diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
index b15b0d84bb7ea18a06933d455e495248c7bcd32c..155cc2ac012027b87057904a86e017ba5324ae0e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
@@ -1233,12 +1233,15 @@ void __iwl_mvm_mac_stop(struct iwl_mvm *mvm)
 	iwl_mvm_del_aux_sta(mvm);
 
 	/*
-	 * Clear IN_HW_RESTART flag when stopping the hw (as restart_complete()
-	 * won't be called in this case).
+	 * Clear IN_HW_RESTART and HW_RESTART_REQUESTED flag when stopping the
+	 * hw (as restart_complete() won't be called in this case) and mac80211
+	 * won't execute the restart.
 	 * But make sure to cleanup interfaces that have gone down before/during
 	 * HW restart was requested.
 	 */
-	if (test_and_clear_bit(IWL_MVM_STATUS_IN_HW_RESTART, &mvm->status))
+	if (test_and_clear_bit(IWL_MVM_STATUS_IN_HW_RESTART, &mvm->status) ||
+	    test_and_clear_bit(IWL_MVM_STATUS_HW_RESTART_REQUESTED,
+			       &mvm->status))
 		ieee80211_iterate_interfaces(mvm->hw, 0,
 					     iwl_mvm_cleanup_iterator, mvm);