diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
index c1315ac63041..ae972461860e 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
@@ -5475,34 +5475,11 @@ struct qeth_cmd_buffer *qeth_get_setassparms_cmd(struct qeth_card *card,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(qeth_get_setassparms_cmd);
 
-static int qeth_send_setassparms(struct qeth_card *card,
-				 struct qeth_cmd_buffer *iob, u16 len,
-				 long data, int (*reply_cb)(struct qeth_card *,
-							    struct qeth_reply *,
-							    unsigned long),
-				 void *reply_param)
-{
-	int rc;
-	struct qeth_ipa_cmd *cmd;
-
-	QETH_CARD_TEXT(card, 4, "sendassp");
-
-	cmd = __ipa_cmd(iob);
-	if (len <= sizeof(__u32))
-		cmd->data.setassparms.data.flags_32bit = (__u32) data;
-	else   /* (len > sizeof(__u32)) */
-		memcpy(&cmd->data.setassparms.data, (void *) data, len);
-
-	rc = qeth_send_ipa_cmd(card, iob, reply_cb, reply_param);
-	return rc;
-}
-
 int qeth_send_simple_setassparms_prot(struct qeth_card *card,
 				      enum qeth_ipa_funcs ipa_func,
 				      u16 cmd_code, long data,
 				      enum qeth_prot_versions prot)
 {
-	int rc;
 	int length = 0;
 	struct qeth_cmd_buffer *iob;
 
@@ -5512,9 +5489,9 @@ int qeth_send_simple_setassparms_prot(struct qeth_card *card,
 	iob = qeth_get_setassparms_cmd(card, ipa_func, cmd_code, length, prot);
 	if (!iob)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	rc = qeth_send_setassparms(card, iob, length, data,
-				   qeth_setassparms_cb, NULL);
-	return rc;
+
+	__ipa_cmd(iob)->data.setassparms.data.flags_32bit = (__u32) data;
+	return qeth_send_ipa_cmd(card, iob, qeth_setassparms_cb, NULL);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(qeth_send_simple_setassparms_prot);
 
@@ -6385,16 +6362,16 @@ static int qeth_ipa_checksum_run_cmd(struct qeth_card *card,
 				     enum qeth_prot_versions prot)
 {
 	struct qeth_cmd_buffer *iob;
-	int rc = -ENOMEM;
 
 	QETH_CARD_TEXT(card, 4, "chkdocmd");
 	iob = qeth_get_setassparms_cmd(card, ipa_func, cmd_code,
 				       sizeof(__u32), prot);
-	if (iob)
-		rc = qeth_send_setassparms(card, iob, sizeof(__u32), data,
-					   qeth_ipa_checksum_run_cmd_cb,
-					   chksum_cb);
-	return rc;
+	if (!iob)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	__ipa_cmd(iob)->data.setassparms.data.flags_32bit = (__u32) data;
+	return qeth_send_ipa_cmd(card, iob, qeth_ipa_checksum_run_cmd_cb,
+				 chksum_cb);
 }
 
 static int qeth_send_checksum_on(struct qeth_card *card, int cstype,
@@ -6492,8 +6469,7 @@ static int qeth_set_tso_on(struct qeth_card *card,
 	if (!iob)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	rc = qeth_send_setassparms(card, iob, 0, 0 /* unused */,
-				   qeth_start_tso_cb, &tso_data);
+	rc = qeth_send_ipa_cmd(card, iob, qeth_start_tso_cb, &tso_data);
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
 
@@ -6510,10 +6486,9 @@ static int qeth_set_tso_on(struct qeth_card *card,
 	}
 
 	/* enable TSO capability */
-	caps.supported = 0;
-	caps.enabled = QETH_IPA_LARGE_SEND_TCP;
-	rc = qeth_send_setassparms(card, iob, sizeof(caps), (long) &caps,
-				   qeth_setassparms_get_caps_cb, &caps);
+	__ipa_cmd(iob)->data.setassparms.data.caps.enabled =
+		QETH_IPA_LARGE_SEND_TCP;
+	rc = qeth_send_ipa_cmd(card, iob, qeth_setassparms_get_caps_cb, &caps);
 	if (rc) {
 		qeth_set_tso_off(card, prot);
 		return rc;
diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_mpc.h b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_mpc.h
index 10cc487c16d6..1ab321926f64 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_mpc.h
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_mpc.h
@@ -833,10 +833,9 @@ enum qeth_ipa_arp_return_codes {
 extern const char *qeth_get_ipa_msg(enum qeth_ipa_return_codes rc);
 extern const char *qeth_get_ipa_cmd_name(enum qeth_ipa_cmds cmd);
 
-#define QETH_SETASS_BASE_LEN (sizeof(struct qeth_ipacmd_hdr) + \
-			       sizeof(struct qeth_ipacmd_setassparms_hdr))
-#define QETH_IPA_ARP_DATA_POS(buffer) (buffer + IPA_PDU_HEADER_SIZE + \
-				       QETH_SETASS_BASE_LEN)
+#define QETH_SETASS_BASE_LEN (IPA_PDU_HEADER_SIZE + \
+			      sizeof(struct qeth_ipacmd_hdr) + \
+			      sizeof(struct qeth_ipacmd_setassparms_hdr))
 #define QETH_SETADP_BASE_LEN (sizeof(struct qeth_ipacmd_hdr) + \
 			      sizeof(struct qeth_ipacmd_setadpparms_hdr))
 #define QETH_SNMP_SETADP_CMDLENGTH 16
diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
index ce5ef6aca891..89d5e6fb21ac 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
@@ -1685,18 +1685,6 @@ static int qeth_l3_arp_query_cb(struct qeth_card *card,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int qeth_l3_send_ipa_arp_cmd(struct qeth_card *card,
-		struct qeth_cmd_buffer *iob, int len,
-		int (*reply_cb)(struct qeth_card *, struct qeth_reply *,
-			unsigned long),
-		void *reply_param)
-{
-	QETH_CARD_TEXT(card, 4, "sendarp");
-
-	return qeth_send_control_data(card, IPA_PDU_HEADER_SIZE + len, iob,
-				      reply_cb, reply_param);
-}
-
 static int qeth_l3_query_arp_cache_info(struct qeth_card *card,
 	enum qeth_prot_versions prot,
 	struct qeth_arp_query_info *qinfo)
@@ -1716,11 +1704,9 @@ static int qeth_l3_query_arp_cache_info(struct qeth_card *card,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	cmd = __ipa_cmd(iob);
 	cmd->data.setassparms.data.query_arp.request_bits = 0x000F;
-	cmd->data.setassparms.data.query_arp.reply_bits = 0;
-	cmd->data.setassparms.data.query_arp.no_entries = 0;
-	rc = qeth_l3_send_ipa_arp_cmd(card, iob,
-			   QETH_SETASS_BASE_LEN+QETH_ARP_CMD_LEN,
-			   qeth_l3_arp_query_cb, (void *)qinfo);
+	rc = qeth_send_control_data(card,
+				    QETH_SETASS_BASE_LEN + QETH_ARP_CMD_LEN,
+				    iob, qeth_l3_arp_query_cb, qinfo);
 	if (rc)
 		QETH_DBF_MESSAGE(2, "Error while querying ARP cache on device %x: %#x\n",
 				 CARD_DEVID(card), rc);