diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/ipoib.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/ipoib.h
index b9fad1fb82f9..2cff38b105ac 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/ipoib.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/ipoib.h
@@ -126,10 +126,10 @@ hfi1_ipoib_priv(const struct net_device *dev)
 	return &((struct hfi1_ipoib_rdma_netdev *)netdev_priv(dev))->dev_priv;
 }
 
-int hfi1_ipoib_send_dma(struct net_device *dev,
-			struct sk_buff *skb,
-			struct ib_ah *address,
-			u32 dqpn);
+int hfi1_ipoib_send(struct net_device *dev,
+		    struct sk_buff *skb,
+		    struct ib_ah *address,
+		    u32 dqpn);
 
 int hfi1_ipoib_txreq_init(struct hfi1_ipoib_dev_priv *priv);
 void hfi1_ipoib_txreq_deinit(struct hfi1_ipoib_dev_priv *priv);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/ipoib_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/ipoib_main.c
index 771d8d7886b5..e594a961f513 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/ipoib_main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/ipoib_main.c
@@ -101,14 +101,6 @@ static const struct net_device_ops hfi1_ipoib_netdev_ops = {
 	.ndo_get_stats64  = dev_get_tstats64,
 };
 
-static int hfi1_ipoib_send(struct net_device *dev,
-			   struct sk_buff *skb,
-			   struct ib_ah *address,
-			   u32 dqpn)
-{
-	return hfi1_ipoib_send_dma(dev, skb, address, dqpn);
-}
-
 static int hfi1_ipoib_mcast_attach(struct net_device *dev,
 				   struct ib_device *device,
 				   union ib_gid *mgid,
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/ipoib_tx.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/ipoib_tx.c
index 8ebb6536bc35..993f9838b6c8 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/ipoib_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/ipoib_tx.c
@@ -581,10 +581,10 @@ static u8 hfi1_ipoib_calc_entropy(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	return (u8)skb_get_queue_mapping(skb);
 }
 
-int hfi1_ipoib_send_dma(struct net_device *dev,
-			struct sk_buff *skb,
-			struct ib_ah *address,
-			u32 dqpn)
+int hfi1_ipoib_send(struct net_device *dev,
+		    struct sk_buff *skb,
+		    struct ib_ah *address,
+		    u32 dqpn)
 {
 	struct hfi1_ipoib_dev_priv *priv = hfi1_ipoib_priv(dev);
 	struct ipoib_txparms txp;