_base_free_irq(ioc);
        _base_disable_msix(ioc);
 
-       if (ioc->combined_reply_queue) {
-               kfree(ioc->replyPostRegisterIndex);
-               ioc->replyPostRegisterIndex = NULL;
-       }
+       kfree(ioc->replyPostRegisterIndex);
+       ioc->replyPostRegisterIndex = NULL;
+
 
        if (ioc->chip_phys) {
                iounmap(ioc->chip);
        /* Use the Combined reply queue feature only for SAS3 C0 & higher
         * revision HBAs and also only when reply queue count is greater than 8
         */
-       if (ioc->combined_reply_queue && ioc->reply_queue_count > 8) {
+       if (ioc->combined_reply_queue) {
                /* Determine the Supplemental Reply Post Host Index Registers
                 * Addresse. Supplemental Reply Post Host Index Registers
                 * starts at offset MPI25_SUP_REPLY_POST_HOST_INDEX_OFFSET and
                             MPI25_SUP_REPLY_POST_HOST_INDEX_OFFSET +
                             (i * MPT3_SUP_REPLY_POST_HOST_INDEX_REG_OFFSET));
                }
-       } else
-               ioc->combined_reply_queue = 0;
+       }
 
        if (ioc->is_warpdrive) {
                ioc->reply_post_host_index[0] = (resource_size_t __iomem *)
        facts->WhoInit = mpi_reply.WhoInit;
        facts->NumberOfPorts = mpi_reply.NumberOfPorts;
        facts->MaxMSIxVectors = mpi_reply.MaxMSIxVectors;
+       if (ioc->msix_enable && (facts->MaxMSIxVectors <=
+           MAX_COMBINED_MSIX_VECTORS(ioc->is_gen35_ioc)))
+               ioc->combined_reply_queue = 0;
        facts->RequestCredit = le16_to_cpu(mpi_reply.RequestCredit);
        facts->MaxReplyDescriptorPostQueueDepth =
            le16_to_cpu(mpi_reply.MaxReplyDescriptorPostQueueDepth);
 
  * There are twelve Supplemental Reply Post Host Index Registers
  * and each register is at offset 0x10 bytes from the previous one.
  */
+#define MAX_COMBINED_MSIX_VECTORS(gen35) ((gen35 == 1) ? 16 : 8)
 #define MPT3_SUP_REPLY_POST_HOST_INDEX_REG_COUNT_G3    12
 #define MPT3_SUP_REPLY_POST_HOST_INDEX_REG_COUNT_G35   16
 #define MPT3_SUP_REPLY_POST_HOST_INDEX_REG_OFFSET      (0x10)