diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/Kconfig
index 54ea61c..979340b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/Kconfig
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ config B43
 	depends on SSB_POSSIBLE && MAC80211 && WLAN_80211 && HAS_DMA
 	select SSB
 	select FW_LOADER
+	select SSB_BLOCKIO
 	---help---
 	  b43 is a driver for the Broadcom 43xx series wireless devices.
 
@@ -78,14 +79,6 @@ config B43_SDIO
 
 	  If unsure, say N.
 
-# Data transfers to the device via PIO
-# This is only needed on PCMCIA and SDIO devices. All others can do DMA properly.
-config B43_PIO
-	bool
-	depends on B43 && (B43_SDIO || B43_PCMCIA || B43_FORCE_PIO)
-	select SSB_BLOCKIO
-	default y
-
 config B43_NPHY
 	bool "Pre IEEE 802.11n support (BROKEN)"
 	depends on B43 && EXPERIMENTAL && BROKEN
@@ -137,12 +130,3 @@ config B43_DEBUG
 	  for production use.
 	  Only say Y, if you are debugging a problem in the b43 driver sourcecode.
 
-config B43_FORCE_PIO
-	bool "Force usage of PIO instead of DMA"
-	depends on B43 && B43_DEBUG
-	---help---
-	  This will disable DMA and always enable PIO instead.
-
-	  Say N!
-	  This is only for debugging the PIO engine code. You do
-	  _NOT_ want to enable this.
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/Makefile b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/Makefile
index 84772a2..5e83b6f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ b43-y				+= xmit.o
 b43-y				+= lo.o
 b43-y				+= wa.o
 b43-y				+= dma.o
-b43-$(CONFIG_B43_PIO)		+= pio.o
+b43-y				+= pio.o
 b43-y				+= rfkill.o
 b43-$(CONFIG_B43_LEDS)		+= leds.o
 b43-$(CONFIG_B43_PCMCIA)	+= pcmcia.o
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/b43.h b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/b43.h
index 0e6b154..5ef1500 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/b43.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/b43.h
@@ -830,7 +830,6 @@ struct b43_wl {
 	/* The device LEDs. */
 	struct b43_leds leds;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_B43_PIO
 	/*
 	 * RX/TX header/tail buffers used by the frame transmit functions.
 	 */
@@ -838,7 +837,6 @@ struct b43_wl {
 	struct b43_txhdr txhdr;
 	u8 rx_tail[4];
 	u8 tx_tail[4];
-#endif /* CONFIG_B43_PIO */
 };
 
 static inline struct b43_wl *hw_to_b43_wl(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
@@ -889,20 +887,9 @@ static inline void b43_write32(struct b43_wldev *dev, u16 offset, u32 value)
 
 static inline bool b43_using_pio_transfers(struct b43_wldev *dev)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_B43_PIO
 	return dev->__using_pio_transfers;
-#else
-	return 0;
-#endif
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_B43_FORCE_PIO
-# define B43_FORCE_PIO	1
-#else
-# define B43_FORCE_PIO	0
-#endif
-
-
 /* Message printing */
 void b43info(struct b43_wl *wl, const char *fmt, ...)
     __attribute__ ((format(printf, 2, 3)));
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/dma.c b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/dma.c
index de4e804..571d475 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/dma.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/dma.c
@@ -1620,7 +1620,6 @@ void b43_dma_tx_resume(struct b43_wldev *dev)
 	b43_power_saving_ctl_bits(dev, 0);
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_B43_PIO
 static void direct_fifo_rx(struct b43_wldev *dev, enum b43_dmatype type,
 			   u16 mmio_base, bool enable)
 {
@@ -1654,4 +1653,3 @@ void b43_dma_direct_fifo_rx(struct b43_wldev *dev,
 	mmio_base = b43_dmacontroller_base(type, engine_index);
 	direct_fifo_rx(dev, type, mmio_base, enable);
 }
-#endif /* CONFIG_B43_PIO */
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
index c02c84e..3f75d92 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ int b43_modparam_verbose = B43_VERBOSITY_DEFAULT;
 module_param_named(verbose, b43_modparam_verbose, int, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(verbose, "Log message verbosity: 0=error, 1=warn, 2=info(default), 3=debug");
 
+static int modparam_pio;
+module_param_named(pio, modparam_pio, int, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(pio, "enable (1) / disable (0) pio mode");
 
 static const struct ssb_device_id b43_ssb_tbl[] = {
 	SSB_DEVICE(SSB_VENDOR_BROADCOM, SSB_DEV_80211, 5),
@@ -4387,7 +4390,7 @@ static int b43_wireless_core_init(struct b43_wldev *dev)
 
 	if ((dev->dev->bus->bustype == SSB_BUSTYPE_PCMCIA) ||
 	    (dev->dev->bus->bustype == SSB_BUSTYPE_SDIO) ||
-	    B43_FORCE_PIO) {
+	     modparam_pio) {
 		dev->__using_pio_transfers = 1;
 		err = b43_pio_init(dev);
 	} else {
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/pio.h b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/pio.h
index 7dd649c..0f6f551 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/pio.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/pio.h
@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@
 /* The maximum number of TX-packets the HW can handle. */
 #define B43_PIO_MAX_NR_TXPACKETS	32
 
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_B43_PIO
-
 struct b43_pio_txpacket {
 	/* Pointer to the TX queue we belong to. */
 	struct b43_pio_txqueue *queue;
@@ -169,42 +166,4 @@ void b43_pio_rx(struct b43_pio_rxqueue *q);
 void b43_pio_tx_suspend(struct b43_wldev *dev);
 void b43_pio_tx_resume(struct b43_wldev *dev);
 
-
-#else /* CONFIG_B43_PIO */
-
-
-static inline int b43_pio_init(struct b43_wldev *dev)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-static inline void b43_pio_free(struct b43_wldev *dev)
-{
-}
-static inline void b43_pio_stop(struct b43_wldev *dev)
-{
-}
-static inline int b43_pio_tx(struct b43_wldev *dev,
-			     struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-static inline void b43_pio_handle_txstatus(struct b43_wldev *dev,
-					   const struct b43_txstatus *status)
-{
-}
-static inline void b43_pio_get_tx_stats(struct b43_wldev *dev,
-					struct ieee80211_tx_queue_stats *stats)
-{
-}
-static inline void b43_pio_rx(struct b43_pio_rxqueue *q)
-{
-}
-static inline void b43_pio_tx_suspend(struct b43_wldev *dev)
-{
-}
-static inline void b43_pio_tx_resume(struct b43_wldev *dev)
-{
-}
-
-#endif /* CONFIG_B43_PIO */
 #endif /* B43_PIO_H_ */