/* unmap doorbell page */
        ionic_bus_unmap_dbpage(lif->ionic, lif->kern_dbpage);
        lif->kern_dbpage = NULL;
-       kfree(lif->dbid_inuse);
-       lif->dbid_inuse = NULL;
 
        mutex_destroy(&lif->config_lock);
        mutex_destroy(&lif->queue_lock);
                return -EINVAL;
        }
 
-       lif->dbid_inuse = bitmap_zalloc(lif->dbid_count, GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!lif->dbid_inuse) {
-               dev_err(dev, "Failed alloc doorbell id bitmap, aborting\n");
-               return -ENOMEM;
-       }
-
-       /* first doorbell id reserved for kernel (dbid aka pid == zero) */
-       set_bit(0, lif->dbid_inuse);
        lif->kern_pid = 0;
-
        dbpage_num = ionic_db_page_num(lif, lif->kern_pid);
        lif->kern_dbpage = ionic_bus_map_dbpage(lif->ionic, dbpage_num);
        if (!lif->kern_dbpage) {
                dev_err(dev, "Cannot map dbpage, aborting\n");
-               err = -ENOMEM;
-               goto err_out_free_dbid;
+               return -ENOMEM;
        }
 
        err = ionic_lif_adminq_init(lif);
        ionic_lif_reset(lif);
        ionic_bus_unmap_dbpage(lif->ionic, lif->kern_dbpage);
        lif->kern_dbpage = NULL;
-err_out_free_dbid:
-       kfree(lif->dbid_inuse);
-       lif->dbid_inuse = NULL;
 
        return err;
 }