diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-cmd.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-cmd.c
index 026fec4e1800..b82e2b141754 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-cmd.c
@@ -846,31 +846,37 @@ static int tpm2_do_selftest(struct tpm_chip *chip)
 }
 
 /**
- * tpm2_probe() - probe TPM 2.0
- * @chip: TPM chip to use
+ * tpm2_probe() - probe for the TPM 2.0 protocol
+ * @chip:	a &tpm_chip instance
  *
- * Return: < 0 error and 0 on success.
+ * Send an idempotent TPM 2.0 command and see whether there is TPM2 chip in the
+ * other end based on the response tag. The flag TPM_CHIP_FLAG_TPM2 is set by
+ * this function if this is the case.
  *
- * Send idempotent TPM 2.0 command and see whether TPM 2.0 chip replied based on
- * the reply tag.
+ * Return:
+ *   0 on success,
+ *   -errno otherwise
  */
 int tpm2_probe(struct tpm_chip *chip)
 {
-	struct tpm2_cmd cmd;
+	struct tpm_output_header *out;
+	struct tpm_buf buf;
 	int rc;
 
-	cmd.header.in = tpm2_get_tpm_pt_header;
-	cmd.params.get_tpm_pt_in.cap_id = cpu_to_be32(TPM2_CAP_TPM_PROPERTIES);
-	cmd.params.get_tpm_pt_in.property_id = cpu_to_be32(0x100);
-	cmd.params.get_tpm_pt_in.property_cnt = cpu_to_be32(1);
-
-	rc = tpm_transmit_cmd(chip, NULL, &cmd, sizeof(cmd), 0, 0, NULL);
-	if (rc <  0)
+	rc = tpm_buf_init(&buf, TPM2_ST_NO_SESSIONS, TPM2_CC_GET_CAPABILITY);
+	if (rc)
 		return rc;
-
-	if (be16_to_cpu(cmd.header.out.tag) == TPM2_ST_NO_SESSIONS)
-		chip->flags |= TPM_CHIP_FLAG_TPM2;
-
+	tpm_buf_append_u32(&buf, TPM2_CAP_TPM_PROPERTIES);
+	tpm_buf_append_u32(&buf, TPM_PT_TOTAL_COMMANDS);
+	tpm_buf_append_u32(&buf, 1);
+	rc = tpm_transmit_cmd(chip, NULL, buf.data, PAGE_SIZE, 0, 0, NULL);
+	/* We ignore TPM return codes on purpose. */
+	if (rc >=  0) {
+		out = (struct tpm_output_header *)buf.data;
+		if (be16_to_cpu(out->tag) == TPM2_ST_NO_SESSIONS)
+			chip->flags |= TPM_CHIP_FLAG_TPM2;
+	}
+	tpm_buf_destroy(&buf);
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tpm2_probe);