diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c
index 112149e..894bcb8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c
@@ -307,10 +307,13 @@
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags);
 
-	/* Allocate and init all Tx and Command queues */
-	ret = iwl_txq_ctx_reset(priv);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+	/* Allocate or reset and init all Tx and Command queues */
+	if (!priv->txq) {
+		ret = iwl_txq_ctx_alloc(priv);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	} else
+		iwl_txq_ctx_reset(priv);
 
 	set_bit(STATUS_INIT, &priv->status);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.h b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.h
index 4ef7739..732590f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.h
@@ -442,7 +442,8 @@
 /*****************************************************
 * TX
 ******************************************************/
-int iwl_txq_ctx_reset(struct iwl_priv *priv);
+int iwl_txq_ctx_alloc(struct iwl_priv *priv);
+void iwl_txq_ctx_reset(struct iwl_priv *priv);
 void iwl_hw_txq_free_tfd(struct iwl_priv *priv, struct iwl_tx_queue *txq);
 int iwl_hw_txq_attach_buf_to_tfd(struct iwl_priv *priv,
 				 struct iwl_tx_queue *txq,
@@ -456,6 +457,8 @@
 void iwl_txq_update_write_ptr(struct iwl_priv *priv, struct iwl_tx_queue *txq);
 int iwl_tx_queue_init(struct iwl_priv *priv, struct iwl_tx_queue *txq,
 		      int slots_num, u32 txq_id);
+void iwl_tx_queue_reset(struct iwl_priv *priv, struct iwl_tx_queue *txq,
+			int slots_num, u32 txq_id);
 void iwl_tx_queue_free(struct iwl_priv *priv, int txq_id);
 int iwl_tx_agg_start(struct iwl_priv *priv, const u8 *ra, u16 tid, u16 *ssn);
 int iwl_tx_agg_stop(struct iwl_priv *priv , const u8 *ra, u16 tid);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-tx.c
index 6aa3090..343d81a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-tx.c
@@ -433,6 +433,26 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(iwl_tx_queue_init);
 
+void iwl_tx_queue_reset(struct iwl_priv *priv, struct iwl_tx_queue *txq,
+			int slots_num, u32 txq_id)
+{
+	int actual_slots = slots_num;
+
+	if (txq_id == IWL_CMD_QUEUE_NUM)
+		actual_slots++;
+
+	memset(txq->meta, 0, sizeof(struct iwl_cmd_meta) * actual_slots);
+
+	txq->need_update = 0;
+
+	/* Initialize queue's high/low-water marks, and head/tail indexes */
+	iwl_queue_init(priv, &txq->q, TFD_QUEUE_SIZE_MAX, slots_num, txq_id);
+
+	/* Tell device where to find queue */
+	priv->cfg->ops->lib->txq_init(priv, txq);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(iwl_tx_queue_reset);
+
 /**
  * iwl_hw_txq_ctx_free - Free TXQ Context
  *
@@ -444,8 +464,7 @@
 
 	/* Tx queues */
 	if (priv->txq) {
-		for (txq_id = 0; txq_id < priv->hw_params.max_txq_num;
-		     txq_id++)
+		for (txq_id = 0; txq_id < priv->hw_params.max_txq_num; txq_id++)
 			if (txq_id == IWL_CMD_QUEUE_NUM)
 				iwl_cmd_queue_free(priv);
 			else
@@ -461,15 +480,15 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(iwl_hw_txq_ctx_free);
 
 /**
- * iwl_txq_ctx_reset - Reset TX queue context
- * Destroys all DMA structures and initialize them again
+ * iwl_txq_ctx_alloc - allocate TX queue context
+ * Allocate all Tx DMA structures and initialize them
  *
  * @param priv
  * @return error code
  */
-int iwl_txq_ctx_reset(struct iwl_priv *priv)
+int iwl_txq_ctx_alloc(struct iwl_priv *priv)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret;
 	int txq_id, slots_num;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
@@ -527,8 +546,31 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
+void iwl_txq_ctx_reset(struct iwl_priv *priv)
+{
+	int txq_id, slots_num;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->lock, flags);
+
+	/* Turn off all Tx DMA fifos */
+	priv->cfg->ops->lib->txq_set_sched(priv, 0);
+
+	/* Tell NIC where to find the "keep warm" buffer */
+	iwl_write_direct32(priv, FH_KW_MEM_ADDR_REG, priv->kw.dma >> 4);
+
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags);
+
+	/* Alloc and init all Tx queues, including the command queue (#4) */
+	for (txq_id = 0; txq_id < priv->hw_params.max_txq_num; txq_id++) {
+		slots_num = txq_id == IWL_CMD_QUEUE_NUM ?
+			    TFD_CMD_SLOTS : TFD_TX_CMD_SLOTS;
+		iwl_tx_queue_reset(priv, &priv->txq[txq_id], slots_num, txq_id);
+	}
+}
+
 /**
- * iwl_txq_ctx_stop - Stop all Tx DMA channels, free Tx queue memory
+ * iwl_txq_ctx_stop - Stop all Tx DMA channels
  */
 void iwl_txq_ctx_stop(struct iwl_priv *priv)
 {
@@ -548,9 +590,6 @@
 				    1000);
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags);
-
-	/* Deallocate memory for all Tx queues */
-	iwl_hw_txq_ctx_free(priv);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(iwl_txq_ctx_stop);