diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/ucode.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/ucode.c
index ecf700bf98423f65b2adda893adffe3525eae420..ebec13a3329f00c2b95ce824930a0afcbaac9696 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/ucode.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/ucode.c
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ int iwl_load_ucode_wait_alive(struct iwl_priv *priv,
 				   alive_cmd, ARRAY_SIZE(alive_cmd),
 				   iwl_alive_fn, &alive_data);
 
-	ret = iwl_trans_start_fw(priv->trans, fw);
+	ret = iwl_trans_start_fw(priv->trans, fw, false);
 	if (ret) {
 		priv->cur_ucode = old_type;
 		iwl_remove_notification(&priv->notif_wait, &alive_wait);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-trans.h b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-trans.h
index 15b4700d2a2f3ef89d7a965507d8902faab2aa81..16a82b5a46711893a59ba47fc87137ca1f0a7b15 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-trans.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-trans.h
@@ -399,7 +399,8 @@ struct iwl_trans_ops {
 
 	int (*start_hw)(struct iwl_trans *iwl_trans);
 	void (*stop_hw)(struct iwl_trans *iwl_trans, bool op_mode_leaving);
-	int (*start_fw)(struct iwl_trans *trans, const struct fw_img *fw);
+	int (*start_fw)(struct iwl_trans *trans, const struct fw_img *fw,
+			bool run_in_rfkill);
 	void (*fw_alive)(struct iwl_trans *trans, u32 scd_addr);
 	void (*stop_device)(struct iwl_trans *trans);
 
@@ -531,13 +532,14 @@ static inline void iwl_trans_fw_alive(struct iwl_trans *trans, u32 scd_addr)
 }
 
 static inline int iwl_trans_start_fw(struct iwl_trans *trans,
-				     const struct fw_img *fw)
+				     const struct fw_img *fw,
+				     bool run_in_rfkill)
 {
 	might_sleep();
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!trans->rx_mpdu_cmd);
 
-	return trans->ops->start_fw(trans, fw);
+	return trans->ops->start_fw(trans, fw, run_in_rfkill);
 }
 
 static inline void iwl_trans_stop_device(struct iwl_trans *trans)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c
index ab179ce36de5c55bbebbbee1be5dcc0913e42910..e67e179bd04b1a11d1bb33675942a00bb800a0cc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ static int iwl_pcie_load_given_ucode(struct iwl_trans *trans,
 }
 
 static int iwl_trans_pcie_start_fw(struct iwl_trans *trans,
-				   const struct fw_img *fw)
+				   const struct fw_img *fw, bool run_in_rfkill)
 {
 	struct iwl_trans_pcie *trans_pcie = IWL_TRANS_GET_PCIE_TRANS(trans);
 	int ret;
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ static int iwl_trans_pcie_start_fw(struct iwl_trans *trans,
 	/* If platform's RF_KILL switch is NOT set to KILL */
 	hw_rfkill = iwl_is_rfkill_set(trans);
 	iwl_op_mode_hw_rf_kill(trans->op_mode, hw_rfkill);
-	if (hw_rfkill)
+	if (hw_rfkill && !run_in_rfkill)
 		return -ERFKILL;
 
 	iwl_write32(trans, CSR_INT, 0xFFFFFFFF);