diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl18xx/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl18xx/main.c
index 5214334c72c2177fd8845dc2c007ee4626e91e61..82403e356eb8ce09ad658bdade0f62f636168ee7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl18xx/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl18xx/main.c
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ static const int wl18xx_rtable[REG_TABLE_LEN] = {
 	[REG_EVENT_MAILBOX_PTR]		= WL18XX_REG_EVENT_MAILBOX_PTR,
 	[REG_INTERRUPT_TRIG]		= WL18XX_REG_INTERRUPT_TRIG_H,
 	[REG_INTERRUPT_MASK]		= WL18XX_REG_INTERRUPT_MASK,
-	[REG_PC_ON_RECOVERY]		= 0, /* TODO: where is the PC? */
+	[REG_PC_ON_RECOVERY]		= WL18XX_SCR_PAD4,
 	[REG_CHIP_ID_B]			= WL18XX_REG_CHIP_ID_B,
 	[REG_CMD_MBOX_ADDRESS]		= WL18XX_CMD_MBOX_ADDRESS,
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/main.c
index 03d4a4b1f59ceff71209481faa17ffcc46857637..dfa87b4d3bb2f26c6c5263db2e25495849f0c3a3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/main.c
@@ -872,9 +872,12 @@ static void wl1271_recovery_work(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	wl12xx_read_fwlog_panic(wl);
 
+	/* change partitions momentarily so we can read the FW pc */
+	wlcore_set_partition(wl, &wl->ptable[PART_BOOT]);
 	wl1271_info("Hardware recovery in progress. FW ver: %s pc: 0x%x",
 		    wl->chip.fw_ver_str,
 		    wlcore_read_reg(wl, REG_PC_ON_RECOVERY));
+	wlcore_set_partition(wl, &wl->ptable[PART_WORK]);
 
 	BUG_ON(bug_on_recovery &&
 	       !test_bit(WL1271_FLAG_INTENDED_FW_RECOVERY, &wl->flags));