diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-tx.c
index 37ebcff409e27d514a8142007035e276316823bb..87c955e884271bae9a1cdeb15a1464a1d6ff84c2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-tx.c
@@ -72,10 +72,6 @@ static int iwl_hw_txq_free_tfd(struct iwl_priv *priv, struct iwl_tx_queue *txq)
 	int counter = 0;
 	int index, is_odd;
 
-	/* Host command buffers stay mapped in memory, nothing to clean */
-	if (txq->q.id == IWL_CMD_QUEUE_NUM)
-		return 0;
-
 	/* Sanity check on number of chunks */
 	counter = IWL_GET_BITS(*bd, num_tbs);
 	if (counter > MAX_NUM_OF_TBS) {
@@ -210,7 +206,7 @@ static void iwl_tx_queue_free(struct iwl_priv *priv, int txq_id)
 	struct iwl_tx_queue *txq = &priv->txq[txq_id];
 	struct iwl_queue *q = &txq->q;
 	struct pci_dev *dev = priv->pci_dev;
-	int i, slots_num, len;
+	int i, len;
 
 	if (q->n_bd == 0)
 		return;
@@ -221,16 +217,10 @@ static void iwl_tx_queue_free(struct iwl_priv *priv, int txq_id)
 		iwl_hw_txq_free_tfd(priv, txq);
 
 	len = sizeof(struct iwl_cmd) * q->n_window;
-	if (q->id == IWL_CMD_QUEUE_NUM)
-		len += IWL_MAX_SCAN_SIZE;
 
 	/* De-alloc array of command/tx buffers */
-	slots_num = (txq_id == IWL_CMD_QUEUE_NUM) ?
-			TFD_CMD_SLOTS : TFD_TX_CMD_SLOTS;
-	for (i = 0; i < slots_num; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < TFD_TX_CMD_SLOTS; i++)
 		kfree(txq->cmd[i]);
-	if (txq_id == IWL_CMD_QUEUE_NUM)
-		kfree(txq->cmd[slots_num]);
 
 	/* De-alloc circular buffer of TFDs */
 	if (txq->q.n_bd)
@@ -245,6 +235,40 @@ static void iwl_tx_queue_free(struct iwl_priv *priv, int txq_id)
 	memset(txq, 0, sizeof(*txq));
 }
 
+
+/**
+ * iwl_cmd_queue_free - Deallocate DMA queue.
+ * @txq: Transmit queue to deallocate.
+ *
+ * Empty queue by removing and destroying all BD's.
+ * Free all buffers.
+ * 0-fill, but do not free "txq" descriptor structure.
+ */
+static void iwl_cmd_queue_free(struct iwl_priv *priv)
+{
+	struct iwl_tx_queue *txq = &priv->txq[IWL_CMD_QUEUE_NUM];
+	struct iwl_queue *q = &txq->q;
+	struct pci_dev *dev = priv->pci_dev;
+	int i, len;
+
+	if (q->n_bd == 0)
+		return;
+
+	len = sizeof(struct iwl_cmd) * q->n_window;
+	len += IWL_MAX_SCAN_SIZE;
+
+	/* De-alloc array of command/tx buffers */
+	for (i = 0; i <= TFD_CMD_SLOTS; i++)
+		kfree(txq->cmd[i]);
+
+	/* De-alloc circular buffer of TFDs */
+	if (txq->q.n_bd)
+		pci_free_consistent(dev, sizeof(struct iwl_tfd_frame) *
+				    txq->q.n_bd, txq->bd, txq->q.dma_addr);
+
+	/* 0-fill queue descriptor structure */
+	memset(txq, 0, sizeof(*txq));
+}
 /*************** DMA-QUEUE-GENERAL-FUNCTIONS  *****
  * DMA services
  *
@@ -468,7 +492,10 @@ void iwl_hw_txq_ctx_free(struct iwl_priv *priv)
 
 	/* Tx queues */
 	for (txq_id = 0; txq_id < priv->hw_params.max_txq_num; txq_id++)
-		iwl_tx_queue_free(priv, txq_id);
+		if (txq_id == IWL_CMD_QUEUE_NUM)
+			iwl_cmd_queue_free(priv);
+		else
+			iwl_tx_queue_free(priv, txq_id);
 
 	/* Keep-warm buffer */
 	iwl_kw_free(priv);