diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c
index 4d9002a9d082c459ffd44db2c2ad4b78d405c19c..b6b5ce9b9b68a87e7e991bbf6524842b5017e402 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c
@@ -780,14 +780,10 @@ static void ath9k_hif_usb_dealloc_tx_urbs(struct hif_device_usb *hif_dev)
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&hif_dev->tx.tx_lock, flags);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(tx_buf, tx_buf_tmp,
 				 &hif_dev->tx.tx_buf, list) {
-		usb_get_urb(tx_buf->urb);
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hif_dev->tx.tx_lock, flags);
-		usb_kill_urb(tx_buf->urb);
 		list_del(&tx_buf->list);
 		usb_free_urb(tx_buf->urb);
 		kfree(tx_buf->buf);
 		kfree(tx_buf);
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&hif_dev->tx.tx_lock, flags);
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hif_dev->tx.tx_lock, flags);