diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9002_hw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9002_hw.c
index 9ff7c30573b8dddf6ee9a0ce171adccdb5e25c9f..44d9d8d56490c8a5bbe1b1fac4bc74c364ce92c1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9002_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9002_hw.c
@@ -309,11 +309,7 @@ static void ar9002_hw_configpcipowersave(struct ath_hw *ah,
 	u8 i;
 	u32 val;
 
-	if (ah->is_pciexpress != true)
-		return;
-
-	/* Do not touch SerDes registers */
-	if (ah->config.pcie_powersave_enable == 2)
+	if (ah->is_pciexpress != true || ah->aspm_enabled != true)
 		return;
 
 	/* Nothing to do on restore for 11N */
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9003_hw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9003_hw.c
index 8efdec247c022efa5cbd23b88be3886a9f7debc9..ad2bb2bf4e8a8ff86242ee99bd4a92b8dbb395c2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9003_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9003_hw.c
@@ -519,11 +519,7 @@ static void ar9003_hw_configpcipowersave(struct ath_hw *ah,
 					 int restore,
 					 int power_off)
 {
-	if (ah->is_pciexpress != true)
-		return;
-
-	/* Do not touch SerDes registers */
-	if (ah->config.pcie_powersave_enable == 2)
+	if (ah->is_pciexpress != true || ah->aspm_enabled != true)
 		return;
 
 	/* Nothing to do on restore for 11N */
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
index 8006ce0c73577833324c8891bf5a7428df382a23..8dcefe74f4c39ec768bc06979e3c305d086090b3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
@@ -318,6 +318,14 @@ static void ath9k_hw_disablepcie(struct ath_hw *ah)
 	REG_WRITE(ah, AR_PCIE_SERDES2, 0x00000000);
 }
 
+static void ath9k_hw_aspm_init(struct ath_hw *ah)
+{
+	struct ath_common *common = ath9k_hw_common(ah);
+
+	if (common->bus_ops->aspm_init)
+		common->bus_ops->aspm_init(common);
+}
+
 /* This should work for all families including legacy */
 static bool ath9k_hw_chip_test(struct ath_hw *ah)
 {
@@ -378,7 +386,6 @@ static void ath9k_hw_init_config(struct ath_hw *ah)
 	ah->config.additional_swba_backoff = 0;
 	ah->config.ack_6mb = 0x0;
 	ah->config.cwm_ignore_extcca = 0;
-	ah->config.pcie_powersave_enable = 0;
 	ah->config.pcie_clock_req = 0;
 	ah->config.pcie_waen = 0;
 	ah->config.analog_shiftreg = 1;
@@ -598,7 +605,7 @@ static int __ath9k_hw_init(struct ath_hw *ah)
 
 
 	if (ah->is_pciexpress)
-		ath9k_hw_configpcipowersave(ah, 0, 0);
+		ath9k_hw_aspm_init(ah);
 	else
 		ath9k_hw_disablepcie(ah);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.h
index 6acd0f975ae1ebe568bb93683d4e26555b5e90ed..c79889036ec40be88bbfec9ed81640ee366c91a4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.h
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ struct ath9k_ops_config {
 	int additional_swba_backoff;
 	int ack_6mb;
 	u32 cwm_ignore_extcca;
-	u8 pcie_powersave_enable;
 	bool pcieSerDesWrite;
 	u8 pcie_clock_req;
 	u32 pcie_waen;
@@ -673,6 +672,7 @@ struct ath_hw {
 
 	bool sw_mgmt_crypto;
 	bool is_pciexpress;
+	bool aspm_enabled;
 	bool is_monitoring;
 	bool need_an_top2_fixup;
 	u16 tx_trig_level;
@@ -874,6 +874,7 @@ struct ath_bus_ops {
 	bool (*eeprom_read)(struct ath_common *common, u32 off, u16 *data);
 	void (*bt_coex_prep)(struct ath_common *common);
 	void (*extn_synch_en)(struct ath_common *common);
+	void (*aspm_init)(struct ath_common *common);
 };
 
 static inline struct ath_common *ath9k_hw_common(struct ath_hw *ah)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/pci.c
index 3bad0b2cf9a3f6517525950a3fe55411d8d79fb0..be4ea132981343dde6ebd521c0bd436dc538438c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/pci.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/nl80211.h>
 #include <linux/pci.h>
+#include <linux/pci-aspm.h>
 #include <linux/ath9k_platform.h>
 #include "ath9k.h"
 
@@ -115,12 +116,38 @@ static void ath_pci_extn_synch_enable(struct ath_common *common)
 	pci_write_config_byte(pdev, sc->sc_ah->caps.pcie_lcr_offset, lnkctl);
 }
 
+static void ath_pci_aspm_init(struct ath_common *common)
+{
+	struct ath_softc *sc = (struct ath_softc *) common->priv;
+	struct ath_hw *ah = sc->sc_ah;
+	struct pci_dev *pdev = to_pci_dev(sc->dev);
+	struct pci_dev *parent;
+	int pos;
+	u8 aspm;
+
+	if (!pci_is_pcie(pdev))
+		return;
+
+	parent = pdev->bus->self;
+	if (WARN_ON(!parent))
+		return;
+
+	pos = pci_pcie_cap(parent);
+	pci_read_config_byte(parent, pos +  PCI_EXP_LNKCTL, &aspm);
+	if (aspm & (PCIE_LINK_STATE_L0S | PCIE_LINK_STATE_L1)) {
+		ah->aspm_enabled = true;
+		/* Initialize PCIe PM and SERDES registers. */
+		ath9k_hw_configpcipowersave(ah, 0, 0);
+	}
+}
+
 static const struct ath_bus_ops ath_pci_bus_ops = {
 	.ath_bus_type = ATH_PCI,
 	.read_cachesize = ath_pci_read_cachesize,
 	.eeprom_read = ath_pci_eeprom_read,
 	.bt_coex_prep = ath_pci_bt_coex_prep,
 	.extn_synch_en = ath_pci_extn_synch_enable,
+	.aspm_init = ath_pci_aspm_init,
 };
 
 static int ath_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)