diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
index fd59c1f..3733828 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
 	if (--sc->ps_usecount != 0)
 		goto unlock;
 
-	if (sc->ps_idle)
+	if (sc->ps_idle && (sc->ps_flags & PS_WAIT_FOR_TX_ACK))
 		mode = ATH9K_PM_FULL_SLEEP;
 	else if (sc->ps_enabled &&
 		 !(sc->ps_flags & (PS_WAIT_FOR_BEACON |
@@ -332,7 +332,8 @@
 		hchan = ah->curchan;
 	}
 
-	if (fastcc && !ath9k_hw_check_alive(ah))
+	if (fastcc && (ah->chip_fullsleep ||
+	    !ath9k_hw_check_alive(ah)))
 		fastcc = false;
 
 	if (!ath_prepare_reset(sc, retry_tx, flush))
@@ -1183,6 +1184,13 @@
 		}
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Cannot tx while the hardware is in full sleep, it first needs a full
+	 * chip reset to recover from that
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(sc->sc_ah->power_mode == ATH9K_PM_FULL_SLEEP))
+		goto exit;
+
 	if (unlikely(sc->sc_ah->power_mode != ATH9K_PM_AWAKE)) {
 		/*
 		 * We are using PS-Poll and mac80211 can request TX while in
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
index 80639e3..9e65c31 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
@@ -1954,7 +1954,7 @@
 		skb_pull(skb, padsize);
 	}
 
-	if (sc->ps_flags & PS_WAIT_FOR_TX_ACK) {
+	if ((sc->ps_flags & PS_WAIT_FOR_TX_ACK) && !txq->axq_depth) {
 		sc->ps_flags &= ~PS_WAIT_FOR_TX_ACK;
 		ath_dbg(common, ATH_DBG_PS,
 			"Going back to sleep after having received TX status (0x%lx)\n",