}
 
 /**
- * _mei_irq_thread_cmpl - processes completed and no-iamthif operation.
+ * mei_irq_thread_write_complete - write messages to device.
  *
  * @dev: the device structure.
  * @slots: free slots.
- * @cb_pos: callback block.
- * @cl: private data of the file object.
+ * @cb: callback block.
  * @cmpl_list: complete list.
  *
  * returns 0, OK; otherwise, error.
  */
-static int _mei_irq_thread_cmpl(struct mei_device *dev,        s32 *slots,
-                       struct mei_cl_cb *cb_pos,
-                       struct mei_cl *cl,
-                       struct mei_cl_cb *cmpl_list)
+static int mei_irq_thread_write_complete(struct mei_device *dev, s32 *slots,
+                       struct mei_cl_cb *cb, struct mei_cl_cb *cmpl_list)
 {
        struct mei_msg_hdr *mei_hdr;
+       struct mei_cl *cl = cb->cl;
+       size_t len = cb->request_buffer.size - cb->buf_idx;
+       size_t msg_slots = mei_data2slots(len);
+
+       mei_hdr = (struct mei_msg_hdr *)&dev->wr_msg_buf[0];
+       mei_hdr->host_addr = cl->host_client_id;
+       mei_hdr->me_addr = cl->me_client_id;
+       mei_hdr->reserved = 0;
 
-       if ((*slots * sizeof(u32)) >= (sizeof(struct mei_msg_hdr) +
-                       (cb_pos->request_buffer.size - cb_pos->buf_idx))) {
-               mei_hdr = (struct mei_msg_hdr *) &dev->wr_msg_buf[0];
-               mei_hdr->host_addr = cl->host_client_id;
-               mei_hdr->me_addr = cl->me_client_id;
-               mei_hdr->length = cb_pos->request_buffer.size - cb_pos->buf_idx;
+       if (*slots >= msg_slots) {
+               mei_hdr->length = len;
                mei_hdr->msg_complete = 1;
-               mei_hdr->reserved = 0;
-               dev_dbg(&dev->pdev->dev, "cb_pos->request_buffer.size =%d"
-                       "mei_hdr->msg_complete = %d\n",
-                               cb_pos->request_buffer.size,
-                               mei_hdr->msg_complete);
-               dev_dbg(&dev->pdev->dev, "cb_pos->buf_idx  =%lu\n",
-                               cb_pos->buf_idx);
-               dev_dbg(&dev->pdev->dev, "mei_hdr->length  =%d\n",
-                               mei_hdr->length);
-               *slots -= mei_data2slots(mei_hdr->length);
-               if (mei_write_message(dev, mei_hdr,
-                               (unsigned char *)
-                               (cb_pos->request_buffer.data +
-                               cb_pos->buf_idx),
-                               mei_hdr->length)) {
-                       cl->status = -ENODEV;
-                       list_move_tail(&cb_pos->list, &cmpl_list->list);
-                       return -ENODEV;
-               } else {
-                       if (mei_flow_ctrl_reduce(dev, cl))
-                               return -ENODEV;
-                       cl->status = 0;
-                       cb_pos->buf_idx += mei_hdr->length;
-                       list_move_tail(&cb_pos->list, &dev->write_waiting_list.list);
-               }
+       /* Split the message only if we can write the whole host buffer */
        } else if (*slots == dev->hbuf_depth) {
-               /* buffer is still empty */
-               mei_hdr = (struct mei_msg_hdr *) &dev->wr_msg_buf[0];
-               mei_hdr->host_addr = cl->host_client_id;
-               mei_hdr->me_addr = cl->me_client_id;
-               mei_hdr->length =
-                       (*slots * sizeof(u32)) - sizeof(struct mei_msg_hdr);
+               msg_slots = *slots;
+               len = (*slots * sizeof(u32)) - sizeof(struct mei_msg_hdr);
+               mei_hdr->length = len;
                mei_hdr->msg_complete = 0;
-               mei_hdr->reserved = 0;
-               *slots -= mei_data2slots(mei_hdr->length);
-               if (mei_write_message(dev, mei_hdr,
-                                       (unsigned char *)
-                                       (cb_pos->request_buffer.data +
-                                       cb_pos->buf_idx),
-                                       mei_hdr->length)) {
-                       cl->status = -ENODEV;
-                       list_move_tail(&cb_pos->list, &cmpl_list->list);
-                       return -ENODEV;
-               } else {
-                       cb_pos->buf_idx += mei_hdr->length;
-                       dev_dbg(&dev->pdev->dev,
-                                       "cb_pos->request_buffer.size =%d"
-                                       " mei_hdr->msg_complete = %d\n",
-                                       cb_pos->request_buffer.size,
-                                       mei_hdr->msg_complete);
-                       dev_dbg(&dev->pdev->dev, "cb_pos->buf_idx  =%lu\n",
-                                       cb_pos->buf_idx);
-                       dev_dbg(&dev->pdev->dev, "mei_hdr->length  =%d\n",
-                                       mei_hdr->length);
-               }
-               return -EMSGSIZE;
        } else {
-               return -EBADMSG;
+               /* wait for next time the host buffer is empty */
+               return 0;
        }
 
+       dev_dbg(&dev->pdev->dev, "buf: size = %d idx = %lu\n",
+                       cb->request_buffer.size, cb->buf_idx);
+       dev_dbg(&dev->pdev->dev, "msg: len = %d complete = %d\n",
+                       mei_hdr->length, mei_hdr->msg_complete);
+
+       *slots -=  msg_slots;
+       if (mei_write_message(dev, mei_hdr,
+               cb->request_buffer.data + cb->buf_idx, len)) {
+               cl->status = -ENODEV;
+               list_move_tail(&cb->list, &cmpl_list->list);
+               return -ENODEV;
+       }
+
+       if (mei_flow_ctrl_reduce(dev, cl))
+               return -ENODEV;
+
+       cl->status = 0;
+       cb->buf_idx += mei_hdr->length;
+       if (mei_hdr->msg_complete)
+               list_move_tail(&cb->list, &dev->write_waiting_list.list);
+
        return 0;
 }
 
                                        cl->host_client_id);
                                continue;
                        }
-                       ret = _mei_irq_thread_cmpl(dev, slots, pos,
-                                               cl, cmpl_list);
+                       ret = mei_irq_thread_write_complete(dev, slots, pos,
+                                               cmpl_list);
                        if (ret)
                                return ret;