diff --git a/net/mac80211/main.c b/net/mac80211/main.c
index 93194f61adb0cc16e820fc6893abb0ccd112ac9e..a06b6ee63c07d7ac64f2440dba3fcf4b8fd40daa 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/main.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/main.c
@@ -305,7 +305,13 @@ void ieee80211_restart_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
 
 	trace_api_restart_hw(local);
 
-	/* use this reason, __ieee80211_resume will unblock it */
+	WARN(test_bit(SCAN_HW_SCANNING, &local->scanning),
+		"%s called with hardware scan in progress\n", __func__);
+
+	if (unlikely(test_bit(SCAN_SW_SCANNING, &local->scanning)))
+		ieee80211_scan_cancel(local);
+
+	/* use this reason, ieee80211_reconfig will unblock it */
 	ieee80211_stop_queues_by_reason(hw,
 		IEEE80211_QUEUE_STOP_REASON_SUSPEND);