diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76x02_util.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76x02_util.c
index d2ac1a84668c09d751697460eaa33a5707d5f110..1a51193d5d59dd1f575971640354a0f4b6b7ce22 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76x02_util.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76x02_util.c
@@ -216,9 +216,11 @@ int mt76x02_sta_remove(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
 	int idx = msta->wcid.idx;
 	int i;
 
+	rcu_assign_pointer(dev->mt76.wcid[idx], NULL);
+	synchronize_rcu();
+
 	mutex_lock(&dev->mt76.mutex);
 	mt76_tx_status_check(&dev->mt76, &msta->wcid, true);
-	rcu_assign_pointer(dev->mt76.wcid[idx], NULL);
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(sta->txq); i++)
 		mt76_txq_remove(&dev->mt76, sta->txq[i]);
 	mt76x02_mac_wcid_set_drop(dev, idx, true);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/tx.c
index e42a24628e4fd9aee144542274a76b02ba5c8cc9..f4093dc0e17416c2f9063275d3f88377adc1f588 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/tx.c
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ void mt76_txq_remove(struct mt76_dev *dev, struct ieee80211_txq *txq)
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&hwq->lock);
 	if (!list_empty(&mtxq->list))
-		list_del(&mtxq->list);
+		list_del_init(&mtxq->list);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&hwq->lock);
 
 	while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&mtxq->retry_q)) != NULL)