diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/b43.h b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/b43.h
index 7f3d461..54376fd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/b43.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/b43.h
@@ -731,8 +731,6 @@
 struct b43_request_fw_context {
 	/* The device we are requesting the fw for. */
 	struct b43_wldev *dev;
-	/* a completion event structure needed if this call is asynchronous */
-	struct completion fw_load_complete;
 	/* a pointer to the firmware object */
 	const struct firmware *blob;
 	/* The type of firmware to request. */
@@ -809,6 +807,8 @@
 struct b43_wldev {
 	struct b43_bus_dev *dev;
 	struct b43_wl *wl;
+	/* a completion event structure needed if this call is asynchronous */
+	struct completion fw_load_complete;
 
 	/* The device initialization status.
 	 * Use b43_status() to query. */
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
index 86b2030..c75237e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
@@ -2070,6 +2070,7 @@
 
 static void b43_release_firmware(struct b43_wldev *dev)
 {
+	complete(&dev->fw_load_complete);
 	b43_do_release_fw(&dev->fw.ucode);
 	b43_do_release_fw(&dev->fw.pcm);
 	b43_do_release_fw(&dev->fw.initvals);
@@ -2095,7 +2096,7 @@
 	struct b43_request_fw_context *ctx = context;
 
 	ctx->blob = firmware;
-	complete(&ctx->fw_load_complete);
+	complete(&ctx->dev->fw_load_complete);
 }
 
 int b43_do_request_fw(struct b43_request_fw_context *ctx,
@@ -2142,7 +2143,7 @@
 	}
 	if (async) {
 		/* do this part asynchronously */
-		init_completion(&ctx->fw_load_complete);
+		init_completion(&ctx->dev->fw_load_complete);
 		err = request_firmware_nowait(THIS_MODULE, 1, ctx->fwname,
 					      ctx->dev->dev->dev, GFP_KERNEL,
 					      ctx, b43_fw_cb);
@@ -2150,12 +2151,11 @@
 			pr_err("Unable to load firmware\n");
 			return err;
 		}
-		/* stall here until fw ready */
-		wait_for_completion(&ctx->fw_load_complete);
+		wait_for_completion(&ctx->dev->fw_load_complete);
 		if (ctx->blob)
 			goto fw_ready;
 	/* On some ARM systems, the async request will fail, but the next sync
-	 * request works. For this reason, we dall through here
+	 * request works. For this reason, we fall through here
 	 */
 	}
 	err = request_firmware(&ctx->blob, ctx->fwname,