3 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c
index 17111fc1d2c..dc015077a8d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ static int ath9k_htc_wait_for_target(struct ath9k_htc_priv *priv)
 {
         int time_left;
 
+        if (atomic_read(&priv->htc->tgt_ready) > 0) {
+                atomic_dec(&priv->htc->tgt_ready);
+                return 0;
+        }
+
         /* Firmware can take up to 50ms to get ready, to be safe use 1 second */
         time_left = wait_for_completion_timeout(&priv->htc->target_wait, HZ);
         if (!time_left) {
@@ -88,6 +93,8 @@ static int ath9k_htc_wait_for_target(struct ath9k_htc_priv *priv)
                 return -ETIMEDOUT;
         }
 
+        atomic_dec(&priv->htc->tgt_ready);
+
         return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c
index 2c8006ae278..e86e1728c8d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ static void htc_process_target_rdy(struct htc_target *target,
         endpoint = &target->endpoint[ENDPOINT0];
         endpoint->service_id = HTC_CTRL_RSVD_SVC;
         endpoint->max_msglen = HTC_MAX_CONTROL_MESSAGE_LENGTH;
+        atomic_inc(&target->tgt_ready);
         complete(&target->target_wait);
 }
 
@@ -451,6 +452,8 @@ struct htc_target *ath9k_htc_hw_alloc(void *hif_handle,
         endpoint->ul_pipeid = hif->control_ul_pipe;
         endpoint->dl_pipeid = hif->control_dl_pipe;
 
+        atomic_set(&target->tgt_ready, 0);
+
         return target;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.h
index d216c0f4d16..4f1cdb003cc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.h
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ struct htc_target {
         u16 credits;
         u16 credit_size;
         u8 htc_flags;
+        atomic_t tgt_ready;
 };
 
 enum htc_msg_id {