diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/mac80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/mac80211.c
index fa4d1b8cd9f6fb62ab56e4bdc9f1811efde7d30d..2d9eee93c743aa0f7bfe6d98330ccacead4fe201 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/mac80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/mac80211.c
@@ -1354,6 +1354,20 @@ static int iwlagn_mac_add_interface(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 	vif_priv->ctx = ctx;
 	ctx->vif = vif;
 
+	/*
+	 * In SNIFFER device type, the firmware reports the FCS to
+	 * the host, rather than snipping it off. Unfortunately,
+	 * mac80211 doesn't (yet) provide a per-packet flag for
+	 * this, so that we have to set the hardware flag based
+	 * on the interfaces added. As the monitor interface can
+	 * only be present by itself, and will be removed before
+	 * other interfaces are added, this is safe.
+	 */
+	if (vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR)
+		priv->hw->flags |= IEEE80211_HW_RX_INCLUDES_FCS;
+	else
+		priv->hw->flags &= ~IEEE80211_HW_RX_INCLUDES_FCS;
+
 	err = iwl_setup_interface(priv, ctx);
 	if (!err || reset)
 		goto out;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/tx.c
index 105e3af3c621b0b9e335fbe42d1ea1e444bfa579..79a4ddc002d3dac1ce4aa9182bd2a2a0cf76630b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/tx.c
@@ -480,20 +480,12 @@ void iwl_trans_pcie_txq_enable(struct iwl_trans *trans, int txq_id, int fifo,
 void iwl_trans_pcie_txq_disable(struct iwl_trans *trans, int txq_id)
 {
 	struct iwl_trans_pcie *trans_pcie = IWL_TRANS_GET_PCIE_TRANS(trans);
-	u16 rd_ptr, wr_ptr;
-	int n_bd = trans_pcie->txq[txq_id].q.n_bd;
 
 	if (!test_and_clear_bit(txq_id, trans_pcie->queue_used)) {
 		WARN_ONCE(1, "queue %d not used", txq_id);
 		return;
 	}
 
-	rd_ptr = iwl_read_prph(trans, SCD_QUEUE_RDPTR(txq_id)) & (n_bd - 1);
-	wr_ptr = iwl_read_prph(trans, SCD_QUEUE_WRPTR(txq_id));
-
-	WARN_ONCE(rd_ptr != wr_ptr, "queue %d isn't empty: [%d,%d]",
-		  txq_id, rd_ptr, wr_ptr);
-
 	iwl_txq_set_inactive(trans, txq_id);
 	IWL_DEBUG_TX_QUEUES(trans, "Deactivate queue %d\n", txq_id);
 }