diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c
index 2a9cfd563a07c7e1221e3d4230e14b2bd0ea939a..888f3ae9df83866bc337ca41e21732bc888702fc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ int mwifiex_wait_queue_complete(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter,
 					  *(cmd_queued->condition));
 	if (status) {
 		dev_err(adapter->dev, "cmd_wait_q terminated: %d\n", status);
+		mwifiex_cancel_all_pending_cmd(adapter);
 		return status;
 	}