diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76.h b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76.h
index 2e5bcb3fdff7..94e0f1379e68 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76.h
@@ -664,6 +664,19 @@ static inline bool mt76u_check_sg(struct mt76_dev *dev)
 		 udev->speed == USB_SPEED_WIRELESS));
 }
 
+static inline int
+mt76u_bulk_msg(struct mt76_dev *dev, void *data, int len, int timeout)
+{
+	struct usb_interface *intf = to_usb_interface(dev->dev);
+	struct usb_device *udev = interface_to_usbdev(intf);
+	struct mt76_usb *usb = &dev->usb;
+	unsigned int pipe;
+	int sent;
+
+	pipe = usb_sndbulkpipe(udev, usb->out_ep[MT_EP_OUT_INBAND_CMD]);
+	return usb_bulk_msg(udev, pipe, data, len, &sent, timeout);
+}
+
 int mt76u_vendor_request(struct mt76_dev *dev, u8 req,
 			 u8 req_type, u16 val, u16 offset,
 			 void *buf, size_t len);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76x02_usb_mcu.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76x02_usb_mcu.c
index da299b8a1334..642df4287082 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76x02_usb_mcu.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76x02_usb_mcu.c
@@ -121,11 +121,8 @@ static int
 __mt76x02u_mcu_send_msg(struct mt76_dev *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			int cmd, bool wait_resp)
 {
-	struct usb_interface *intf = to_usb_interface(dev->dev);
-	struct usb_device *udev = interface_to_usbdev(intf);
 	struct mt76_usb *usb = &dev->usb;
-	unsigned int pipe;
-	int ret, sent;
+	int ret;
 	u8 seq = 0;
 	u32 info;
 
@@ -135,7 +132,6 @@ __mt76x02u_mcu_send_msg(struct mt76_dev *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (test_bit(MT76_REMOVED, &dev->state))
 		return 0;
 
-	pipe = usb_sndbulkpipe(udev, usb->out_ep[MT_EP_OUT_INBAND_CMD]);
 	if (wait_resp) {
 		seq = ++usb->mcu.msg_seq & 0xf;
 		if (!seq)
@@ -149,7 +145,7 @@ __mt76x02u_mcu_send_msg(struct mt76_dev *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = usb_bulk_msg(udev, pipe, skb->data, skb->len, &sent, 500);
+	ret = mt76u_bulk_msg(dev, skb->data, skb->len, 500);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -263,14 +259,12 @@ void mt76x02u_mcu_fw_reset(struct mt76x02_dev *dev)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mt76x02u_mcu_fw_reset);
 
 static int
-__mt76x02u_mcu_fw_send_data(struct mt76x02_dev *dev, struct mt76u_buf *buf,
+__mt76x02u_mcu_fw_send_data(struct mt76x02_dev *dev, u8 *data,
 			    const void *fw_data, int len, u32 dst_addr)
 {
-	u8 *data = sg_virt(&buf->urb->sg[0]);
-	DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(cmpl);
 	__le32 info;
 	u32 val;
-	int err;
+	int err, data_len;
 
 	info = cpu_to_le32(FIELD_PREP(MT_MCU_MSG_PORT, CPU_TX_PORT) |
 			   FIELD_PREP(MT_MCU_MSG_LEN, len) |
@@ -286,25 +280,12 @@ __mt76x02u_mcu_fw_send_data(struct mt76x02_dev *dev, struct mt76u_buf *buf,
 	mt76u_single_wr(&dev->mt76, MT_VEND_WRITE_FCE,
 			MT_FCE_DMA_LEN, len << 16);
 
-	buf->len = MT_CMD_HDR_LEN + len + sizeof(info);
-	err = mt76u_submit_buf(&dev->mt76, USB_DIR_OUT,
-			       MT_EP_OUT_INBAND_CMD,
-			       buf, GFP_KERNEL,
-			       mt76u_mcu_complete_urb, &cmpl);
-	if (err < 0)
-		return err;
-
-	if (!wait_for_completion_timeout(&cmpl,
-					 msecs_to_jiffies(1000))) {
-		dev_err(dev->mt76.dev, "firmware upload timed out\n");
-		usb_kill_urb(buf->urb);
-		return -ETIMEDOUT;
-	}
+	data_len = MT_CMD_HDR_LEN + len + sizeof(info);
 
-	if (mt76u_urb_error(buf->urb)) {
-		dev_err(dev->mt76.dev, "firmware upload failed: %d\n",
-			buf->urb->status);
-		return buf->urb->status;
+	err = mt76u_bulk_msg(&dev->mt76, data, data_len, 1000);
+	if (err) {
+		dev_err(dev->mt76.dev, "firmware upload failed: %d\n", err);
+		return err;
 	}
 
 	val = mt76_rr(dev, MT_TX_CPU_FROM_FCE_CPU_DESC_IDX);
@@ -317,17 +298,16 @@ __mt76x02u_mcu_fw_send_data(struct mt76x02_dev *dev, struct mt76u_buf *buf,
 int mt76x02u_mcu_fw_send_data(struct mt76x02_dev *dev, const void *data,
 			      int data_len, u32 max_payload, u32 offset)
 {
-	int err, len, pos = 0, max_len = max_payload - 8;
-	struct mt76u_buf buf;
+	int len, err = 0, pos = 0, max_len = max_payload - 8;
+	u8 *buf;
 
-	err = mt76u_buf_alloc(&dev->mt76, &buf, 1, max_payload, max_payload,
-			      GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (err < 0)
-		return err;
+	buf = kmalloc(max_payload, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!buf)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	while (data_len > 0) {
 		len = min_t(int, data_len, max_len);
-		err = __mt76x02u_mcu_fw_send_data(dev, &buf, data + pos,
+		err = __mt76x02u_mcu_fw_send_data(dev, buf, data + pos,
 						  len, offset + pos);
 		if (err < 0)
 			break;
@@ -336,7 +316,7 @@ int mt76x02u_mcu_fw_send_data(struct mt76x02_dev *dev, const void *data,
 		pos += len;
 		usleep_range(5000, 10000);
 	}
-	mt76u_buf_free(&buf);
+	kfree(buf);
 
 	return err;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/usb.c
index 5f0faf07c346..358a95a2bbcb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/usb.c
@@ -328,7 +328,6 @@ int mt76u_buf_alloc(struct mt76_dev *dev, struct mt76u_buf *buf,
 
 	return mt76u_fill_rx_sg(dev, buf, nsgs, len, sglen);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mt76u_buf_alloc);
 
 void mt76u_buf_free(struct mt76u_buf *buf)
 {
