diff --git a/net/ncsi/ncsi-aen.c b/net/ncsi/ncsi-aen.c
index 25e483e8278b..65f47a648be3 100644
--- a/net/ncsi/ncsi-aen.c
+++ b/net/ncsi/ncsi-aen.c
@@ -86,8 +86,7 @@ static int ncsi_aen_handler_lsc(struct ncsi_dev_priv *ndp,
 	    !(state == NCSI_CHANNEL_ACTIVE && !(data & 0x1)))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (!(ndp->flags & NCSI_DEV_HWA) &&
-	    state == NCSI_CHANNEL_ACTIVE)
+	if (state == NCSI_CHANNEL_ACTIVE)
 		ndp->flags |= NCSI_DEV_RESHUFFLE;
 
 	ncsi_stop_channel_monitor(nc);
diff --git a/net/ncsi/ncsi-manage.c b/net/ncsi/ncsi-manage.c
index bfc43b28c7a6..d4e6e0f99097 100644
--- a/net/ncsi/ncsi-manage.c
+++ b/net/ncsi/ncsi-manage.c
@@ -113,10 +113,8 @@ static void ncsi_channel_monitor(struct timer_list *t)
 	default:
 		netdev_err(ndp->ndev.dev, "NCSI Channel %d timed out!\n",
 			   nc->id);
-		if (!(ndp->flags & NCSI_DEV_HWA)) {
-			ncsi_report_link(ndp, true);
-			ndp->flags |= NCSI_DEV_RESHUFFLE;
-		}
+		ncsi_report_link(ndp, true);
+		ndp->flags |= NCSI_DEV_RESHUFFLE;
 
 		ncsi_stop_channel_monitor(nc);
 
@@ -1050,35 +1048,6 @@ static bool ncsi_check_hwa(struct ncsi_dev_priv *ndp)
 	return false;
 }
 
-static int ncsi_enable_hwa(struct ncsi_dev_priv *ndp)
-{
-	struct ncsi_package *np;
-	struct ncsi_channel *nc;
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	/* Move all available channels to processing queue */
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&ndp->lock, flags);
-	NCSI_FOR_EACH_PACKAGE(ndp, np) {
-		NCSI_FOR_EACH_CHANNEL(np, nc) {
-			WARN_ON_ONCE(nc->state != NCSI_CHANNEL_INACTIVE ||
-				     !list_empty(&nc->link));
-			ncsi_stop_channel_monitor(nc);
-			list_add_tail_rcu(&nc->link, &ndp->channel_queue);
-		}
-	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ndp->lock, flags);
-
-	/* We can have no channels in extremely case */
-	if (list_empty(&ndp->channel_queue)) {
-		netdev_err(ndp->ndev.dev,
-			   "NCSI: No available channels for HWA\n");
-		ncsi_report_link(ndp, false);
-		return -ENOENT;
-	}
-
-	return ncsi_process_next_channel(ndp);
-}
-
 static void ncsi_probe_channel(struct ncsi_dev_priv *ndp)
 {
 	struct ncsi_dev *nd = &ndp->ndev;
@@ -1156,10 +1125,7 @@ static void ncsi_probe_channel(struct ncsi_dev_priv *ndp)
 		 */
 		if (!ndp->active_package) {
 			ndp->flags |= NCSI_DEV_PROBED;
-			if (ncsi_check_hwa(ndp))
-				ncsi_enable_hwa(ndp);
-			else
-				ncsi_choose_active_channel(ndp);
+			ncsi_choose_active_channel(ndp);
 			return;
 		}
 
@@ -1592,7 +1558,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ncsi_register_dev);
 int ncsi_start_dev(struct ncsi_dev *nd)
 {
 	struct ncsi_dev_priv *ndp = TO_NCSI_DEV_PRIV(nd);
-	int ret;
 
 	if (nd->state != ncsi_dev_state_registered &&
 	    nd->state != ncsi_dev_state_functional)
@@ -1604,14 +1569,7 @@ int ncsi_start_dev(struct ncsi_dev *nd)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (ndp->flags & NCSI_DEV_HWA) {
-		netdev_info(ndp->ndev.dev, "NCSI: Enabling HWA mode\n");
-		ret = ncsi_enable_hwa(ndp);
-	} else {
-		ret = ncsi_choose_active_channel(ndp);
-	}
-
-	return ret;
+	return ncsi_choose_active_channel(ndp);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ncsi_start_dev);