diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
index 345c34b..cf5c046 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
@@ -2343,6 +2343,13 @@
 			    & ~B43_MACCTL_ENABLED);
 		/* force pci to flush the write */
 		b43_read32(dev, B43_MMIO_MACCTL);
+		for (i = 35; i; i--) {
+			tmp = b43_read32(dev, B43_MMIO_GEN_IRQ_REASON);
+			if (tmp & B43_IRQ_MAC_SUSPENDED)
+				goto out;
+			udelay(10);
+		}
+		/* Hm, it seems this will take some time. Use msleep(). */
 		for (i = 40; i; i--) {
 			tmp = b43_read32(dev, B43_MMIO_GEN_IRQ_REASON);
 			if (tmp & B43_IRQ_MAC_SUSPENDED)