diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c
index 17111fc1d2cc59a71f8d84c6c14df76ea43801ff..dc015077a8d908ce17db5bc10e1cdb8a80d725b8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ static int ath9k_htc_wait_for_target(struct ath9k_htc_priv *priv)
 {
 	int time_left;
 
+	if (atomic_read(&priv->htc->tgt_ready) > 0) {
+		atomic_dec(&priv->htc->tgt_ready);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	/* Firmware can take up to 50ms to get ready, to be safe use 1 second */
 	time_left = wait_for_completion_timeout(&priv->htc->target_wait, HZ);
 	if (!time_left) {
@@ -88,6 +93,8 @@ static int ath9k_htc_wait_for_target(struct ath9k_htc_priv *priv)
 		return -ETIMEDOUT;
 	}
 
+	atomic_dec(&priv->htc->tgt_ready);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c
index 2c8006ae27869bb02459e644677ba8913d253a32..e86e1728c8de1fe44fe850fab956528caeeca37c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ static void htc_process_target_rdy(struct htc_target *target,
 	endpoint = &target->endpoint[ENDPOINT0];
 	endpoint->service_id = HTC_CTRL_RSVD_SVC;
 	endpoint->max_msglen = HTC_MAX_CONTROL_MESSAGE_LENGTH;
+	atomic_inc(&target->tgt_ready);
 	complete(&target->target_wait);
 }
 
@@ -451,6 +452,8 @@ struct htc_target *ath9k_htc_hw_alloc(void *hif_handle,
 	endpoint->ul_pipeid = hif->control_ul_pipe;
 	endpoint->dl_pipeid = hif->control_dl_pipe;
 
+	atomic_set(&target->tgt_ready, 0);
+
 	return target;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.h
index d216c0f4d168d2c118ada3dd6fd850d947b061c1..4f1cdb003ccecc944cd0eb9843ad989aa2f6bdbd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.h
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ struct htc_target {
 	u16 credits;
 	u16 credit_size;
 	u8 htc_flags;
+	atomic_t tgt_ready;
 };
 
 enum htc_msg_id {