diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.c
index 67a2f8c888292162ad8329dfb5c5131e9f347d69..ca533b4321bddc9ee7621ca4e3dbbe5f03377236 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.c
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ static void ath9k_wmi_ctrl_rx(void *priv, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	/* Check if there has been a timeout. */
 	spin_lock(&wmi->wmi_lock);
-	if (cmd_id != wmi->last_cmd_id) {
+	if (be16_to_cpu(hdr->seq_no) != wmi->last_seq_id) {
 		spin_unlock(&wmi->wmi_lock);
 		goto free_skb;
 	}
@@ -275,11 +275,16 @@ static int ath9k_wmi_cmd_issue(struct wmi *wmi,
 			       enum wmi_cmd_id cmd, u16 len)
 {
 	struct wmi_cmd_hdr *hdr;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	hdr = (struct wmi_cmd_hdr *) skb_push(skb, sizeof(struct wmi_cmd_hdr));
 	hdr->command_id = cpu_to_be16(cmd);
 	hdr->seq_no = cpu_to_be16(++wmi->tx_seq_id);
 
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&wmi->wmi_lock, flags);
+	wmi->last_seq_id = wmi->tx_seq_id;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&wmi->wmi_lock, flags);
+
 	return htc_send_epid(wmi->htc, skb, wmi->ctrl_epid);
 }
 
@@ -295,7 +300,6 @@ int ath9k_wmi_cmd(struct wmi *wmi, enum wmi_cmd_id cmd_id,
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	u8 *data;
 	int time_left, ret = 0;
-	unsigned long flags;
 
 	if (ah->ah_flags & AH_UNPLUGGED)
 		return 0;
@@ -323,10 +327,6 @@ int ath9k_wmi_cmd(struct wmi *wmi, enum wmi_cmd_id cmd_id,
 	wmi->cmd_rsp_buf = rsp_buf;
 	wmi->cmd_rsp_len = rsp_len;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&wmi->wmi_lock, flags);
-	wmi->last_cmd_id = cmd_id;
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&wmi->wmi_lock, flags);
-
 	ret = ath9k_wmi_cmd_issue(wmi, skb, cmd_id, cmd_len);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.h
index aa84a335289a59841f3623e9203fac52aa3d13cb..380175d5ecd7a7d54e22d27fb434efa65dfcdd10 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.h
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ struct wmi {
 	enum htc_endpoint_id ctrl_epid;
 	struct mutex op_mutex;
 	struct completion cmd_wait;
-	enum wmi_cmd_id last_cmd_id;
+	u16 last_seq_id;
 	struct sk_buff_head wmi_event_queue;
 	struct tasklet_struct wmi_event_tasklet;
 	u16 tx_seq_id;