diff --git a/drivers/net/ipa/gsi.c b/drivers/net/ipa/gsi.c
index 65ed5a697577e..b1acc7d36b23b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipa/gsi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipa/gsi.c
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ static void gsi_channel_program(struct gsi_channel *channel, bool doorbell)
 
 	/* Now update the scratch registers for GPI protocol */
 	gpi = &scr.gpi;
-	gpi->max_outstanding_tre = gsi_channel_trans_tre_max(gsi, channel_id) *
+	gpi->max_outstanding_tre = channel->trans_tre_max *
 					GSI_RING_ELEMENT_SIZE;
 	gpi->outstanding_threshold = 2 * GSI_RING_ELEMENT_SIZE;
 
@@ -2095,7 +2095,7 @@ static int gsi_channel_init_one(struct gsi *gsi,
 	channel->gsi = gsi;
 	channel->toward_ipa = data->toward_ipa;
 	channel->command = command;
-	channel->tlv_count = data->channel.tlv_count;
+	channel->trans_tre_max = data->channel.tlv_count;
 	channel->tre_count = tre_count;
 	channel->event_count = data->channel.event_count;
 
@@ -2310,13 +2310,5 @@ u32 gsi_channel_tre_max(struct gsi *gsi, u32 channel_id)
 	struct gsi_channel *channel = &gsi->channel[channel_id];
 
 	/* Hardware limit is channel->tre_count - 1 */
-	return channel->tre_count - (channel->tlv_count - 1);
-}
-
-/* Returns the maximum number of TREs in a single transaction for a channel */
-u32 gsi_channel_trans_tre_max(struct gsi *gsi, u32 channel_id)
-{
-	struct gsi_channel *channel = &gsi->channel[channel_id];
-
-	return channel->tlv_count;
+	return channel->tre_count - (channel->trans_tre_max - 1);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ipa/gsi.h b/drivers/net/ipa/gsi.h
index 5d66116b46b03..89dac7fc8c4cb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipa/gsi.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ipa/gsi.h
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ struct gsi_channel {
 	bool toward_ipa;
 	bool command;			/* AP command TX channel or not */
 
-	u8 tlv_count;			/* # entries in TLV FIFO */
+	u8 trans_tre_max;		/* max TREs in a transaction */
 	u16 tre_count;
 	u16 event_count;
 
@@ -188,15 +188,6 @@ void gsi_teardown(struct gsi *gsi);
  */
 u32 gsi_channel_tre_max(struct gsi *gsi, u32 channel_id);
 
-/**
- * gsi_channel_trans_tre_max() - Maximum TREs in a single transaction
- * @gsi:	GSI pointer
- * @channel_id:	Channel whose limit is to be returned
- *
- * Return:	 The maximum TRE count per transaction on the channel
- */
-u32 gsi_channel_trans_tre_max(struct gsi *gsi, u32 channel_id);
-
 /**
  * gsi_channel_start() - Start an allocated GSI channel
  * @gsi:	GSI pointer
diff --git a/drivers/net/ipa/gsi_trans.c b/drivers/net/ipa/gsi_trans.c
index 55f8fe7d2668e..870a4c1752838 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipa/gsi_trans.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipa/gsi_trans.c
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ struct gsi_trans *gsi_channel_trans_alloc(struct gsi *gsi, u32 channel_id,
 	struct gsi_trans_info *trans_info;
 	struct gsi_trans *trans;
 
-	if (WARN_ON(tre_count > gsi_channel_trans_tre_max(gsi, channel_id)))
+	if (WARN_ON(tre_count > channel->trans_tre_max))
 		return NULL;
 
 	trans_info = &channel->trans_info;
@@ -745,14 +745,10 @@ int gsi_channel_trans_init(struct gsi *gsi, u32 channel_id)
 	 * element is used to fill a single TRE when the transaction is
 	 * committed.  So we need as many scatterlist elements as the
 	 * maximum number of TREs that can be outstanding.
-	 *
-	 * All TREs in a transaction must fit within the channel's TLV FIFO.
-	 * A transaction on a channel can allocate as many TREs as that but
-	 * no more.
 	 */
 	ret = gsi_trans_pool_init(&trans_info->sg_pool,
 				  sizeof(struct scatterlist),
-				  tre_max, channel->tlv_count);
+				  tre_max, channel->trans_tre_max);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_trans_pool_exit;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_cmd.c b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_cmd.c
index e58cd4478fd3d..6dea40259b604 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_cmd.c
@@ -353,13 +353,13 @@ int ipa_cmd_pool_init(struct gsi_channel *channel, u32 tre_max)
 	/* This is as good a place as any to validate build constants */
 	ipa_cmd_validate_build();
 
-	/* Even though command payloads are allocated one at a time,
-	 * a single transaction can require up to tlv_count of them,
-	 * so we treat them as if that many can be allocated at once.
+	/* Command payloads are allocated one at a time, but a single
+	 * transaction can require up to the maximum supported by the
+	 * channel; treat them as if they were allocated all at once.
 	 */
 	return gsi_trans_pool_init_dma(dev, &trans_info->cmd_pool,
 				       sizeof(union ipa_cmd_payload),
-				       tre_max, channel->tlv_count);
+				       tre_max, channel->trans_tre_max);
 }
 
 void ipa_cmd_pool_exit(struct gsi_channel *channel)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_endpoint.c b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_endpoint.c
index d3b3255ac3d12..57507a109269b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_endpoint.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_endpoint.c
@@ -1721,7 +1721,7 @@ static void ipa_endpoint_setup_one(struct ipa_endpoint *endpoint)
 	if (endpoint->ee_id != GSI_EE_AP)
 		return;
 
-	endpoint->trans_tre_max = gsi_channel_trans_tre_max(gsi, channel_id);
+	endpoint->trans_tre_max = gsi->channel[channel_id].trans_tre_max;
 	if (!endpoint->toward_ipa) {
 		/* RX transactions require a single TRE, so the maximum
 		 * backlog is the same as the maximum outstanding TREs.
