diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
index 76e649c680a16bb5930f7c6d137aa429b779360d..a50f4df7eae78d1e3682f7b1429c9b3bc42b05fb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
@@ -1147,6 +1147,8 @@ void __iwl_mvm_mac_stop(struct iwl_mvm *mvm)
 	/* the fw is stopped, the aux sta is dead: clean up driver state */
 	iwl_mvm_del_aux_sta(mvm);
 
+	iwl_free_fw_paging(mvm);
+
 	/*
 	 * Clear IN_HW_RESTART flag when stopping the hw (as restart_complete()
 	 * won't be called in this case).
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/ops.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/ops.c
index 5e8ab796d5bc06b86fcbdab0f48edb2698074579..d278399097dc5bedb72ae8bed05da5db263cd6f2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/ops.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/ops.c
@@ -761,8 +761,6 @@ static void iwl_op_mode_mvm_stop(struct iwl_op_mode *op_mode)
 	for (i = 0; i < NVM_MAX_NUM_SECTIONS; i++)
 		kfree(mvm->nvm_sections[i].data);
 
-	iwl_free_fw_paging(mvm);
-
 	iwl_mvm_tof_clean(mvm);
 
 	ieee80211_free_hw(mvm->hw);