diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76x02_mmio.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76x02_mmio.c
index dc773070481d1ffcf777504b0c59a75528afac6b..4e2371c926d8a80625b800a54e3b87d299c1f726 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76x02_mmio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76x02_mmio.c
@@ -343,6 +343,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mt76x02_dma_disable);
 
 void mt76x02_mac_start(struct mt76x02_dev *dev)
 {
+	mt76x02_mac_reset_counters(dev);
 	mt76x02_dma_enable(dev);
 	mt76_wr(dev, MT_RX_FILTR_CFG, dev->mt76.rxfilter);
 	mt76_wr(dev, MT_MAC_SYS_CTRL,
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76x2/mac.h b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76x2/mac.h
index a1583021e1e94ac46d1c46642c83e2ba975eac78..d5c3d26b94c1acb5052752de54eba7572badad59 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76x2/mac.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76x2/mac.h
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ struct mt76x02_dev;
 struct mt76x2_sta;
 struct mt76x02_vif;
 
-int mt76x2_mac_start(struct mt76x02_dev *dev);
 void mt76x2_mac_stop(struct mt76x02_dev *dev, bool force);
 
 static inline void mt76x2_mac_resume(struct mt76x02_dev *dev)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76x2/pci_init.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76x2/pci_init.c
index 114e4fa4f4f6fe1abedc5bc74047ddfd16dbbe87..3cf54963854af566b826b10b2a2b4e216a009b66 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76x2/pci_init.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76x2/pci_init.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "mt76x2.h"
 #include "eeprom.h"
 #include "mcu.h"
+#include "../mt76x02_mac.h"
 
 static void
 mt76x2_mac_pbf_init(struct mt76x02_dev *dev)
@@ -146,14 +147,6 @@ int mt76x2_mac_reset(struct mt76x02_dev *dev, bool hard)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int mt76x2_mac_start(struct mt76x02_dev *dev)
-{
-	mt76x02_mac_reset_counters(dev);
-	mt76x02_mac_start(dev);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static void
 mt76x2_power_on_rf_patch(struct mt76x02_dev *dev)
 {
@@ -256,9 +249,7 @@ static int mt76x2_init_hardware(struct mt76x02_dev *dev)
 		return ret;
 
 	set_bit(MT76_STATE_INITIALIZED, &dev->mt76.state);
-	ret = mt76x2_mac_start(dev);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+	mt76x02_mac_start(dev);
 
 	ret = mt76x2_mcu_init(dev);
 	if (ret)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76x2/pci_main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76x2/pci_main.c
index 4971685aafe80ce35a5d8a2107eb9f2dd1aa266e..385960dca906e97a7fb12908d7ece23ba370f136 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76x2/pci_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76x2/pci_main.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "mt76x2.h"
+#include "../mt76x02_mac.h"
 
 static int
 mt76x2_start(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
@@ -11,10 +12,7 @@ mt76x2_start(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
 	struct mt76x02_dev *dev = hw->priv;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = mt76x2_mac_start(dev);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
+	mt76x02_mac_start(dev);
 	ret = mt76x2_phy_start(dev);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;