diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/dev.h b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/dev.h
index e12ce65067295707df648b8f31c4dc8d6c8b00c7..0a9fc5136783a4e8f56864a8f8616a5921fb518d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/dev.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/dev.h
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ struct lbs_private {
 
 	/** Hardware access */
 	int (*hw_host_to_card) (struct lbs_private *priv, u8 type, u8 *payload, u16 nb);
+	void (*reset_card) (struct lbs_private *priv);
 
 	/* Wake On LAN */
 	uint32_t wol_criteria;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c
index db246d0a1eda6608c9b46369c53b1bfe938bd606..804da368416fbfcab472085007bc736524a91c7c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/main.c
@@ -787,6 +787,11 @@ static int lbs_thread(void *data)
 					    le16_to_cpu(cmdnode->cmdbuf->command));
 				lbs_complete_command(priv, cmdnode, -ETIMEDOUT);
 				priv->nr_retries = 0;
+				if (priv->reset_card) {
+					spin_unlock_irq(&priv->driver_lock);
+					priv->reset_card(priv);
+					spin_lock_irq(&priv->driver_lock);
+				}
 			} else {
 				priv->cur_cmd = NULL;
 				lbs_pr_info("requeueing command %x due to timeout (#%d)\n",