diff --git a/drivers/net/ipa/gsi.c b/drivers/net/ipa/gsi.c
index 1df7775a9bee31c81b0f7b0a045cbe83b3611993..1d89ea6b9fe7a4093fd177f9f0e93eb284b6dbe3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipa/gsi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipa/gsi.c
@@ -892,15 +892,12 @@ int gsi_channel_start(struct gsi *gsi, u32 channel_id)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-/* Stop a started channel */
-int gsi_channel_stop(struct gsi *gsi, u32 channel_id)
+static int gsi_channel_stop_retry(struct gsi_channel *channel)
 {
-	struct gsi_channel *channel = &gsi->channel[channel_id];
 	u32 retries = GSI_CHANNEL_STOP_RETRIES;
+	struct gsi *gsi = channel->gsi;
 	int ret;
 
-	gsi_channel_freeze(channel);
-
 	mutex_lock(&gsi->mutex);
 
 	do {
@@ -912,6 +909,19 @@ int gsi_channel_stop(struct gsi *gsi, u32 channel_id)
 
 	mutex_unlock(&gsi->mutex);
 
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/* Stop a started channel */
+int gsi_channel_stop(struct gsi *gsi, u32 channel_id)
+{
+	struct gsi_channel *channel = &gsi->channel[channel_id];
+	int ret;
+
+	gsi_channel_freeze(channel);
+
+	ret = gsi_channel_stop_retry(channel);
+
 	/* Re-thaw the channel if an error occurred while stopping */
 	if (ret)
 		gsi_channel_thaw(channel);