diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
index c1eff4c5b4480533a7264ace7abad9bfe934caa7..31b156d58d7fe9281dde47cca249f0db62e99f3c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
@@ -3540,6 +3540,14 @@ static int iwl_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	 */
 	spin_lock_init(&priv->reg_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&priv->lock);
+
+	/*
+	 * stop and reset the on-board processor just in case it is in a
+	 * strange state ... like being left stranded by a primary kernel
+	 * and this is now the kdump kernel trying to start up
+	 */
+	iwl_write32(priv, CSR_RESET, CSR_RESET_REG_FLAG_NEVO_RESET);
+
 	iwl_hw_detect(priv);
 	IWL_INFO(priv, "Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link %s REV=0x%X\n",
 		priv->cfg->name, priv->hw_rev);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
index f6e8f45ff7f087bd1482a60f13a16c8ab48dd4c3..7af8ab80dcf1765ae68e933285e285be37e75e91 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
@@ -4039,6 +4039,13 @@ static int iwl3945_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *e
 	spin_lock_init(&priv->reg_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&priv->lock);
 
+	/*
+	 * stop and reset the on-board processor just in case it is in a
+	 * strange state ... like being left stranded by a primary kernel
+	 * and this is now the kdump kernel trying to start up
+	 */
+	iwl_write32(priv, CSR_RESET, CSR_RESET_REG_FLAG_NEVO_RESET);
+
 	/***********************
 	 * 4. Read EEPROM
 	 * ********************/