6356126dadfae1f1d448d21d406ed32c4cf9897..c0c774f885d520851d9e20392d195e91b4201613 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_base.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_base.h
@@ -826,7 +826,6 @@ struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER {
 	MPT_BUILD_SG_SCMD build_sg_scmd;
 	MPT_BUILD_SG    build_sg;
 	MPT_BUILD_ZERO_LEN_SGE build_zero_len_sge;
-	u8              mpi25;
 	u16             sge_size_ieee;
 
 	/* function ptr for MPI sg elements only */