diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_rx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_rx.c
index 70e8090f9faca40df91334c4e033945fa3b2cd4d..4fc4dbd2aaab93bc5c2f83906136b442b12a1276 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_rx.c
@@ -497,6 +497,8 @@ int ath10k_htt_rx_alloc(struct ath10k_htt *htt)
 	size_t size;
 	struct timer_list *timer = &htt->rx_ring.refill_retry_timer;
 
+	htt->rx_confused = false;
+
 	htt->rx_ring.size = ath10k_htt_rx_ring_size(htt);
 	if (!is_power_of_2(htt->rx_ring.size)) {
 		ath10k_warn(ar, "htt rx ring size is not power of 2\n");