--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
@@ -1271,16 +1271,14 @@ bool ath_drain_all_txq(struct ath_softc 
 	if (sc->sc_flags & SC_OP_INVALID)
 		return true;
 
-	/* Stop beacon queue */
-	ath9k_hw_stoptxdma(sc->sc_ah, sc->beacon.beaconq);
+	ath9k_hw_abort_tx_dma(ah);
 
-	/* Stop data queues */
+	/* Check if any queue remains active */
 	for (i = 0; i < ATH9K_NUM_TX_QUEUES; i++) {
-		if (ATH_TXQ_SETUP(sc, i)) {
-			txq = &sc->tx.txq[i];
-			ath9k_hw_stoptxdma(ah, txq->axq_qnum);
-			npend += ath9k_hw_numtxpending(ah, txq->axq_qnum);
-		}
+		if (!ATH_TXQ_SETUP(sc, i))
+			continue;
+
+		npend += ath9k_hw_numtxpending(ah, sc->tx.txq[i].axq_qnum);
 	}
 
 	if (npend)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/mac.c
@@ -143,6 +143,37 @@ bool ath9k_hw_updatetxtriglevel(struct a
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ath9k_hw_updatetxtriglevel);
 
+bool ath9k_hw_abort_tx_dma(struct ath_hw *ah)
+{
+	int i, q;
+
+	REG_WRITE(ah, AR_Q_TXD, AR_Q_TXD_M);
+
+	REG_SET_BIT(ah, AR_PCU_MISC, AR_PCU_FORCE_QUIET_COLL | AR_PCU_CLEAR_VMF);
+	REG_SET_BIT(ah, AR_DIAG_SW, AR_DIAG_FORCE_CH_IDLE_HIGH);
+	REG_SET_BIT(ah, AR_D_GBL_IFS_MISC, AR_D_GBL_IFS_MISC_IGNORE_BACKOFF);
+
+	for (q = 0; q < AR_NUM_QCU; q++) {
+		for (i = 1000; i > 0; i--) {
+			if (!ath9k_hw_numtxpending(ah, q))
+				break;
+
+			udelay(5);
+		}
+	}
+	if (!i)
+		return false;
+
+	REG_CLR_BIT(ah, AR_PCU_MISC, AR_PCU_FORCE_QUIET_COLL | AR_PCU_CLEAR_VMF);
+	REG_CLR_BIT(ah, AR_DIAG_SW, AR_DIAG_FORCE_CH_IDLE_HIGH);
+	REG_CLR_BIT(ah, AR_D_GBL_IFS_MISC, AR_D_GBL_IFS_MISC_IGNORE_BACKOFF);
+
+	REG_WRITE(ah, AR_Q_TXD, 0);
+
+	return true;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ath9k_hw_abort_tx_dma);
+
 bool ath9k_hw_stoptxdma(struct ath_hw *ah, u32 q)
 {
 #define ATH9K_TX_STOP_DMA_TIMEOUT	4000    /* usec */
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/mac.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/mac.h
@@ -676,6 +676,7 @@ void ath9k_hw_cleartxdesc(struct ath_hw 
 u32 ath9k_hw_numtxpending(struct ath_hw *ah, u32 q);
 bool ath9k_hw_updatetxtriglevel(struct ath_hw *ah, bool bIncTrigLevel);
 bool ath9k_hw_stoptxdma(struct ath_hw *ah, u32 q);
+bool ath9k_hw_abort_tx_dma(struct ath_hw *ah);
 void ath9k_hw_gettxintrtxqs(struct ath_hw *ah, u32 *txqs);
 bool ath9k_hw_set_txq_props(struct ath_hw *ah, int q,
 			    const struct ath9k_tx_queue_info *qinfo);