diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c
index f270b0d829f6ea9b232700dd2004e7cedaf0bcfe..d393f9bb747964dd7263ca989d912de3f529d1f7 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c
@@ -2682,12 +2682,6 @@ scsih_slave_configure(struct scsi_device *sdev)
 		pcie_device_put(pcie_device);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioc->pcie_device_lock, flags);
 		mpt3sas_scsih_change_queue_depth(sdev, qdepth);
-		/* Enable QUEUE_FLAG_NOMERGES flag, so that IOs won't be
-		 ** merged and can eliminate holes created during merging
-		 ** operation.
-		 **/
-		blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NOMERGES,
-				sdev->request_queue);
 		blk_queue_virt_boundary(sdev->request_queue,
 				ioc->page_size - 1);
 		return 0;