diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/ath9k.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/ath9k.h
index d278135..6650f60 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/ath9k.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/ath9k.h
@@ -587,8 +587,8 @@
 	u8 iso[3];
 };
 
-#define REG_WRITE(_ah, _reg, _val) iowrite32(_val, _ah->ah_sh + _reg)
-#define REG_READ(_ah, _reg) ioread32(_ah->ah_sh + _reg)
+#define REG_WRITE(_ah, _reg, _val) ath9k_iowrite32((_ah), (_reg), (_val))
+#define REG_READ(_ah, _reg) ath9k_ioread32((_ah), (_reg))
 
 #define SM(_v, _f)  (((_v) << _f##_S) & _f)
 #define MS(_v, _f)  (((_v) & _f) >> _f##_S)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/core.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/core.h
index 4ca2aed..139566c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/core.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/core.h
@@ -701,6 +701,7 @@
 	struct ath_hal *sc_ah;
 	void __iomem *mem;
 	spinlock_t sc_resetlock;
+	spinlock_t sc_serial_rw;
 	struct mutex mutex;
 
 	u8 sc_curbssid[ETH_ALEN];
@@ -751,4 +752,36 @@
 int ath_get_mac80211_qnum(u32 queue, struct ath_softc *sc);
 int ath_cabq_update(struct ath_softc *);
 
+/*
+ * Read and write, they both share the same lock. We do this to serialize
+ * reads and writes on Atheros 802.11n PCI devices only. This is required
+ * as the FIFO on these devices can only accept sanely 2 requests. After
+ * that the device goes bananas. Serializing the reads/writes prevents this
+ * from happening.
+ */
+
+static inline void ath9k_iowrite32(struct ath_hal *ah, u32 reg_offset, u32 val)
+{
+	if (ah->ah_config.serialize_regmode == SER_REG_MODE_ON) {
+		unsigned long flags;
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&ah->ah_sc->sc_serial_rw, flags);
+		iowrite32(val, ah->ah_sc->mem + reg_offset);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ah->ah_sc->sc_serial_rw, flags);
+	} else
+		iowrite32(val, ah->ah_sc->mem + reg_offset);
+}
+
+static inline unsigned int ath9k_ioread32(struct ath_hal *ah, u32 reg_offset)
+{
+	u32 val;
+	if (ah->ah_config.serialize_regmode == SER_REG_MODE_ON) {
+		unsigned long flags;
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&ah->ah_sc->sc_serial_rw, flags);
+		val = ioread32(ah->ah_sc->mem + reg_offset);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ah->ah_sc->sc_serial_rw, flags);
+	} else
+		val = ioread32(ah->ah_sc->mem + reg_offset);
+	return val;
+}
+
 #endif /* CORE_H */
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/hw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/hw.c
index 34474ed..5c87043 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/hw.c
@@ -437,6 +437,25 @@
 	}
 
 	ah->ah_config.intr_mitigation = 1;
+
+	/*
+	 * We need this for PCI devices only (Cardbus, PCI, miniPCI)
+	 * _and_ if on non-uniprocessor systems (Multiprocessor/HT).
+	 * This means we use it for all AR5416 devices, and the few
+	 * minor PCI AR9280 devices out there.
+	 *
+	 * Serialization is required because these devices do not handle
+	 * well the case of two concurrent reads/writes due to the latency
+	 * involved. During one read/write another read/write can be issued
+	 * on another CPU while the previous read/write may still be working
+	 * on our hardware, if we hit this case the hardware poops in a loop.
+	 * We prevent this by serializing reads and writes.
+	 *
+	 * This issue is not present on PCI-Express devices or pre-AR5416
+	 * devices (legacy, 802.11abg).
+	 */
+	if (num_possible_cpus() > 1)
+		ah->ah_config.serialize_regmode = SER_REG_MODE_AUTO;
 }
 
 static struct ath_hal_5416 *ath9k_hw_newstate(u16 devid,
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/main.c
index 0e80990..3c04044 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/main.c
@@ -1336,6 +1336,7 @@
 		printk(KERN_ERR "Unable to create debugfs files\n");
 
 	spin_lock_init(&sc->sc_resetlock);
+	spin_lock_init(&sc->sc_serial_rw);
 	mutex_init(&sc->mutex);
 	tasklet_init(&sc->intr_tq, ath9k_tasklet, (unsigned long)sc);
 	tasklet_init(&sc->bcon_tasklet, ath9k_beacon_tasklet,