diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/ops.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/ops.c
index 46a22fd9f0d6910d34cf9b27c4fc15926ebead36..6153c8e86c53e71e480a9cf91f1b599a99ff4390 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/ops.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/ops.c
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ static const struct iwl_rx_handlers iwl_mvm_rx_handlers[] = {
 	RX_HANDLER(DTS_MEASUREMENT_NOTIFICATION, iwl_mvm_temp_notif,
 		   RX_HANDLER_ASYNC_LOCKED),
 	RX_HANDLER_GRP(PHY_OPS_GROUP, DTS_MEASUREMENT_NOTIF_WIDE,
-		       iwl_mvm_temp_notif, RX_HANDLER_ASYNC_LOCKED),
+		       iwl_mvm_temp_notif, RX_HANDLER_ASYNC_UNLOCKED),
 	RX_HANDLER_GRP(PHY_OPS_GROUP, CT_KILL_NOTIFICATION,
 		       iwl_mvm_ct_kill_notif, RX_HANDLER_SYNC),
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/tt.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/tt.c
index f1f28255a3a637a2653787cfb267a0c0a44cc43c..8d27137a928452bcb9bb8765035484e36cd1df54 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/tt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/tt.c
@@ -204,20 +204,11 @@ void iwl_mvm_temp_notif(struct iwl_mvm *mvm, struct iwl_rx_cmd_buffer *rxb)
 	if (WARN_ON(ths_crossed >= IWL_MAX_DTS_TRIPS))
 		return;
 
-	/*
-	 * We are now handling a temperature notification from the firmware
-	 * in ASYNC and hold the mutex. thermal_notify_framework will call
-	 * us back through get_temp() which ought to send a SYNC command to
-	 * the firmware and hence to take the mutex.
-	 * Avoid the deadlock by unlocking the mutex here.
-	 */
 	if (mvm->tz_device.tzone) {
 		struct iwl_mvm_thermal_device *tz_dev = &mvm->tz_device;
 
-		mutex_unlock(&mvm->mutex);
 		thermal_notify_framework(tz_dev->tzone,
 					 tz_dev->fw_trips_index[ths_crossed]);
-		mutex_lock(&mvm->mutex);
 	}
 #endif /* CONFIG_THERMAL */
 }