diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/bnxt_re.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/bnxt_re.h
index 785c37cae3c0..b0465c8d229a 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/bnxt_re.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/bnxt_re.h
@@ -89,13 +89,6 @@ struct bnxt_re_ring_attr {
 	u8		mode;
 };
 
-struct bnxt_re_work {
-	struct work_struct	work;
-	unsigned long		event;
-	struct bnxt_re_dev      *rdev;
-	struct net_device	*vlan_dev;
-};
-
 struct bnxt_re_sqp_entries {
 	struct bnxt_qplib_sge sge;
 	u64 wrid;
@@ -132,6 +125,7 @@ struct bnxt_re_dev {
 #define BNXT_RE_FLAG_ERR_DEVICE_DETACHED       17
 #define BNXT_RE_FLAG_ISSUE_ROCE_STATS          29
 	struct net_device		*netdev;
+	struct notifier_block		nb;
 	unsigned int			version, major, minor;
 	struct bnxt_qplib_chip_ctx	*chip_ctx;
 	struct bnxt_en_dev		*en_dev;
@@ -194,5 +188,4 @@ static inline struct device *rdev_to_dev(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev)
 		return  &rdev->ibdev.dev;
 	return NULL;
 }
-
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c
index 8c0c80a8d338..82c81ffea152 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 #include <net/ipv6.h>
 #include <net/addrconf.h>
 #include <linux/if_ether.h>
+#include <linux/auxiliary_bus.h>
 
 #include <rdma/ib_verbs.h>
 #include <rdma/ib_user_verbs.h>
@@ -74,14 +75,14 @@ MODULE_DESCRIPTION(BNXT_RE_DESC " Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
 
 /* globals */
-static struct list_head bnxt_re_dev_list = LIST_HEAD_INIT(bnxt_re_dev_list);
-/* Mutex to protect the list of bnxt_re devices added */
-static DEFINE_MUTEX(bnxt_re_dev_lock);
-static struct workqueue_struct *bnxt_re_wq;
-static void bnxt_re_remove_device(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev);
-static void bnxt_re_dealloc_driver(struct ib_device *ib_dev);
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(bnxt_re_mutex);
+
 static void bnxt_re_stop_irq(void *handle);
 static void bnxt_re_dev_stop(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev);
+static int bnxt_re_netdev_event(struct notifier_block *notifier,
+				unsigned long event, void *ptr);
+static struct bnxt_re_dev *bnxt_re_from_netdev(struct net_device *netdev);
+static void bnxt_re_dev_uninit(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev);
 
 static void bnxt_re_set_drv_mode(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev, u8 mode)
 {
@@ -233,7 +234,6 @@ static void bnxt_re_stop(void *p)
 
 	if (!rdev)
 		return;
-	ASSERT_RTNL();
 
 	/* L2 driver invokes this callback during device error/crash or device
 	 * reset. Current RoCE driver doesn't recover the device in case of
@@ -269,9 +269,6 @@ static void bnxt_re_sriov_config(void *p, int num_vfs)
 {
 	struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev = p;
 
-	if (!rdev)
-		return;
-
 	if (test_bit(BNXT_RE_FLAG_ERR_DEVICE_DETACHED, &rdev->flags))
 		return;
 	rdev->num_vfs = num_vfs;
@@ -282,16 +279,14 @@ static void bnxt_re_sriov_config(void *p, int num_vfs)
 	}
 }
 
-static void bnxt_re_shutdown(void *p)
+static void bnxt_re_shutdown(struct auxiliary_device *adev)
 {
-	struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev = p;
+	struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev = auxiliary_get_drvdata(adev);
 
 	if (!rdev)
 		return;
-	ASSERT_RTNL();
-	/* Release the MSIx vectors before queuing unregister */
-	bnxt_re_stop_irq(rdev);
-	ib_unregister_device_queued(&rdev->ibdev);
+	ib_unregister_device(&rdev->ibdev);
+	bnxt_re_dev_uninit(rdev);
 }
 
 static void bnxt_re_stop_irq(void *handle)
@@ -346,11 +341,9 @@ static void bnxt_re_start_irq(void *handle, struct bnxt_msix_entry *ent)
 }
 
 static struct bnxt_ulp_ops bnxt_re_ulp_ops = {
-	.ulp_async_notifier = NULL,
 	.ulp_stop = bnxt_re_stop,
 	.ulp_start = bnxt_re_start,
 	.ulp_sriov_config = bnxt_re_sriov_config,
-	.ulp_shutdown = bnxt_re_shutdown,
 	.ulp_irq_stop = bnxt_re_stop_irq,
 	.ulp_irq_restart = bnxt_re_start_irq
 };
@@ -380,9 +373,6 @@ static int bnxt_re_register_netdev(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev)
 	struct bnxt_en_dev *en_dev;
 	int rc = 0;
 
-	if (!rdev)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	en_dev = rdev->en_dev;
 
 	rc = en_dev->en_ops->bnxt_register_device(en_dev, BNXT_ROCE_ULP,
@@ -401,7 +391,6 @@ static int bnxt_re_free_msix(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev)
 
 	en_dev = rdev->en_dev;
 
-
 	rc = en_dev->en_ops->bnxt_free_msix(rdev->en_dev, BNXT_ROCE_ULP);
 
 	return rc;
@@ -412,9 +401,6 @@ static int bnxt_re_request_msix(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev)
 	int rc = 0, num_msix_want = BNXT_RE_MAX_MSIX, num_msix_got;
 	struct bnxt_en_dev *en_dev;
 
-	if (!rdev)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	en_dev = rdev->en_dev;
 
 	num_msix_want = min_t(u32, BNXT_RE_MAX_MSIX, num_online_cpus());
@@ -458,12 +444,17 @@ static void bnxt_re_fill_fw_msg(struct bnxt_fw_msg *fw_msg, void *msg,
 static int bnxt_re_net_ring_free(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev,
 				 u16 fw_ring_id, int type)
 {
-	struct bnxt_en_dev *en_dev = rdev->en_dev;
+	struct bnxt_en_dev *en_dev;
 	struct hwrm_ring_free_input req = {0};
 	struct hwrm_ring_free_output resp;
 	struct bnxt_fw_msg fw_msg;
 	int rc = -EINVAL;
 
+	if (!rdev)
+		return rc;
+
+	en_dev = rdev->en_dev;
+
 	if (!en_dev)
 		return rc;
 
@@ -584,21 +575,6 @@ static int bnxt_re_net_stats_ctx_alloc(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev,
 
 /* Device */
 
-static bool is_bnxt_re_dev(struct net_device *netdev)
-{
-	struct ethtool_drvinfo drvinfo;
-
-	if (netdev->ethtool_ops && netdev->ethtool_ops->get_drvinfo) {
-		memset(&drvinfo, 0, sizeof(drvinfo));
-		netdev->ethtool_ops->get_drvinfo(netdev, &drvinfo);
-
-		if (strcmp(drvinfo.driver, "bnxt_en"))
-			return false;
-		return true;
-	}
-	return false;
-}
-
 static struct bnxt_re_dev *bnxt_re_from_netdev(struct net_device *netdev)
 {
 	struct ib_device *ibdev =
@@ -609,31 +585,6 @@ static struct bnxt_re_dev *bnxt_re_from_netdev(struct net_device *netdev)
 	return container_of(ibdev, struct bnxt_re_dev, ibdev);
 }
 
-static struct bnxt_en_dev *bnxt_re_dev_probe(struct net_device *netdev)
-{
-	struct bnxt_en_dev *en_dev;
-	struct pci_dev *pdev;
-
-	en_dev = bnxt_ulp_probe(netdev);
-	if (IS_ERR(en_dev))
-		return en_dev;
-
-	pdev = en_dev->pdev;
-	if (!pdev)
-		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
-
-	if (!(en_dev->flags & BNXT_EN_FLAG_ROCE_CAP)) {
-		dev_info(&pdev->dev,
-			"%s: probe error: RoCE is not supported on this device",
-			ROCE_DRV_MODULE_NAME);
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
-	}
-
-	dev_hold(netdev);
-
-	return en_dev;
-}
-
 static ssize_t hw_rev_show(struct device *device, struct device_attribute *attr,
 			   char *buf)
 {
@@ -679,7 +630,6 @@ static const struct ib_device_ops bnxt_re_dev_ops = {
 	.create_qp = bnxt_re_create_qp,
 	.create_srq = bnxt_re_create_srq,
 	.create_user_ah = bnxt_re_create_ah,
-	.dealloc_driver = bnxt_re_dealloc_driver,
 	.dealloc_pd = bnxt_re_dealloc_pd,
 	.dealloc_ucontext = bnxt_re_dealloc_ucontext,
 	.del_gid = bnxt_re_del_gid,
@@ -744,18 +694,7 @@ static int bnxt_re_register_ib(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev)
 	return ib_register_device(ibdev, "bnxt_re%d", &rdev->en_dev->pdev->dev);
 }
 
-static void bnxt_re_dev_remove(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev)
-{
-	dev_put(rdev->netdev);
-	rdev->netdev = NULL;
-	mutex_lock(&bnxt_re_dev_lock);
-	list_del_rcu(&rdev->list);
-	mutex_unlock(&bnxt_re_dev_lock);
-
-	synchronize_rcu();
-}
-
-static struct bnxt_re_dev *bnxt_re_dev_add(struct net_device *netdev,
+static struct bnxt_re_dev *bnxt_re_dev_add(struct bnxt_aux_priv *aux_priv,
 					   struct bnxt_en_dev *en_dev)
 {
 	struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev;
@@ -768,8 +707,8 @@ static struct bnxt_re_dev *bnxt_re_dev_add(struct net_device *netdev,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	/* Default values */
-	rdev->netdev = netdev;
-	dev_hold(rdev->netdev);
+	rdev->nb.notifier_call = NULL;
+	rdev->netdev = en_dev->net;
 	rdev->en_dev = en_dev;
 	rdev->id = rdev->en_dev->pdev->devfn;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rdev->qp_list);
@@ -784,9 +723,6 @@ static struct bnxt_re_dev *bnxt_re_dev_add(struct net_device *netdev,
 	rdev->cosq[0] = 0xFFFF;
 	rdev->cosq[1] = 0xFFFF;
 
-	mutex_lock(&bnxt_re_dev_lock);
-	list_add_tail_rcu(&rdev->list, &bnxt_re_dev_list);
-	mutex_unlock(&bnxt_re_dev_lock);
 	return rdev;
 }
 
@@ -1323,7 +1259,7 @@ static int bnxt_re_ib_init(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev)
 		pr_err("Failed to register with IB: %#x\n", rc);
 		return rc;
 	}
-	dev_info(rdev_to_dev(rdev), "Device registered successfully");
+	dev_info(rdev_to_dev(rdev), "Device registered with IB successfully");
 	ib_get_eth_speed(&rdev->ibdev, 1, &rdev->active_speed,
 			 &rdev->active_width);
 	set_bit(BNXT_RE_FLAG_ISSUE_ROCE_STATS, &rdev->flags);
@@ -1541,135 +1477,43 @@ static int bnxt_re_dev_init(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev, u8 wqe_mode)
 	return rc;
 }
 
-static void bnxt_re_dev_unreg(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev)
-{
-	struct net_device *netdev = rdev->netdev;
-
-	bnxt_re_dev_remove(rdev);
-
-	if (netdev)
-		dev_put(netdev);
-}
-
-static int bnxt_re_dev_reg(struct bnxt_re_dev **rdev, struct net_device *netdev)
+static int bnxt_re_add_device(struct auxiliary_device *adev, u8 wqe_mode)
 {
+	struct bnxt_aux_priv *aux_priv =
+		container_of(adev, struct bnxt_aux_priv, aux_dev);
 	struct bnxt_en_dev *en_dev;
+	struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev;
 	int rc = 0;
 
-	if (!is_bnxt_re_dev(netdev))
-		return -ENODEV;
+	/* en_dev should never be NULL as long as adev and aux_dev are valid. */
+	en_dev = aux_priv->edev;
 
-	en_dev = bnxt_re_dev_probe(netdev);
-	if (IS_ERR(en_dev)) {
-		if (en_dev != ERR_PTR(-ENODEV))
-			ibdev_err(&(*rdev)->ibdev, "%s: Failed to probe\n",
-				  ROCE_DRV_MODULE_NAME);
-		rc = PTR_ERR(en_dev);
-		goto exit;
-	}
-	*rdev = bnxt_re_dev_add(netdev, en_dev);
-	if (!*rdev) {
+	rdev = bnxt_re_dev_add(aux_priv, en_dev);
+	if (!rdev || !rdev_to_dev(rdev)) {
 		rc = -ENOMEM;
-		dev_put(netdev);
 		goto exit;
 	}
-exit:
-	return rc;
-}
-
-static void bnxt_re_remove_device(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev)
-{
-	bnxt_re_dev_uninit(rdev);
-	pci_dev_put(rdev->en_dev->pdev);
-	bnxt_re_dev_unreg(rdev);
-}
-
-static int bnxt_re_add_device(struct bnxt_re_dev **rdev,
-			      struct net_device *netdev, u8 wqe_mode)
-{
-	int rc;
 
-	rc = bnxt_re_dev_reg(rdev, netdev);
-	if (rc == -ENODEV)
-		return rc;
-	if (rc) {
-		pr_err("Failed to register with the device %s: %#x\n",
-		       netdev->name, rc);
-		return rc;
-	}
+	rc = bnxt_re_dev_init(rdev, wqe_mode);
+	if (rc)
+		goto re_dev_dealloc;
 
-	pci_dev_get((*rdev)->en_dev->pdev);
-	rc = bnxt_re_dev_init(*rdev, wqe_mode);
+	rc = bnxt_re_ib_init(rdev);
 	if (rc) {
-		pci_dev_put((*rdev)->en_dev->pdev);
-		bnxt_re_dev_unreg(*rdev);
+		pr_err("Failed to register with IB: %s",
+			aux_priv->aux_dev.name);
+		goto re_dev_uninit;
 	}
+	auxiliary_set_drvdata(adev, rdev);
 
-	return rc;
-}
-
-static void bnxt_re_dealloc_driver(struct ib_device *ib_dev)
-{
-	struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev =
-		container_of(ib_dev, struct bnxt_re_dev, ibdev);
-
-	dev_info(rdev_to_dev(rdev), "Unregistering Device");
-
-	rtnl_lock();
-	bnxt_re_remove_device(rdev);
-	rtnl_unlock();
-}
-
-/* Handle all deferred netevents tasks */
-static void bnxt_re_task(struct work_struct *work)
-{
-	struct bnxt_re_work *re_work;
-	struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev;
-	int rc = 0;
-
-	re_work = container_of(work, struct bnxt_re_work, work);
-	rdev = re_work->rdev;
-
-	if (re_work->event == NETDEV_REGISTER) {
-		rc = bnxt_re_ib_init(rdev);
-		if (rc) {
-			ibdev_err(&rdev->ibdev,
-				  "Failed to register with IB: %#x", rc);
-			rtnl_lock();
-			bnxt_re_remove_device(rdev);
-			rtnl_unlock();
-			goto exit;
-		}
-		goto exit;
-	}
-
-	if (!ib_device_try_get(&rdev->ibdev))
-		goto exit;
+	return 0;
 
-	switch (re_work->event) {
-	case NETDEV_UP:
-		bnxt_re_dispatch_event(&rdev->ibdev, NULL, 1,
-				       IB_EVENT_PORT_ACTIVE);
-		break;
-	case NETDEV_DOWN:
-		bnxt_re_dev_stop(rdev);
-		break;
-	case NETDEV_CHANGE:
-		if (!netif_carrier_ok(rdev->netdev))
-			bnxt_re_dev_stop(rdev);
-		else if (netif_carrier_ok(rdev->netdev))
-			bnxt_re_dispatch_event(&rdev->ibdev, NULL, 1,
-					       IB_EVENT_PORT_ACTIVE);
-		ib_get_eth_speed(&rdev->ibdev, 1, &rdev->active_speed,
-				 &rdev->active_width);
-		break;
-	default:
-		break;
-	}
-	ib_device_put(&rdev->ibdev);
+re_dev_uninit:
+	bnxt_re_dev_uninit(rdev);
+re_dev_dealloc:
+	ib_dealloc_device(&rdev->ibdev);
 exit:
-	put_device(&rdev->ibdev.dev);
-	kfree(re_work);
+	return rc;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1690,109 +1534,130 @@ static int bnxt_re_netdev_event(struct notifier_block *notifier,
 				unsigned long event, void *ptr)
 {
 	struct net_device *real_dev, *netdev = netdev_notifier_info_to_dev(ptr);
-	struct bnxt_re_work *re_work;
 	struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev;
-	int rc = 0;
-	bool sch_work = false;
-	bool release = true;
 
 	real_dev = rdma_vlan_dev_real_dev(netdev);
 	if (!real_dev)
 		real_dev = netdev;
 
-	rdev = bnxt_re_from_netdev(real_dev);
-	if (!rdev && event != NETDEV_REGISTER)
-		return NOTIFY_OK;
-
 	if (real_dev != netdev)
 		goto exit;
 
-	switch (event) {
-	case NETDEV_REGISTER:
-		if (rdev)
-			break;
-		rc = bnxt_re_add_device(&rdev, real_dev,
-					BNXT_QPLIB_WQE_MODE_STATIC);
-		if (!rc)
-			sch_work = true;
-		release = false;
-		break;
+	rdev = bnxt_re_from_netdev(real_dev);
+	if (!rdev)
+		return NOTIFY_DONE;
 
-	case NETDEV_UNREGISTER:
-		ib_unregister_device_queued(&rdev->ibdev);
-		break;
 
+	switch (event) {
+	case NETDEV_UP:
+	case NETDEV_DOWN:
+	case NETDEV_CHANGE:
+		bnxt_re_dispatch_event(&rdev->ibdev, NULL, 1,
+					netif_carrier_ok(real_dev) ?
+					IB_EVENT_PORT_ACTIVE :
+					IB_EVENT_PORT_ERR);
+		break;
 	default:
-		sch_work = true;
 		break;
 	}
-	if (sch_work) {
-		/* Allocate for the deferred task */
-		re_work = kzalloc(sizeof(*re_work), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (re_work) {
-			get_device(&rdev->ibdev.dev);
-			re_work->rdev = rdev;
-			re_work->event = event;
-			re_work->vlan_dev = (real_dev == netdev ?
-					     NULL : netdev);
-			INIT_WORK(&re_work->work, bnxt_re_task);
-			queue_work(bnxt_re_wq, &re_work->work);
-		}
-	}
-
+	ib_device_put(&rdev->ibdev);
 exit:
-	if (rdev && release)
-		ib_device_put(&rdev->ibdev);
 	return NOTIFY_DONE;
 }
 
-static struct notifier_block bnxt_re_netdev_notifier = {
-	.notifier_call = bnxt_re_netdev_event
-};
+#define BNXT_ADEV_NAME "bnxt_en"
 
-static int __init bnxt_re_mod_init(void)
+static void bnxt_re_remove(struct auxiliary_device *adev)
 {
-	int rc = 0;
+	struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev = auxiliary_get_drvdata(adev);
 
-	pr_info("%s: %s", ROCE_DRV_MODULE_NAME, version);
+	if (!rdev)
+		return;
 
-	bnxt_re_wq = create_singlethread_workqueue("bnxt_re");
-	if (!bnxt_re_wq)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	mutex_lock(&bnxt_re_mutex);
+	if (rdev->nb.notifier_call) {
+		unregister_netdevice_notifier(&rdev->nb);
+		rdev->nb.notifier_call = NULL;
+	} else {
+		/* If notifier is null, we should have already done a
+		 * clean up before coming here.
+		 */
+		goto skip_remove;
+	}
+
+	ib_unregister_device(&rdev->ibdev);
+	ib_dealloc_device(&rdev->ibdev);
+	bnxt_re_dev_uninit(rdev);
+skip_remove:
+	mutex_unlock(&bnxt_re_mutex);
+}
+
+static int bnxt_re_probe(struct auxiliary_device *adev,
+			 const struct auxiliary_device_id *id)
+{
+	struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev;
+	int rc;
+
+	mutex_lock(&bnxt_re_mutex);
+	rc = bnxt_re_add_device(adev, BNXT_QPLIB_WQE_MODE_STATIC);
+	if (rc) {
+		mutex_unlock(&bnxt_re_mutex);
+		return rc;
+	}
 
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bnxt_re_dev_list);
+	rdev = auxiliary_get_drvdata(adev);
 
-	rc = register_netdevice_notifier(&bnxt_re_netdev_notifier);
+	rdev->nb.notifier_call = bnxt_re_netdev_event;
+	rc = register_netdevice_notifier(&rdev->nb);
 	if (rc) {
+		rdev->nb.notifier_call = NULL;
 		pr_err("%s: Cannot register to netdevice_notifier",
 		       ROCE_DRV_MODULE_NAME);
-		goto err_netdev;
+		goto err;
 	}
+
+	mutex_unlock(&bnxt_re_mutex);
 	return 0;
 
-err_netdev:
-	destroy_workqueue(bnxt_re_wq);
+err:
+	mutex_unlock(&bnxt_re_mutex);
+	bnxt_re_remove(adev);
 
 	return rc;
 }
 
-static void __exit bnxt_re_mod_exit(void)
+static const struct auxiliary_device_id bnxt_re_id_table[] = {
+	{ .name = BNXT_ADEV_NAME ".rdma", },
+	{},
+};
+
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(auxiliary, bnxt_re_id_table);
+
+static struct auxiliary_driver bnxt_re_driver = {
+	.name = "rdma",
+	.probe = bnxt_re_probe,
+	.remove = bnxt_re_remove,
+	.shutdown = bnxt_re_shutdown,
+	.id_table = bnxt_re_id_table,
+};
+
+static int __init bnxt_re_mod_init(void)
 {
-	struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev;
+	int rc = 0;
 
-	unregister_netdevice_notifier(&bnxt_re_netdev_notifier);
-	if (bnxt_re_wq)
-		destroy_workqueue(bnxt_re_wq);
-	list_for_each_entry(rdev, &bnxt_re_dev_list, list) {
-		/* VF device removal should be called before the removal
-		 * of PF device. Queue VFs unregister first, so that VFs
-		 * shall be removed before the PF during the call of
-		 * ib_unregister_driver.
-		 */
-		if (rdev->is_virtfn)
-			ib_unregister_device(&rdev->ibdev);
+	pr_info("%s: %s", ROCE_DRV_MODULE_NAME, version);
+	rc = auxiliary_driver_register(&bnxt_re_driver);
+	if (rc) {
+		pr_err("%s: Failed to register auxiliary driver\n",
+			ROCE_DRV_MODULE_NAME);
+		return rc;
 	}
-	ib_unregister_driver(RDMA_DRIVER_BNXT_RE);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void __exit bnxt_re_mod_exit(void)
+{
+	auxiliary_driver_unregister(&bnxt_re_driver);
 }
 
 module_init(bnxt_re_mod_init);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ulp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ulp.c
index 189a729f4634..ef1e89893503 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ulp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ulp.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <linux/irq.h>
 #include <asm/byteorder.h>
 #include <linux/bitmap.h>
+#include <linux/auxiliary_bus.h>
 
 #include "bnxt_hsi.h"
 #include "bnxt.h"
@@ -73,8 +74,6 @@ static int bnxt_unregister_dev(struct bnxt_en_dev *edev, unsigned int ulp_id)
 	if (ulp_id >= BNXT_MAX_ULP)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	edev->flags |= BNXT_EN_FLAG_ULP_STOPPED;
-
 	ulp = &edev->ulp_tbl[ulp_id];
 	if (!rcu_access_pointer(ulp->ulp_ops)) {
 		netdev_err(bp->dev, "ulp id %d not registered\n", ulp_id);
@@ -587,29 +586,3 @@ void bnxt_rdma_aux_device_init(struct bnxt *bp)
 skip_ida_init:
 	bp->flags &= ~BNXT_FLAG_ROCE_CAP;
 }
-
-struct bnxt_en_dev *bnxt_ulp_probe(struct net_device *dev)
-{
-	struct bnxt *bp = netdev_priv(dev);
-	struct bnxt_en_dev *edev;
-
-	edev = bp->edev;
-	if (!edev) {
-		edev = kzalloc(sizeof(*edev), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!edev)
-			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-		edev->en_ops = &bnxt_en_ops_tbl;
-		edev->net = dev;
-		edev->pdev = bp->pdev;
-		edev->l2_db_size = bp->db_size;
-		edev->l2_db_size_nc = bp->db_size;
-		bp->edev = edev;
-	}
-	edev->flags &= ~BNXT_EN_FLAG_ROCE_CAP;
-	if (bp->flags & BNXT_FLAG_ROCEV1_CAP)
-		edev->flags |= BNXT_EN_FLAG_ROCEV1_CAP;
-	if (bp->flags & BNXT_FLAG_ROCEV2_CAP)
-		edev->flags |= BNXT_EN_FLAG_ROCEV2_CAP;
-	return bp->edev;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(bnxt_ulp_probe);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ulp.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ulp.h
index bdd684f2d639..e8419057f4bb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ulp.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ulp.h
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ struct bnxt_ulp_ops {
 	void (*ulp_stop)(void *);
 	void (*ulp_start)(void *);
 	void (*ulp_sriov_config)(void *, int);
-	void (*ulp_shutdown)(void *);
 	void (*ulp_irq_stop)(void *);
 	void (*ulp_irq_restart)(void *, struct bnxt_msix_entry *);
 };
@@ -108,6 +107,4 @@ void bnxt_ulp_async_events(struct bnxt *bp, struct hwrm_async_event_cmpl *cmpl);
 void bnxt_rdma_aux_device_uninit(struct bnxt *bp);
 void bnxt_rdma_aux_device_init(struct bnxt *bp);
 void bnxt_aux_priv_free(struct bnxt *bp);
-struct bnxt_en_dev *bnxt_ulp_probe(struct net_device *dev);
-
 #endif
