diff --git a/examples/accel/perf/accel_perf.c b/examples/accel/perf/accel_perf.c
index 9d8acb703..5144c78df 100644
--- a/examples/accel/perf/accel_perf.c
+++ b/examples/accel/perf/accel_perf.c
@@ -544,8 +544,8 @@ _init_thread(void *arg1)
 	g_num_workers++;
 	pthread_mutex_unlock(&g_workers_lock);
 
-	/* TODO: remove batch check once implemented for IOAT */
-	if ((g_capabilites & ACCEL_BATCH) == ACCEL_BATCH && g_queue_depth > 1) {
+	/* Batching is only possible if there is at least 2 operations. */
+	if (g_queue_depth > 1) {
 
 		/* Selected engine supports batching and we have enough, so do it. */
 		max_per_batch = spdk_accel_batch_get_max(worker->ch);
diff --git a/module/accel/ioat/accel_engine_ioat.c b/module/accel/ioat/accel_engine_ioat.c
index d4c7cbccd..2ecfad5e6 100644
--- a/module/accel/ioat/accel_engine_ioat.c
+++ b/module/accel/ioat/accel_engine_ioat.c
@@ -288,8 +288,14 @@ static int
 ioat_batch_prep_copy(void *cb_arg, struct spdk_io_channel *ch, struct spdk_accel_batch *batch,
 		     void *dst, void *src, uint64_t nbytes, spdk_accel_completion_cb cb)
 {
-	/* TODO - HW ACCELERATED */
-	return 0;;
+	struct ioat_io_channel *ioat_ch = spdk_io_channel_get_ctx(ch);
+	struct ioat_task *ioat_task = (struct ioat_task *)cb_arg;
+
+	ioat_task->cb = cb;
+	ioat_ch->hw_batch = true;
+
+	/* Call the IOAT library prep function. */
+	return spdk_ioat_build_copy(ioat_ch->ioat_ch, ioat_task, ioat_done, dst, src, nbytes);
 }
 
 static int
@@ -297,8 +303,14 @@ ioat_batch_prep_fill(void *cb_arg, struct spdk_io_channel *ch,
 		     struct spdk_accel_batch *batch, void *dst, uint8_t fill,
 		     uint64_t nbytes, spdk_accel_completion_cb cb)
 {
-	/* TODO - HW ACCELERATED */
-	return 0;
+	struct ioat_io_channel *ioat_ch = spdk_io_channel_get_ctx(ch);
+	struct ioat_task *ioat_task = (struct ioat_task *)cb_arg;
+
+	ioat_task->cb = cb;
+	ioat_ch->hw_batch = true;
+
+	/* Call the IOAT library prep function. */
+	return spdk_ioat_build_fill(ioat_ch->ioat_ch, ioat_task, ioat_done, dst, fill, nbytes);
 }
 
 static int
@@ -391,7 +403,9 @@ ioat_batch_submit(void *cb_arg, struct spdk_io_channel *ch, struct spdk_accel_ba
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	/* TODO submit the batched HW items first. */
+	/* Flush the batched HW items first. */
+	spdk_ioat_flush(ioat_ch->ioat_ch);
+	ioat_ch->hw_batch = false;
 
 	/* Complete the batched software items. */
 	while ((op = TAILQ_FIRST(&ioat_ch->sw_batch))) {