diff --git a/drivers/firmware/samsung/exynos-acpm-dvfs.c b/drivers/firmware/samsung/exynos-acpm-dvfs.c
index 06bdf62dea1f..fdea7aa24ca0 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/samsung/exynos-acpm-dvfs.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/samsung/exynos-acpm-dvfs.c
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ static void acpm_dvfs_set_xfer(struct acpm_xfer *xfer, u32 *cmd, size_t cmdlen,
 	if (response) {
 		xfer->rxcnt = cmdlen;
 		xfer->rxd = cmd;
+	} else {
+		xfer->rxcnt = 0;
+		xfer->rxd = NULL;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/samsung/exynos-acpm.c b/drivers/firmware/samsung/exynos-acpm.c
index 16c46ed60837..e95edc350efa 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/samsung/exynos-acpm.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/samsung/exynos-acpm.c
@@ -104,12 +104,12 @@ struct acpm_queue {
  *
  * @cmd:	pointer to where the data shall be saved.
  * @n_cmd:	number of 32-bit commands.
- * @response:	true if the client expects the RX data.
+ * @rxcnt:	expected length of the response in 32-bit words.
  */
 struct acpm_rx_data {
 	u32 *cmd;
 	size_t n_cmd;
-	bool response;
+	size_t rxcnt;
 };
 
 #define ACPM_SEQNUM_MAX    64
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ static void acpm_get_saved_rx(struct acpm_chan *achan,
 	const struct acpm_rx_data *rx_data = &achan->rx_data[tx_seqnum - 1];
 	u32 rx_seqnum;
 
-	if (!rx_data->response)
+	if (!rx_data->rxcnt)
 		return;
 
 	rx_seqnum = FIELD_GET(ACPM_PROTOCOL_SEQNUM, rx_data->cmd[0]);
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ static int acpm_get_rx(struct acpm_chan *achan, const struct acpm_xfer *xfer)
 		seqnum = rx_seqnum - 1;
 		rx_data = &achan->rx_data[seqnum];
 
-		if (rx_data->response) {
+		if (rx_data->rxcnt) {
 			if (rx_seqnum == tx_seqnum) {
 				__ioread32_copy(xfer->rxd, addr, xfer->rxcnt);
 				rx_set = true;
@@ -268,7 +268,8 @@ static int acpm_get_rx(struct acpm_chan *achan, const struct acpm_xfer *xfer)
 				 * clear yet the bitmap. It will be cleared
 				 * after the response is copied to the request.
 				 */
-				__ioread32_copy(rx_data->cmd, addr, xfer->rxcnt);
+				__ioread32_copy(rx_data->cmd, addr,
+						rx_data->rxcnt);
 			}
 		} else {
 			clear_bit(seqnum, achan->bitmap_seqnum);
@@ -380,8 +381,8 @@ static void acpm_prepare_xfer(struct acpm_chan *achan,
 	/* Clear data for upcoming responses */
 	rx_data = &achan->rx_data[achan->seqnum - 1];
 	memset(rx_data->cmd, 0, sizeof(*rx_data->cmd) * rx_data->n_cmd);
-	if (xfer->rxd)
-		rx_data->response = true;
+	/* zero means no response expected */
+	rx_data->rxcnt = xfer->rxcnt;
 
 	/* Flag the index based on seqnum. (seqnum: 1~63, bitmap: 0~62) */
 	set_bit(achan->seqnum - 1, achan->bitmap_seqnum);