*   Invalid flag options in AES-CCM IV.
  */
 
+static inline int incr_index(int index, int count, int max)
+{
+       if ((index + count) >= max)
+               index = index + count - max;
+       else
+               index += count;
+
+       return index;
+}
+
 /**
  * dma_free_sglist - unmap and free the sg lists.
  * @ndev: N5 device
                          struct nitrox_cmdq *cmdq)
 {
        struct nitrox_device *ndev = sr->ndev;
-       union nps_pkt_in_instr_baoff_dbell pkt_in_baoff_dbell;
-       u64 offset;
+       int idx;
        u8 *ent;
 
        spin_lock_bh(&cmdq->cmdq_lock);
 
-       /* get the next write offset */
-       offset = NPS_PKT_IN_INSTR_BAOFF_DBELLX(cmdq->qno);
-       pkt_in_baoff_dbell.value = nitrox_read_csr(ndev, offset);
+       idx = cmdq->write_idx;
        /* copy the instruction */
-       ent = cmdq->head + pkt_in_baoff_dbell.s.aoff;
+       ent = cmdq->head + (idx * cmdq->instr_size);
        memcpy(ent, &sr->instr, cmdq->instr_size);
-       /* flush the command queue updates */
-       dma_wmb();
 
-       sr->tstamp = jiffies;
        atomic_set(&sr->status, REQ_POSTED);
        response_list_add(sr, cmdq);
+       sr->tstamp = jiffies;
+       /* flush the command queue updates */
+       dma_wmb();
 
        /* Ring doorbell with count 1 */
        writeq(1, cmdq->dbell_csr_addr);
        /* orders the doorbell rings */
        mmiowb();
 
+       cmdq->write_idx = incr_index(idx, 1, ndev->qlen);
+
        spin_unlock_bh(&cmdq->cmdq_lock);
 }
 
        struct nitrox_softreq *sr, *tmp;
        int ret = 0;
 
+       if (!atomic_read(&cmdq->backlog_count))
+               return 0;
+
        spin_lock_bh(&cmdq->backlog_lock);
 
        list_for_each_entry_safe(sr, tmp, &cmdq->backlog_head, backlog) {
 
                /* submit until space available */
                if (unlikely(cmdq_full(cmdq, ndev->qlen))) {
-                       ret = -EBUSY;
+                       ret = -ENOSPC;
                        break;
                }
                /* delete from backlog list */
 {
        struct nitrox_cmdq *cmdq = sr->cmdq;
        struct nitrox_device *ndev = sr->ndev;
-       int ret = -EBUSY;
+
+       /* try to post backlog requests */
+       post_backlog_cmds(cmdq);
 
        if (unlikely(cmdq_full(cmdq, ndev->qlen))) {
                if (!(sr->flags & CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_BACKLOG))
-                       return -EAGAIN;
-
+                       return -ENOSPC;
+               /* add to backlog list */
                backlog_list_add(sr, cmdq);
-       } else {
-               ret = post_backlog_cmds(cmdq);
-               if (ret) {
-                       backlog_list_add(sr, cmdq);
-                       return ret;
-               }
-               post_se_instr(sr, cmdq);
-               ret = -EINPROGRESS;
+               return -EBUSY;
        }
-       return ret;
+       post_se_instr(sr, cmdq);
+
+       return -EINPROGRESS;
 }
 
 /**
         */
        sr->instr.fdata[0] = *((u64 *)&req->gph);
        sr->instr.fdata[1] = 0;
-       /* flush the soft_req changes before posting the cmd */
-       wmb();
 
        ret = nitrox_enqueue_request(sr);
-       if (ret == -EAGAIN)
+       if (ret == -ENOSPC)
                goto send_fail;
 
        return ret;