diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-4965.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-4965.c
index a41a83a5f81629ae9ce4ebdd45c65438e8d80837..e80f6022cf43a4e4f8ed9a14d2e51b940632e93e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-4965.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-4965.c
@@ -276,18 +276,6 @@ static int iwl4965_init_drv(struct iwl_priv *priv)
 	spin_lock_init(&priv->hcmd_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&priv->lq_mngr.lock);
 
-	priv->shared_virt = pci_alloc_consistent(priv->pci_dev,
-					sizeof(struct iwl4965_shared),
-					&priv->shared_phys);
-
-	if (!priv->shared_virt) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto err;
-	}
-
-	memset(priv->shared_virt, 0, sizeof(struct iwl4965_shared));
-
-
 	for (i = 0; i < IWL_IBSS_MAC_HASH_SIZE; i++)
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&priv->ibss_mac_hash[i]);
 
@@ -2492,6 +2480,28 @@ static void iwl4965_hw_card_show_info(struct iwl_priv *priv)
 		       &priv->eeprom[EEPROM_4965_BOARD_PBA]);
 }
 
+static int iwl4965_alloc_shared_mem(struct iwl_priv *priv)
+{
+	priv->shared_virt = pci_alloc_consistent(priv->pci_dev,
+					sizeof(struct iwl4965_shared),
+					&priv->shared_phys);
+	if (!priv->shared_virt)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	memset(priv->shared_virt, 0, sizeof(struct iwl4965_shared));
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void iwl4965_free_shared_mem(struct iwl_priv *priv)
+{
+	if (priv->shared_virt)
+		pci_free_consistent(priv->pci_dev,
+				    sizeof(struct iwl4965_shared),
+				    priv->shared_virt,
+				    priv->shared_phys);
+}
+
 #define IWL_TX_CRC_SIZE		4
 #define IWL_TX_DELIMITER_SIZE	4
 
@@ -4351,6 +4361,8 @@ static struct iwl_hcmd_utils_ops iwl4965_hcmd_utils = {
 static struct iwl_lib_ops iwl4965_lib = {
 	.init_drv = iwl4965_init_drv,
 	.set_hw_params = iwl4965_hw_set_hw_params,
+	.alloc_shared_mem = iwl4965_alloc_shared_mem,
+	.free_shared_mem = iwl4965_free_shared_mem,
 	.txq_update_byte_cnt_tbl = iwl4965_txq_update_byte_cnt_tbl,
 	.hw_nic_init = iwl4965_hw_nic_init,
 	.is_valid_rtc_data_addr = iwl4965_hw_valid_rtc_data_addr,
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.h b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.h
index eff076e3521ce6d331f3b3ef12f8c38efd13e295..e94aea3cba7c34778586890bf7d9e38703ae1b8b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.h
@@ -101,7 +101,9 @@ struct iwl_lib_ops {
 	int (*init_drv)(struct iwl_priv *priv);
 	/* set hw dependant perameters */
 	int (*set_hw_params)(struct iwl_priv *priv);
-
+	/* ucode shared memory */
+	int (*alloc_shared_mem)(struct iwl_priv *priv);
+	void (*free_shared_mem)(struct iwl_priv *priv);
 	void (*txq_update_byte_cnt_tbl)(struct iwl_priv *priv,
 					struct iwl4965_tx_queue *txq,
 					u16 byte_cnt);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c
index c532584b11e61d0523cb01319ebfb5cc10b22b8a..783f722f3c35ec12d68126d777dc9eb9c60ffe1f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl4965-base.c
@@ -1128,15 +1128,6 @@ static int iwl4965_send_beacon_cmd(struct iwl_priv *priv)
  *
  ******************************************************************************/
 
-static void iwl4965_unset_hw_params(struct iwl_priv *priv)
-{
-	if (priv->shared_virt)
-		pci_free_consistent(priv->pci_dev,
-				    sizeof(struct iwl4965_shared),
-				    priv->shared_virt,
-				    priv->shared_phys);
-}
-
 /**
  * iwl4965_supported_rate_to_ie - fill in the supported rate in IE field
  *
@@ -5298,6 +5289,7 @@ static void __iwl4965_down(struct iwl_priv *priv)
 	iwl4965_hw_nic_stop_master(priv);
 	iwl_set_bit(priv, CSR_RESET, CSR_RESET_REG_FLAG_SW_RESET);
 	iwl4965_hw_nic_reset(priv);
+	priv->cfg->ops->lib->free_shared_mem(priv);
 
  exit:
 	memset(&priv->card_alive, 0, sizeof(struct iwl4965_alive_resp));
@@ -5359,6 +5351,12 @@ static int __iwl4965_up(struct iwl_priv *priv)
 	iwl_rfkill_set_hw_state(priv);
 	iwl_write32(priv, CSR_INT, 0xFFFFFFFF);
 
+	ret = priv->cfg->ops->lib->alloc_shared_mem(priv);
+	if (ret) {
+		IWL_ERROR("Unable to allocate shared memory\n");
+		return ret;
+	}
+
 	ret = priv->cfg->ops->lib->hw_nic_init(priv);
 	if (ret) {
 		IWL_ERROR("Unable to init nic\n");
@@ -7503,7 +7501,7 @@ static int iwl4965_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *e
 
 	err = iwl_setup(priv);
 	if (err)
-		goto out_unset_hw_params;
+		goto out_free_eeprom;
 	/* At this point both hw and priv are initialized. */
 
 	/**********************************
@@ -7529,7 +7527,7 @@ static int iwl4965_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *e
 	err = sysfs_create_group(&pdev->dev.kobj, &iwl4965_attribute_group);
 	if (err) {
 		IWL_ERROR("failed to create sysfs device attributes\n");
-		goto out_unset_hw_params;
+		goto out_free_eeprom;
 	}
 
 	err = iwl_dbgfs_register(priv, DRV_NAME);
@@ -7553,8 +7551,6 @@ static int iwl4965_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *e
 
  out_remove_sysfs:
 	sysfs_remove_group(&pdev->dev.kobj, &iwl4965_attribute_group);
- out_unset_hw_params:
-	iwl4965_unset_hw_params(priv);
  out_free_eeprom:
 	iwl_eeprom_free(priv);
  out_iounmap:
@@ -7618,7 +7614,6 @@ static void __devexit iwl4965_pci_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 		iwl4965_rx_queue_free(priv, &priv->rxq);
 	iwl4965_hw_txq_ctx_free(priv);
 
-	iwl4965_unset_hw_params(priv);
 	iwlcore_clear_stations_table(priv);
 	iwl_eeprom_free(priv);