diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/internal.h b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/internal.h
index fa22639b63c947d68247698cf109070a823b792b..051268c037b1d4f7d03715cdbf13b68311f883ff 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/internal.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/internal.h
@@ -477,4 +477,12 @@ static inline bool iwl_is_rfkill_set(struct iwl_trans *trans)
 		CSR_GP_CNTRL_REG_FLAG_HW_RF_KILL_SW);
 }
 
+static inline void iwl_nic_error(struct iwl_trans *trans)
+{
+	struct iwl_trans_pcie *trans_pcie = IWL_TRANS_GET_PCIE_TRANS(trans);
+
+	set_bit(STATUS_FW_ERROR, &trans_pcie->status);
+	iwl_op_mode_nic_error(trans->op_mode);
+}
+
 #endif /* __iwl_trans_int_pcie_h__ */
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/rx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/rx.c
index 83d28bcf0d48ac42463a59f5bfd81a19dd0a6a55..be3995afa9d0acee4ce7f6e0d60907f896594c53 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/rx.c
@@ -800,12 +800,13 @@ static void iwl_pcie_irq_handle_error(struct iwl_trans *trans)
 	iwl_pcie_dump_csr(trans);
 	iwl_dump_fh(trans, NULL);
 
+	/* set the ERROR bit before we wake up the caller */
 	set_bit(STATUS_FW_ERROR, &trans_pcie->status);
 	clear_bit(STATUS_HCMD_ACTIVE, &trans_pcie->status);
 	wake_up(&trans_pcie->wait_command_queue);
 
 	local_bh_disable();
-	iwl_op_mode_nic_error(trans->op_mode);
+	iwl_nic_error(trans);
 	local_bh_enable();
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/tx.c
index 059c5acad3a0d2e7b9eb73bf6466ef088e54e5c2..0adde919a258a65f9585651e8efb89add27f2add 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/tx.c
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ static void iwl_pcie_txq_stuck_timer(unsigned long data)
 		IWL_ERR(trans, "scratch %d = 0x%08x\n", i,
 			le32_to_cpu(txq->scratchbufs[i].scratch));
 
-	iwl_op_mode_nic_error(trans->op_mode);
+	iwl_nic_error(trans);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@ static void iwl_pcie_cmdq_reclaim(struct iwl_trans *trans, int txq_id, int idx)
 		if (nfreed++ > 0) {
 			IWL_ERR(trans, "HCMD skipped: index (%d) %d %d\n",
 				idx, q->write_ptr, q->read_ptr);
-			iwl_op_mode_nic_error(trans->op_mode);
+			iwl_nic_error(trans);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1562,7 +1562,7 @@ static int iwl_pcie_send_hcmd_sync(struct iwl_trans *trans,
 				       get_cmd_string(trans_pcie, cmd->id));
 			ret = -ETIMEDOUT;
 
-			iwl_op_mode_nic_error(trans->op_mode);
+			iwl_nic_error(trans);
 
 			goto cancel;
 		}