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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2400pci.c5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2400pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2400pci.c
index 4b3845152e1..1eff6ec8845 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2400pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2400pci.c
@@ -1039,6 +1039,11 @@ static void rt2400pci_write_tx_desc(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
rt2x00_set_field32(&word, TXD_W3_PLCP_LENGTH_HIGH_BUSY, 1);
rt2x00_desc_write(txd, 4, word);
+ /*
+ * Writing TXD word 0 must the last to prevent a race condition with
+ * the device, whereby the device may take hold of the TXD before we
+ * finished updating it.
+ */
rt2x00_desc_read(txd, 0, &word);
rt2x00_set_field32(&word, TXD_W0_OWNER_NIC, 1);
rt2x00_set_field32(&word, TXD_W0_VALID, 1);