diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-prph.h b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-prph.h
index 100bd0d79681a81616109f433e7f6f815d0b575d..fc3b6bee77344491fab3e66ef9507a78bb3d0add 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-prph.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-prph.h
@@ -105,6 +105,13 @@
 /* Device NMI register */
 #define DEVICE_SET_NMI_REG 0x00a01c30
 
+/*
+ * Device reset for family 8000
+ * write to bit 24 in order to reset the CPU
+*/
+#define RELEASE_CPU_RESET		(0x300C)
+#define RELEASE_CPU_RESET_BIT		BIT(24)
+
 /*****************************************************************************
  *                        7000/3000 series SHR DTS addresses                 *
  *****************************************************************************/
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c
index f7e85d3192990574b0d3bdce271bfd060fc7fa65..53a34573f0f033ae9bddd684ac7c4b05d0dd7d17 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c
@@ -573,6 +573,12 @@ static int iwl_pcie_load_given_ucode(struct iwl_trans *trans,
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* release CPU reset */
+	if (trans->cfg->device_family == IWL_DEVICE_FAMILY_8000)
+		iwl_write_prph(trans, RELEASE_CPU_RESET, RELEASE_CPU_RESET_BIT);
+	else
+		iwl_write32(trans, CSR_RESET, 0);
+
 	return 0;
 }