diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
index fca2fe947d7d80874011c58b6fb6d2359cda0d59..23de3db4f6de9c45f7f95fd16363eea388491049 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
@@ -3883,7 +3883,6 @@ static struct b43_wldev * b43_wireless_core_stop(struct b43_wldev *dev)
 	while (skb_queue_len(&wl->tx_queue))
 		dev_kfree_skb(skb_dequeue(&wl->tx_queue));
 
-	b43_pio_stop(dev);
 	b43_mac_suspend(dev);
 	free_irq(dev->dev->irq, dev);
 	b43dbg(wl, "Wireless interface stopped\n");
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/pio.c b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/pio.c
index 4635baa9b99812a45124d060089b37cfa4b9c20f..3498b68385e78086e5d60d20cd4dca84cb2251ad 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/pio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/pio.c
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 
 
-static void b43_pio_rx_work(struct work_struct *work);
-
-
 static u16 generate_cookie(struct b43_pio_txqueue *q,
 			   struct b43_pio_txpacket *pack)
 {
@@ -182,7 +179,6 @@ static struct b43_pio_rxqueue *b43_setup_pioqueue_rx(struct b43_wldev *dev,
 	q->rev = dev->dev->id.revision;
 	q->mmio_base = index_to_pioqueue_base(dev, index) +
 		       pio_rxqueue_offset(dev);
-	INIT_WORK(&q->rx_work, b43_pio_rx_work);
 
 	/* Enable Direct FIFO RX (PIO) on the engine. */
 	b43_dma_direct_fifo_rx(dev, index, 1);
@@ -247,13 +243,6 @@ void b43_pio_free(struct b43_wldev *dev)
 	destroy_queue_tx(pio, tx_queue_AC_BK);
 }
 
-void b43_pio_stop(struct b43_wldev *dev)
-{
-	if (!b43_using_pio_transfers(dev))
-		return;
-	cancel_work_sync(&dev->pio.rx_queue->rx_work);
-}
-
 int b43_pio_init(struct b43_wldev *dev)
 {
 	struct b43_pio *pio = &dev->pio;
@@ -745,30 +734,19 @@ static bool pio_rx_frame(struct b43_pio_rxqueue *q)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-/* RX workqueue. We can sleep, yay! */
-static void b43_pio_rx_work(struct work_struct *work)
+void b43_pio_rx(struct b43_pio_rxqueue *q)
 {
-	struct b43_pio_rxqueue *q = container_of(work, struct b43_pio_rxqueue,
-						 rx_work);
-	unsigned int budget = 50;
+	unsigned int count = 0;
 	bool stop;
 
-	do {
-		mutex_lock(&q->dev->wl->mutex);
+	while (1) {
 		stop = (pio_rx_frame(q) == 0);
-		mutex_unlock(&q->dev->wl->mutex);
-		cond_resched();
 		if (stop)
 			break;
-	} while (--budget);
-}
-
-/* Called with IRQs disabled. */
-void b43_pio_rx(struct b43_pio_rxqueue *q)
-{
-	/* Due to latency issues we must run the RX path in
-	 * a workqueue to be able to schedule between packets. */
-	ieee80211_queue_work(q->dev->wl->hw, &q->rx_work);
+		cond_resched();
+		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(++count > 10000))
+			break;
+	}
 }
 
 static void b43_pio_tx_suspend_queue(struct b43_pio_txqueue *q)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/pio.h b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/pio.h
index a976bbdd6f44bfdcde6aa887017cc258cd09b964..7dd649c9ddadcd2a91533395da4f06e9d7fb9c03 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/pio.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/pio.h
@@ -104,9 +104,6 @@ struct b43_pio_rxqueue {
 	struct b43_wldev *dev;
 	u16 mmio_base;
 
-	/* Work to reduce latency issues on RX. */
-	struct work_struct rx_work;
-
 	/* Shortcut to the 802.11 core revision. This is to
 	 * avoid horrible pointer dereferencing in the fastpaths. */
 	u8 rev;
@@ -160,7 +157,6 @@ static inline void b43_piorx_write32(struct b43_pio_rxqueue *q,
 
 
 int b43_pio_init(struct b43_wldev *dev);
-void b43_pio_stop(struct b43_wldev *dev);
 void b43_pio_free(struct b43_wldev *dev);
 
 int b43_pio_tx(struct b43_wldev *dev, struct sk_buff *skb);