1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-debugfs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-debugfs.c
index 04a3343f4610..978a1d4c6a0a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-debugfs.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  *
  * GPL LICENSE SUMMARY
  *
- * Copyright(c) 2008 - 2011 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright(c) 2008 - 2012 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as
@@ -2131,9 +2131,10 @@ static ssize_t iwl_dbgfs_ucode_tracing_write(struct file *file,
 
         if (trace) {
                 priv->event_log.ucode_trace = true;
-                /* schedule the ucode timer to occur in UCODE_TRACE_PERIOD */
-                mod_timer(&priv->ucode_trace,
-                        jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(UCODE_TRACE_PERIOD));
+                if (iwl_is_alive(priv->shrd)) {
+                        /* start collecting data now */
+                        mod_timer(&priv->ucode_trace, jiffies);
+                }
         } else {
                 priv->event_log.ucode_trace = false;
                 del_timer_sync(&priv->ucode_trace);