diff --git a/net/mac80211/main.c b/net/mac80211/main.c
index 2543e48bd813b7e32ec069d0246b1b7e887890d7..562d2984c4826fd39278a1924ae117ea0776afd1 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/main.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/main.c
@@ -380,6 +380,9 @@ void ieee80211_restart_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
 
 	trace_api_restart_hw(local);
 
+	wiphy_info(hw->wiphy,
+		   "Hardware restart was requested\n");
+
 	/* use this reason, ieee80211_reconfig will unblock it */
 	ieee80211_stop_queues_by_reason(hw,
 		IEEE80211_QUEUE_STOP_REASON_SUSPEND);