--- /dev/null
+--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
+@@ -1125,7 +1125,7 @@ void ath_draintxq(struct ath_softc *sc,
+ }
+ }
+
+-void ath_drain_all_txq(struct ath_softc *sc, bool retry_tx)
++bool ath_drain_all_txq(struct ath_softc *sc, bool retry_tx)
+ {
+ struct ath_hw *ah = sc->sc_ah;
+ struct ath_common *common = ath9k_hw_common(sc->sc_ah);
+@@ -1133,7 +1133,7 @@ void ath_drain_all_txq(struct ath_softc
+ int i, npend = 0;
+
+ if (sc->sc_flags & SC_OP_INVALID)
+- return;
++ return true;
+
+ /* Stop beacon queue */
+ ath9k_hw_stoptxdma(sc->sc_ah, sc->beacon.beaconq);
+@@ -1147,23 +1147,15 @@ void ath_drain_all_txq(struct ath_softc
+ }
+ }
+
+- if (npend) {
+- int r;
+-
+- ath_print(common, ATH_DBG_FATAL,
+- "Failed to stop TX DMA. Resetting hardware!\n");
+-
+- r = ath9k_hw_reset(ah, sc->sc_ah->curchan, ah->caldata, false);
+- if (r)
+- ath_print(common, ATH_DBG_FATAL,
+- "Unable to reset hardware; reset status %d\n",
+- r);
+- }
++ if (npend)
++ ath_print(common, ATH_DBG_FATAL, "Failed to stop TX DMA!\n");
+
+ for (i = 0; i < ATH9K_NUM_TX_QUEUES; i++) {
+ if (ATH_TXQ_SETUP(sc, i))
+ ath_draintxq(sc, &sc->tx.txq[i], retry_tx);
+ }
++
++ return !npend;
+ }
+
+ void ath_tx_cleanupq(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_txq *txq)
+--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h
++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h
+@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ void ath_rx_cleanup(struct ath_softc *sc
+ int ath_rx_tasklet(struct ath_softc *sc, int flush, bool hp);
+ struct ath_txq *ath_txq_setup(struct ath_softc *sc, int qtype, int subtype);
+ void ath_tx_cleanupq(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_txq *txq);
+-void ath_drain_all_txq(struct ath_softc *sc, bool retry_tx);
++bool ath_drain_all_txq(struct ath_softc *sc, bool retry_tx);
+ void ath_draintxq(struct ath_softc *sc,
+ struct ath_txq *txq, bool retry_tx);
+ void ath_tx_node_init(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_node *an);
+--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
+@@ -247,9 +247,10 @@ int ath_set_channel(struct ath_softc *sc
+ * the relevant bits of the h/w.
+ */
+ ath9k_hw_disable_interrupts(ah);
+- ath_drain_all_txq(sc, false);
++ stopped = ath_drain_all_txq(sc, false);
+
+- stopped = ath_stoprecv(sc);
++ if (!ath_stoprecv(sc))
++ stopped = false;
+
+ /* XXX: do not flush receive queue here. We don't want
+ * to flush data frames already in queue because of