diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/operation.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/operation.c
index ad0959985aa3..b32010ba7bc1 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/greybus/operation.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/operation.c
@@ -500,6 +500,9 @@ gb_operation_create_incoming(struct gb_connection *connection, u16 id,
 	/* Caller has made sure we at least have a message header. */
 	request_size = size - sizeof(struct gb_operation_msg_hdr);
 
+	if (!id)
+		flags |= GB_OPERATION_FLAG_UNIDIRECTIONAL;
+
 	operation = gb_operation_create_common(connection, type,
 					request_size, 0, flags, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (operation) {
@@ -666,7 +669,7 @@ static int gb_operation_response_send(struct gb_operation *operation,
 	}
 
 	/* Sender of request does not care about response. */
-	if (!operation->id)
+	if (gb_operation_is_unidirectional(operation))
 		return 0;
 
 	if (!operation->response) {
diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/operation.h b/drivers/staging/greybus/operation.h
index b6bbc8419a3a..07e43a771f8b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/greybus/operation.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/operation.h
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ struct gb_message {
 };
 
 #define GB_OPERATION_FLAG_INCOMING		BIT(0)
+#define GB_OPERATION_FLAG_UNIDIRECTIONAL	BIT(1)
 
 /*
  * A Greybus operation is a remote procedure call performed over a
@@ -135,6 +136,12 @@ gb_operation_is_incoming(struct gb_operation *operation)
 	return operation->flags & GB_OPERATION_FLAG_INCOMING;
 }
 
+static inline bool
+gb_operation_is_unidirectional(struct gb_operation *operation)
+{
+	return operation->flags & GB_OPERATION_FLAG_UNIDIRECTIONAL;
+}
+
 void gb_connection_recv(struct gb_connection *connection,
 					void *data, size_t size);