diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.h
index 731e2a73def5..e8a71da62d80 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.h
@@ -1204,14 +1204,11 @@ void idpf_tx_dma_map_error(struct idpf_tx_queue *txq, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			   struct idpf_tx_buf *first, u16 ring_idx);
 unsigned int idpf_tx_desc_count_required(struct idpf_tx_queue *txq,
 					 struct sk_buff *skb);
-bool idpf_chk_linearize(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int max_bufs,
-			unsigned int count);
 int idpf_tx_maybe_stop_common(struct idpf_tx_queue *tx_q, unsigned int size);
 void idpf_tx_timeout(struct net_device *netdev, unsigned int txqueue);
-netdev_tx_t idpf_tx_splitq_start(struct sk_buff *skb,
-				 struct net_device *netdev);
-netdev_tx_t idpf_tx_singleq_start(struct sk_buff *skb,
-				  struct net_device *netdev);
+netdev_tx_t idpf_tx_singleq_frame(struct sk_buff *skb,
+				  struct idpf_tx_queue *tx_q);
+netdev_tx_t idpf_tx_start(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev);
 bool idpf_rx_singleq_buf_hw_alloc_all(struct idpf_rx_queue *rxq,
 				      u16 cleaned_count);
 int idpf_tso(struct sk_buff *skb, struct idpf_tx_offload_params *off);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_lib.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_lib.c
index a8be09a89943..fe91475c7b4c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_lib.c
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
 #include "idpf.h"
 #include "idpf_virtchnl.h"
 
-static const struct net_device_ops idpf_netdev_ops_splitq;
-static const struct net_device_ops idpf_netdev_ops_singleq;
+static const struct net_device_ops idpf_netdev_ops;
 
 /**
  * idpf_init_vector_stack - Fill the MSIX vector stack with vector index
@@ -764,10 +763,7 @@ static int idpf_cfg_netdev(struct idpf_vport *vport)
 	}
 
 	/* assign netdev_ops */
-	if (idpf_is_queue_model_split(vport->txq_model))
-		netdev->netdev_ops = &idpf_netdev_ops_splitq;
-	else
-		netdev->netdev_ops = &idpf_netdev_ops_singleq;
+	netdev->netdev_ops = &idpf_netdev_ops;
 
 	/* setup watchdog timeout value to be 5 second */
 	netdev->watchdog_timeo = 5 * HZ;
@@ -2353,24 +2349,10 @@ void idpf_free_dma_mem(struct idpf_hw *hw, struct idpf_dma_mem *mem)
 	mem->pa = 0;
 }
 
-static const struct net_device_ops idpf_netdev_ops_splitq = {
-	.ndo_open = idpf_open,
-	.ndo_stop = idpf_stop,
-	.ndo_start_xmit = idpf_tx_splitq_start,
-	.ndo_features_check = idpf_features_check,
-	.ndo_set_rx_mode = idpf_set_rx_mode,
-	.ndo_validate_addr = eth_validate_addr,
-	.ndo_set_mac_address = idpf_set_mac,
-	.ndo_change_mtu = idpf_change_mtu,
-	.ndo_get_stats64 = idpf_get_stats64,
-	.ndo_set_features = idpf_set_features,
-	.ndo_tx_timeout = idpf_tx_timeout,
-};
-
-static const struct net_device_ops idpf_netdev_ops_singleq = {
+static const struct net_device_ops idpf_netdev_ops = {
 	.ndo_open = idpf_open,
 	.ndo_stop = idpf_stop,
-	.ndo_start_xmit = idpf_tx_singleq_start,
+	.ndo_start_xmit = idpf_tx_start,
 	.ndo_features_check = idpf_features_check,
 	.ndo_set_rx_mode = idpf_set_rx_mode,
 	.ndo_validate_addr = eth_validate_addr,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_singleq_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_singleq_txrx.c
index b51f7cd6db01..a3b60a2dfcaa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_singleq_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_singleq_txrx.c
@@ -351,8 +351,8 @@ static void idpf_tx_singleq_build_ctx_desc(struct idpf_tx_queue *txq,
  *
  * Returns NETDEV_TX_OK if sent, else an error code
  */
-static netdev_tx_t idpf_tx_singleq_frame(struct sk_buff *skb,
-					 struct idpf_tx_queue *tx_q)
+netdev_tx_t idpf_tx_singleq_frame(struct sk_buff *skb,
+				  struct idpf_tx_queue *tx_q)
 {
 	struct idpf_tx_offload_params offload = { };
 	struct idpf_tx_buf *first;
@@ -408,33 +408,6 @@ static netdev_tx_t idpf_tx_singleq_frame(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	return idpf_tx_drop_skb(tx_q, skb);
 }
 
-/**
- * idpf_tx_singleq_start - Selects the right Tx queue to send buffer
- * @skb: send buffer
- * @netdev: network interface device structure
- *
- * Returns NETDEV_TX_OK if sent, else an error code
- */
-netdev_tx_t idpf_tx_singleq_start(struct sk_buff *skb,
-				  struct net_device *netdev)
-{
-	struct idpf_vport *vport = idpf_netdev_to_vport(netdev);
-	struct idpf_tx_queue *tx_q;
-
-	tx_q = vport->txqs[skb_get_queue_mapping(skb)];
-
-	/* hardware can't handle really short frames, hardware padding works
-	 * beyond this point
-	 */
-	if (skb_put_padto(skb, IDPF_TX_MIN_PKT_LEN)) {
-		idpf_tx_buf_hw_update(tx_q, tx_q->next_to_use, false);
-
-		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
-	}
-
-	return idpf_tx_singleq_frame(skb, tx_q);
-}
-
 /**
  * idpf_tx_singleq_clean - Reclaim resources from queue
  * @tx_q: Tx queue to clean
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c
index f569ea389b04..5dd1b1a9e624 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 #include "idpf.h"
 #include "idpf_virtchnl.h"
 
+static bool idpf_chk_linearize(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int max_bufs,
+			       unsigned int count);
+
 /**
  * idpf_buf_lifo_push - push a buffer pointer onto stack
  * @stack: pointer to stack struct
@@ -2702,8 +2705,8 @@ static bool __idpf_chk_linearize(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int max_bufs)
  * E.g.: a packet with 7 fragments can require 9 DMA transactions; 1 for TSO
  * header, 1 for segment payload, and then 7 for the fragments.
  */
-bool idpf_chk_linearize(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int max_bufs,
-			unsigned int count)
+static bool idpf_chk_linearize(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int max_bufs,
+			       unsigned int count)
 {
 	if (likely(count < max_bufs))
 		return false;
@@ -2849,14 +2852,13 @@ static netdev_tx_t idpf_tx_splitq_frame(struct sk_buff *skb,
 }
 
 /**
- * idpf_tx_splitq_start - Selects the right Tx queue to send buffer
+ * idpf_tx_start - Selects the right Tx queue to send buffer
  * @skb: send buffer
  * @netdev: network interface device structure
  *
  * Returns NETDEV_TX_OK if sent, else an error code
  */
-netdev_tx_t idpf_tx_splitq_start(struct sk_buff *skb,
-				 struct net_device *netdev)
+netdev_tx_t idpf_tx_start(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 {
 	struct idpf_vport *vport = idpf_netdev_to_vport(netdev);
 	struct idpf_tx_queue *tx_q;
@@ -2878,7 +2880,10 @@ netdev_tx_t idpf_tx_splitq_start(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 	}
 
-	return idpf_tx_splitq_frame(skb, tx_q);
+	if (idpf_is_queue_model_split(vport->txq_model))
+		return idpf_tx_splitq_frame(skb, tx_q);
+	else
+		return idpf_tx_singleq_frame(skb, tx_q);
 }
 
 /**
