diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
index 04c132e..2dd39a8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c
@@ -706,10 +706,43 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int ath10k_core_register(struct ath10k *ar)
+static int ath10k_core_check_chip_id(struct ath10k *ar)
+{
+	u32 hw_revision = MS(ar->chip_id, SOC_CHIP_ID_REV);
+
+	/* Check that we are not using hw1.0 (some of them have same pci id
+	 * as hw2.0) before doing anything else as ath10k crashes horribly
+	 * due to missing hw1.0 workarounds. */
+	switch (hw_revision) {
+	case QCA988X_HW_1_0_CHIP_ID_REV:
+		ath10k_err("ERROR: qca988x hw1.0 is not supported\n");
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+	case QCA988X_HW_2_0_CHIP_ID_REV:
+		/* known hardware revision, continue normally */
+		return 0;
+
+	default:
+		ath10k_warn("Warning: hardware revision unknown (0x%x), expect problems\n",
+			    ar->chip_id);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int ath10k_core_register(struct ath10k *ar, u32 chip_id)
 {
 	int status;
 
+	ar->chip_id = chip_id;
+
+	status = ath10k_core_check_chip_id(ar);
+	if (status) {
+		ath10k_err("Unsupported chip id 0x%08x\n", ar->chip_id);
+		return status;
+	}
+
 	status = ath10k_core_probe_fw(ar);
 	if (status) {
 		ath10k_err("could not probe fw (%d)\n", status);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.h
index ab05c4c..174c4b4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.h
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@
 	struct device *dev;
 	u8 mac_addr[ETH_ALEN];
 
+	u32 chip_id;
 	u32 target_version;
 	u8 fw_version_major;
 	u32 fw_version_minor;
@@ -403,7 +404,7 @@
 
 int ath10k_core_start(struct ath10k *ar);
 void ath10k_core_stop(struct ath10k *ar);
-int ath10k_core_register(struct ath10k *ar);
+int ath10k_core_register(struct ath10k *ar, u32 chip_id);
 void ath10k_core_unregister(struct ath10k *ar);
 
 #endif /* _CORE_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/hw.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/hw.h
index 5708888..643f0c9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/hw.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/hw.h
@@ -26,8 +26,12 @@
 #define SUPPORTED_FW_RELEASE	0
 #define SUPPORTED_FW_BUILD	636
 
+/* QCA988X 1.0 definitions (unsupported) */
+#define QCA988X_HW_1_0_CHIP_ID_REV	0x0
+
 /* QCA988X 2.0 definitions */
 #define QCA988X_HW_2_0_VERSION		0x4100016c
+#define QCA988X_HW_2_0_CHIP_ID_REV	0x2
 #define QCA988X_HW_2_0_FW_DIR		"ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0"
 #define QCA988X_HW_2_0_FW_FILE		"firmware.bin"
 #define QCA988X_HW_2_0_OTP_FILE		"otp.bin"
@@ -164,6 +168,10 @@
 #define SOC_LPO_CAL_ENABLE_LSB			20
 #define SOC_LPO_CAL_ENABLE_MASK			0x00100000
 
+#define SOC_CHIP_ID_ADDRESS			0x000000ec
+#define SOC_CHIP_ID_REV_LSB			8
+#define SOC_CHIP_ID_REV_MASK			0x00000f00
+
 #define WLAN_RESET_CONTROL_COLD_RST_MASK	0x00000008
 #define WLAN_RESET_CONTROL_WARM_RST_MASK	0x00000004
 #define WLAN_SYSTEM_SLEEP_DISABLE_LSB		0
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c
index 29ccd04..622901d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c
@@ -2390,7 +2390,7 @@
 	int ret = 0;
 	struct ath10k *ar;
 	struct ath10k_pci *ar_pci;
-	u32 lcr_val;
+	u32 lcr_val, chip_id;
 
 	ath10k_dbg(ATH10K_DBG_PCI, "%s\n", __func__);
 
@@ -2492,7 +2492,18 @@
 
 	spin_lock_init(&ar_pci->ce_lock);
 
-	ret = ath10k_core_register(ar);
+	ret = ath10k_do_pci_wake(ar);
+	if (ret) {
+		ath10k_err("Failed to get chip id: %d\n", ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	chip_id = ath10k_pci_read32(ar,
+				    RTC_SOC_BASE_ADDRESS + SOC_CHIP_ID_ADDRESS);
+
+	ath10k_do_pci_sleep(ar);
+
+	ret = ath10k_core_register(ar, chip_id);
 	if (ret) {
 		ath10k_err("could not register driver core (%d)\n", ret);
 		goto err_iomap;