diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/qdio.h b/drivers/s390/cio/qdio.h
index c15624b7690..498a4cd99ff 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/qdio.h
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/qdio.h
@@ -18,14 +18,6 @@
 #define QDIO_BUSY_BIT_RETRIES		1000		/* = 10s retry time */
 #define QDIO_INPUT_THRESHOLD		(500 << 12)	/* 500 microseconds */
 
-/*
- * if an asynchronous HiperSockets queue runs full, the 10 seconds timer wait
- * till next initiative to give transmitted skbs back to the stack is too long.
- * Therefore polling is started in case of multicast queue is filled more
- * than 50 percent.
- */
-#define QDIO_IQDIO_POLL_LVL		65	/* HS multicast queue */
-
 enum qdio_irq_states {
 	QDIO_IRQ_STATE_INACTIVE,
 	QDIO_IRQ_STATE_ESTABLISHED,
diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_main.c b/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_main.c
index 5ec5317f790..ab9de1be77a 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/qdio_main.c
@@ -921,10 +921,6 @@ static void __qdio_outbound_processing(struct qdio_q *q)
 		if (!pci_out_supported(q) && !qdio_outbound_q_done(q))
 			goto sched;
 
-	if ((queue_type(q) == QDIO_IQDIO_QFMT) &&
-	    (atomic_read(&q->nr_buf_used)) > QDIO_IQDIO_POLL_LVL)
-		goto sched;
-
 	if (q->u.out.pci_out_enabled)
 		return;