diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-7000.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-7000.c
index 003a546571d4772ba568d388acec485c1443f67f..c42d80c710e77c32f3b9804d23a5c6495765608e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-7000.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-7000.c
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ static const struct iwl_base_params iwl7000_base_params = {
 	.max_event_log_size = 512,
 	.shadow_reg_enable = true,
 	.pcie_l1_allowed = true,
+	.apmg_wake_up_wa = true,
 };
 
 static const struct iwl_ht_params iwl7000_ht_params = {
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-config.h b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-config.h
index 3f17dc3f2c8a9fdde83bddb254efb8cc8d33502f..8c167302a4cfb7760d3eddbc3637fb7c19aa5f4d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-config.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-config.h
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ static inline u8 num_of_ant(u8 mask)
  * @wd_timeout: TX queues watchdog timeout
  * @max_event_log_size: size of event log buffer size for ucode event logging
  * @shadow_reg_enable: HW shadow register support
+ * @apmg_wake_up_wa: should the MAC access REQ be asserted when a command
+ *	is in flight. This is due to a HW bug in 7260, 3160 and 7265.
  */
 struct iwl_base_params {
 	int eeprom_size;
@@ -160,6 +162,7 @@ struct iwl_base_params {
 	u32 max_event_log_size;
 	const bool shadow_reg_enable;
 	const bool pcie_l1_allowed;
+	const bool apmg_wake_up_wa;
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/tx.c
index 3b0c72c1005446d2d93f7eb15ed6d3207e1c3ea1..03686090d5f7140e7525e7f1d192104f507e4477 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/tx.c
@@ -1028,7 +1028,8 @@ static void iwl_pcie_cmdq_reclaim(struct iwl_trans *trans, int txq_id, int idx)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (q->read_ptr == q->write_ptr) {
+	if (trans->cfg->base_params->apmg_wake_up_wa &&
+	    q->read_ptr == q->write_ptr) {
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&trans_pcie->reg_lock, flags);
 		WARN_ON(!trans_pcie->cmd_in_flight);
 		trans_pcie->cmd_in_flight = false;
@@ -1405,9 +1406,11 @@ static int iwl_pcie_enqueue_hcmd(struct iwl_trans *trans,
 	/*
 	 * wake up the NIC to make sure that the firmware will see the host
 	 * command - we will let the NIC sleep once all the host commands
-	 * returned.
+	 * returned. This needs to be done only on NICs that have
+	 * apmg_wake_up_wa set.
 	 */
-	if (!trans_pcie->cmd_in_flight) {
+	if (trans->cfg->base_params->apmg_wake_up_wa &&
+	    !trans_pcie->cmd_in_flight) {
 		trans_pcie->cmd_in_flight = true;
 		__iwl_trans_pcie_set_bit(trans, CSR_GP_CNTRL,
 					 CSR_GP_CNTRL_REG_FLAG_MAC_ACCESS_REQ);