diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
index 05d1070e22d042aacc1a0cfcb0973b263b94d54e..6daaad1e4bc909bd29c37e4fc8765e41f859fc7b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
@@ -3113,12 +3113,6 @@ static int iwl_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 		goto out_iounmap;
 	}
 
-	/* amp init */
-	err = priv->cfg->ops->lib->apm_ops.init(priv);
-	if (err < 0) {
-		IWL_ERR(priv, "Failed to init APMG\n");
-		goto out_iounmap;
-	}
 	/*****************
 	 * 4. Read EEPROM
 	 *****************/
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-eeprom.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-eeprom.c
index 9429cb1c69bd2556fe74603c60a7b76416bc6378..8a0709e81a9f071ebe6f986c76937e1062f6b285 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-eeprom.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-eeprom.c
@@ -533,6 +533,10 @@ int iwl_eeprom_init(struct iwl_priv *priv)
 		goto err;
 	}
 	if (priv->nvm_device_type == NVM_DEVICE_TYPE_OTP) {
+
+		/* OTP reads require powered-up chip */
+		priv->cfg->ops->lib->apm_ops.init(priv);
+
 		ret = iwl_init_otp_access(priv);
 		if (ret) {
 			IWL_ERR(priv, "Failed to initialize OTP access.\n");
@@ -563,6 +567,13 @@ int iwl_eeprom_init(struct iwl_priv *priv)
 			e[cache_addr / 2] = eeprom_data;
 			cache_addr += sizeof(u16);
 		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Now that OTP reads are complete, reset chip to save
+		 *   power until we load uCode during "up".
+		 */
+		priv->cfg->ops->lib->apm_ops.stop(priv);
+
 	} else {
 		/* eeprom is an array of 16bit values */
 		for (addr = 0; addr < sz; addr += sizeof(u16)) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
index 5c80a83eb2e1b42e2dafe9d6f0f3666534055a34..23b31e6dcacd03cf3c5034bb2f1bbe7ad81f9aa9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
@@ -4000,13 +4000,6 @@ static int iwl3945_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *e
 	 */
 	spin_lock_init(&priv->reg_lock);
 
-	/* amp init */
-	err = priv->cfg->ops->lib->apm_ops.init(priv);
-	if (err < 0) {
-		IWL_DEBUG_INFO(priv, "Failed to init the card\n");
-		goto out_iounmap;
-	}
-
 	/***********************
 	 * 4. Read EEPROM
 	 * ********************/