diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/fw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/fw.c
index 58f846610e5d4fc682b94ea38deb79139c7bf3bc..e04bf2f7c1ba93a39434ed9ab838ee761969759b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/fw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/fw.c
@@ -1118,7 +1118,8 @@ int iwl_mvm_up(struct iwl_mvm *mvm)
 
 	/* Init RSS configuration */
 	/* TODO - remove a000 disablement when we have RXQ config API */
-	if (iwl_mvm_has_new_rx_api(mvm) && !iwl_mvm_has_new_tx_api(mvm)) {
+	if (iwl_mvm_has_new_rx_api(mvm) &&
+	    mvm->trans->cfg->device_family != IWL_DEVICE_FAMILY_A000) {
 		ret = iwl_send_rss_cfg_cmd(mvm);
 		if (ret) {
 			IWL_ERR(mvm, "Failed to configure RSS queues: %d\n",
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
index ab6c6bf795653ce94af6f486d22ee6603947f954..44f144c5872093fff11bc95a121c1304d72d47b3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
@@ -4280,7 +4280,8 @@ void iwl_mvm_sync_rx_queues_internal(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
 	lockdep_assert_held(&mvm->mutex);
 
 	/* TODO - remove a000 disablement when we have RXQ config API */
-	if (!iwl_mvm_has_new_rx_api(mvm) || iwl_mvm_has_new_tx_api(mvm))
+	if (!iwl_mvm_has_new_rx_api(mvm) ||
+	    mvm->trans->cfg->device_family == IWL_DEVICE_FAMILY_A000)
 		return;
 
 	notif->cookie = mvm->queue_sync_cookie;