diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-4965.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-4965.c
index e4794885d07907e0c107b3878da31b1ff2e58087..17e91ad3496c2b7186b909efad2c4189be35d1db 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-4965.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-4965.c
@@ -581,6 +581,11 @@ static int iwl4965_alive_notify(struct iwl_priv *priv)
 
 	iwl4965_set_wr_ptrs(priv, IWL_CMD_QUEUE_NUM, 0);
 
+	/* make sure all queue are not stopped */
+	memset(&priv->queue_stopped[0], 0, sizeof(priv->queue_stopped));
+	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
+		atomic_set(&priv->queue_stop_count[i], 0);
+
 	/* reset to 0 to enable all the queue first */
 	priv->txq_ctx_active_msk = 0;
 	/* Map each Tx/cmd queue to its corresponding fifo */
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-5000.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-5000.c
index a7fa1ad7e6e5f6a65ef9a15a83cd734265a31c0f..94fc83671f20d5f42c43a91d1cf3617f3082407c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-5000.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-5000.c
@@ -648,6 +648,11 @@ int iwl5000_alive_notify(struct iwl_priv *priv)
 
 	iwl5000_set_wr_ptrs(priv, IWL_CMD_QUEUE_NUM, 0);
 
+	/* make sure all queue are not stopped */
+	memset(&priv->queue_stopped[0], 0, sizeof(priv->queue_stopped));
+	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
+		atomic_set(&priv->queue_stop_count[i], 0);
+
 	/* reset to 0 to enable all the queue first */
 	priv->txq_ctx_active_msk = 0;
 	/* map qos queues to fifos one-to-one */