uint32_t cfg_fcp_io_channel;
        uint32_t cfg_total_seg_cnt;
        uint32_t cfg_sg_seg_cnt;
-       uint32_t cfg_prot_sg_seg_cnt;
        uint32_t cfg_sg_dma_buf_size;
        uint32_t cfg_hba_queue_depth;
        uint32_t cfg_enable_hba_reset;
 
 LPFC_ATTR_R(sg_seg_cnt, LPFC_DEFAULT_SG_SEG_CNT, LPFC_DEFAULT_SG_SEG_CNT,
            LPFC_MAX_SG_SEG_CNT, "Max Scatter Gather Segment Count");
 
-/*
- * This parameter will be depricated, the driver cannot limit the
- * protection data s/g list.
- */
-LPFC_ATTR_R(prot_sg_seg_cnt, LPFC_DEFAULT_SG_SEG_CNT,
-           LPFC_DEFAULT_SG_SEG_CNT, LPFC_MAX_SG_SEG_CNT,
-           "Max Protection Scatter Gather Segment Count");
-
 /*
  * lpfc_enable_mds_diags: Enable MDS Diagnostics
  *       0  = MDS Diagnostics disabled (default)
        &dev_attr_lpfc_sg_seg_cnt,
        &dev_attr_lpfc_max_scsicmpl_time,
        &dev_attr_lpfc_stat_data_ctrl,
-       &dev_attr_lpfc_prot_sg_seg_cnt,
        &dev_attr_lpfc_aer_support,
        &dev_attr_lpfc_aer_state_cleanup,
        &dev_attr_lpfc_sriov_nr_virtfn,
                phba->cfg_poll = lpfc_poll;
 
        lpfc_sg_seg_cnt_init(phba, lpfc_sg_seg_cnt);
-       lpfc_prot_sg_seg_cnt_init(phba, lpfc_prot_sg_seg_cnt);
        lpfc_hba_queue_depth_init(phba, lpfc_hba_queue_depth);
        lpfc_hba_log_verbose_init(phba, lpfc_log_verbose);
        lpfc_aer_support_init(phba, lpfc_aer_support);