diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/debugfs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/debugfs.c
index 24854c3e89cd2015fcbbd896a5c7b2d59b7af8e9..29851bc1101ff7a849e35362b4a0804738d15db8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/debugfs.c
@@ -801,6 +801,7 @@ static void b43_add_dynamic_debug(struct b43_wldev *dev)
 	add_dyn_dbg("debug_pwork_fast", B43_DBG_PWORK_FAST, 0);
 	add_dyn_dbg("debug_pwork_stop", B43_DBG_PWORK_STOP, 0);
 	add_dyn_dbg("debug_lo", B43_DBG_LO, 0);
+	add_dyn_dbg("debug_firmware", B43_DBG_FIRMWARE, 0);
 
 #undef add_dyn_dbg
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/debugfs.h b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/debugfs.h
index 132c81f2f98df49335e010927fd89f85d5808638..22ffd02ba554806a8625319b5c2fd2aeae1cdcba 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/debugfs.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/debugfs.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ enum b43_dyndbg {		/* Dynamic debugging features */
 	B43_DBG_PWORK_FAST,
 	B43_DBG_PWORK_STOP,
 	B43_DBG_LO,
+	B43_DBG_FIRMWARE,
 	__B43_NR_DYNDBG,
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
index c14d522d69e3a5976284d1ba7714a5964b7a5a6a..82cca19137f4b52d4c9cf54e34366dce0db215f3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c
@@ -2487,6 +2487,19 @@ static void b43_gpio_cleanup(struct b43_wldev *dev)
 /* http://bcm-specs.sipsolutions.net/EnableMac */
 void b43_mac_enable(struct b43_wldev *dev)
 {
+	if (b43_debug(dev, B43_DBG_FIRMWARE)) {
+		u16 fwstate;
+
+		fwstate = b43_shm_read16(dev, B43_SHM_SHARED,
+					 B43_SHM_SH_UCODESTAT);
+		if ((fwstate != B43_SHM_SH_UCODESTAT_SUSP) &&
+		    (fwstate != B43_SHM_SH_UCODESTAT_SLEEP)) {
+			b43err(dev->wl, "b43_mac_enable(): The firmware "
+			       "should be suspended, but current state is %u\n",
+			       fwstate);
+		}
+	}
+
 	dev->mac_suspended--;
 	B43_WARN_ON(dev->mac_suspended < 0);
 	if (dev->mac_suspended == 0) {