diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-rfkill.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-rfkill.c
index 8f38c24491cd06a16b08ae83b10f59c2695c73f0..5980a5621cb8de9d4afae1d47272f30c4effdb84 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-rfkill.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-rfkill.c
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ static int iwl_rfkill_soft_rf_kill(void *data, enum rfkill_state state)
 	if (!priv->rfkill_mngr.rfkill)
 		return 0;
 
+	if (test_bit(STATUS_EXIT_PENDING, &priv->status))
+		return 0;
+
 	IWL_DEBUG_RF_KILL("we recieved soft RFKILL set to state %d\n", state);
 	mutex_lock(&priv->mutex);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c
index 0eb4220f035ffb7f881aa60a753fb7168fd982f8..dae881e47293184ab15c6b33d795fc4261c21e0f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c
@@ -2427,7 +2427,8 @@ void iwl4965_radio_kill_sw(struct iwl_priv *priv, int disable_radio)
 				    CSR_UCODE_SW_BIT_RFKILL);
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags);
 			/* call the host command only if no hw rf-kill set */
-			if (!test_bit(STATUS_RF_KILL_HW, &priv->status))
+			if (!test_bit(STATUS_RF_KILL_HW, &priv->status) &&
+			    iwl_is_ready(priv))
 				iwl4965_send_card_state(priv,
 							CARD_STATE_CMD_DISABLE,
 							0);