diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
index aac071a7e830b5fd777da7a5e4d014d802ad70d0..614a6022db257da42b526ce5ce78f48b59ffa4c6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
@@ -304,14 +304,9 @@ enum {
 	MLX5E_RQ_STATE_POST_WQES_ENABLE,
 };
 
-enum cq_flags {
-	MLX5E_CQ_HAS_CQES = 1,
-};
-
 struct mlx5e_cq {
 	/* data path - accessed per cqe */
 	struct mlx5_cqwq           wq;
-	unsigned long              flags;
 
 	/* data path - accessed per napi poll */
 	struct napi_struct        *napi;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c
index dd959d929aadd561ab78c252fe2127e1beb24fad..3fd6a583e88ab8baef3deabe23e646b67dabdcd9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c
@@ -230,10 +230,6 @@ int mlx5e_poll_rx_cq(struct mlx5e_cq *cq, int budget)
 	struct mlx5e_rq *rq = container_of(cq, struct mlx5e_rq, cq);
 	int work_done;
 
-	/* avoid accessing cq (dma coherent memory) if not needed */
-	if (!test_and_clear_bit(MLX5E_CQ_HAS_CQES, &cq->flags))
-		return 0;
-
 	for (work_done = 0; work_done < budget; work_done++) {
 		struct mlx5e_rx_wqe *wqe;
 		struct mlx5_cqe64 *cqe;
@@ -279,8 +275,5 @@ int mlx5e_poll_rx_cq(struct mlx5e_cq *cq, int budget)
 	/* ensure cq space is freed before enabling more cqes */
 	wmb();
 
-	if (work_done == budget)
-		set_bit(MLX5E_CQ_HAS_CQES, &cq->flags);
-
 	return work_done;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tx.c
index 2c3fba0fff546179f68a53ab23fcdf7620ba188e..2beea8cdb60485183f31bc80df3f05b1861532ee 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tx.c
@@ -335,10 +335,6 @@ bool mlx5e_poll_tx_cq(struct mlx5e_cq *cq)
 	u16 sqcc;
 	int i;
 
-	/* avoid accessing cq (dma coherent memory) if not needed */
-	if (!test_and_clear_bit(MLX5E_CQ_HAS_CQES, &cq->flags))
-		return false;
-
 	sq = container_of(cq, struct mlx5e_sq, cq);
 
 	npkts = 0;
@@ -422,10 +418,6 @@ bool mlx5e_poll_tx_cq(struct mlx5e_cq *cq)
 				netif_tx_wake_queue(sq->txq);
 				sq->stats.wake++;
 	}
-	if (i == MLX5E_TX_CQ_POLL_BUDGET) {
-		set_bit(MLX5E_CQ_HAS_CQES, &cq->flags);
-		return true;
-	}
 
-	return false;
+	return (i == MLX5E_TX_CQ_POLL_BUDGET);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_txrx.c
index 4ac8d716dbddfd9650d50c9c2af15efe7089a7d6..66d51a77609e890263cd91277c6b8e7315d660e3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_txrx.c
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ void mlx5e_completion_event(struct mlx5_core_cq *mcq)
 {
 	struct mlx5e_cq *cq = container_of(mcq, struct mlx5e_cq, mcq);
 
-	set_bit(MLX5E_CQ_HAS_CQES, &cq->flags);
 	set_bit(MLX5E_CHANNEL_NAPI_SCHED, &cq->channel->flags);
 	barrier();
 	napi_schedule(cq->napi);