diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/rpmh-rsc.c b/drivers/soc/qcom/rpmh-rsc.c
index bf57fbcaacb8f..3b748385f6972 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/qcom/rpmh-rsc.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/rpmh-rsc.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-/* Copyright (c) 2016-2019, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved. */
+/* Copyright (c) 2016-2020, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved. */
 
 #define pr_fmt(fmt) "%s " fmt, KBUILD_MODNAME
 
@@ -282,8 +282,7 @@ static irqreturn_t tcs_tx_done(int irq, void *p)
 			cmd = &req->cmds[j];
 			sts = read_tcs_reg(drv, RSC_DRV_CMD_STATUS, i, j);
 			if (!(sts & CMD_STATUS_ISSUED) ||
-			   ((req->wait_for_compl || cmd->wait) &&
-			   !(sts & CMD_STATUS_COMPL))) {
+			   (cmd->wait && !(sts & CMD_STATUS_COMPL))) {
 				pr_err("Incomplete request: %s: addr=%#x data=%#x",
 				       drv->name, cmd->addr, cmd->data);
 				err = -EIO;
@@ -311,7 +310,6 @@ static irqreturn_t tcs_tx_done(int irq, void *p)
 skip:
 		/* Reclaim the TCS */
 		write_tcs_reg(drv, RSC_DRV_CMD_ENABLE, i, 0);
-		write_tcs_reg(drv, RSC_DRV_CMD_WAIT_FOR_CMPL, i, 0);
 		write_tcs_reg(drv, RSC_DRV_IRQ_CLEAR, 0, BIT(i));
 		spin_lock(&drv->lock);
 		clear_bit(i, drv->tcs_in_use);
@@ -326,23 +324,23 @@ skip:
 static void __tcs_buffer_write(struct rsc_drv *drv, int tcs_id, int cmd_id,
 			       const struct tcs_request *msg)
 {
-	u32 msgid, cmd_msgid;
+	u32 msgid;
+	u32 cmd_msgid = CMD_MSGID_LEN | CMD_MSGID_WRITE;
 	u32 cmd_enable = 0;
-	u32 cmd_complete;
 	struct tcs_cmd *cmd;
 	int i, j;
 
-	cmd_msgid = CMD_MSGID_LEN;
+	/* Convert all commands to RR when the request has wait_for_compl set */
 	cmd_msgid |= msg->wait_for_compl ? CMD_MSGID_RESP_REQ : 0;
-	cmd_msgid |= CMD_MSGID_WRITE;
-
-	cmd_complete = read_tcs_reg(drv, RSC_DRV_CMD_WAIT_FOR_CMPL, tcs_id, 0);
 
 	for (i = 0, j = cmd_id; i < msg->num_cmds; i++, j++) {
 		cmd = &msg->cmds[i];
 		cmd_enable |= BIT(j);
-		cmd_complete |= cmd->wait << j;
 		msgid = cmd_msgid;
+		/*
+		 * Additionally, if the cmd->wait is set, make the command
+		 * response reqd even if the overall request was fire-n-forget.
+		 */
 		msgid |= cmd->wait ? CMD_MSGID_RESP_REQ : 0;
 
 		write_tcs_cmd(drv, RSC_DRV_CMD_MSGID, tcs_id, j, msgid);
@@ -355,7 +353,6 @@ static void __tcs_buffer_write(struct rsc_drv *drv, int tcs_id, int cmd_id,
 			       cmd->data, cmd->wait);
 	}
 
-	write_tcs_reg(drv, RSC_DRV_CMD_WAIT_FOR_CMPL, tcs_id, cmd_complete);
 	cmd_enable |= read_tcs_reg(drv, RSC_DRV_CMD_ENABLE, tcs_id, 0);
 	write_tcs_reg(drv, RSC_DRV_CMD_ENABLE, tcs_id, cmd_enable);
 }
diff --git a/include/soc/qcom/tcs.h b/include/soc/qcom/tcs.h
index 23e9b114fd0da..87b57d6d5b241 100644
--- a/include/soc/qcom/tcs.h
+++ b/include/soc/qcom/tcs.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016-2019, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2020, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  */
 
 #ifndef __SOC_QCOM_TCS_H__
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ enum rpmh_state {
  *
  * @addr: the address of the resource slv_id:18:16 | offset:0:15
  * @data: the resource state request
- * @wait: wait for this request to be complete before sending the next
+ * @wait: Ensure that this command is complete before returning
  */
 struct tcs_cmd {
 	u32 addr;
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ struct tcs_cmd {
  *
  * @state:          state for the request.
  * @wait_for_compl: wait until we get a response from the h/w accelerator
+ *                  (sets the cmd->wait for all commmands in the request)
  * @num_cmds:       the number of @cmds in this request
  * @cmds:           an array of tcs_cmds
  */