diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9003_mci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9003_mci.c
index c46d8f18d81d27784e716ef70781d21c2cfc49dd..87d9c348e5980ed42e2879f945dad5fb30c93fb5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9003_mci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ar9003_mci.c
@@ -938,6 +938,9 @@ int ar9003_mci_reset(struct ath_hw *ah, bool en_int, bool is_2g,
 	mci->ready = true;
 	ar9003_mci_prep_interface(ah);
 
+	if (AR_SREV_9565(ah))
+		REG_RMW_FIELD(ah, AR_MCI_DBG_CNT_CTRL,
+			      AR_MCI_DBG_CNT_CTRL_ENABLE, 0);
 	if (en_int)
 		ar9003_mci_enable_interrupt(ah);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/reg.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/reg.h
index c7a9ea750a4af3ea2ae0a95abde92f40d78fe911..8f40dba9142dfea9e700edf84dd77e8c2944e8a4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/reg.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/reg.h
@@ -2363,5 +2363,8 @@ enum {
 #define AR_MCI_MISC                    0x1a74
 #define AR_MCI_MISC_HW_FIX_EN          0x00000001
 #define AR_MCI_MISC_HW_FIX_EN_S        0
+#define AR_MCI_DBG_CNT_CTRL            0x1a78
+#define AR_MCI_DBG_CNT_CTRL_ENABLE     0x00000001
+#define AR_MCI_DBG_CNT_CTRL_ENABLE_S   0
 
 #endif