diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
index 29ff94646..86b70956d 100755
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
@@ -5155,8 +5155,7 @@ void iwl_mvm_sync_rx_queues_internal(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
 
 	if (notif->sync) {
 		notif->cookie = mvm->queue_sync_cookie;
-		atomic_set(&mvm->queue_sync_counter,
-			   mvm->trans->num_rx_queues);
+		mvm->queue_sync_state = (1 << mvm->trans->num_rx_queues) - 1;
 	}
 
 	ret = iwl_mvm_notify_rx_queue(mvm, qmask, (u8 *)notif,
@@ -5169,14 +5168,16 @@ void iwl_mvm_sync_rx_queues_internal(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
 	if (notif->sync) {
 		lockdep_assert_held(&mvm->mutex);
 		ret = wait_event_timeout(mvm->rx_sync_waitq,
-					 atomic_read(&mvm->queue_sync_counter) == 0 ||
+					 READ_ONCE(mvm->queue_sync_state) == 0 ||
 					 iwl_mvm_is_radio_killed(mvm),
 					 HZ);
-		WARN_ON_ONCE(!ret && !iwl_mvm_is_radio_killed(mvm));
+		WARN_ONCE(!ret && !iwl_mvm_is_radio_killed(mvm),
+			  "queue sync: failed to sync, state is 0x%lx\n",
+			  mvm->queue_sync_state);
 	}
 
 out:
-	atomic_set(&mvm->queue_sync_counter, 0);
+	mvm->queue_sync_state = 0;
 	if (notif->sync)
 		mvm->queue_sync_cookie++;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mvm.h b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mvm.h
index 64f5a4cb3..8b779c3a9 100755
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mvm.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mvm.h
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ struct iwl_mvm {
 	unsigned long status;
 
 	u32 queue_sync_cookie;
-	atomic_t queue_sync_counter;
+	unsigned long queue_sync_state;
 	/*
 	 * for beacon filtering -
 	 * currently only one interface can be supported
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/ops.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/ops.c
index 0a3bc8937..8a9cbaa83 100755
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/ops.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/ops.c
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ iwl_op_mode_mvm_start(struct iwl_trans *trans, const struct iwl_cfg *cfg,
 
 	init_waitqueue_head(&mvm->rx_sync_waitq);
 
-	atomic_set(&mvm->queue_sync_counter, 0);
+	mvm->queue_sync_state = 0;
 
 	SET_IEEE80211_DEV(mvm->hw, mvm->trans->dev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/rxmq.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/rxmq.c
index 86b3fb321..e2a39e8b9 100755
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/rxmq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/rxmq.c
@@ -853,9 +853,13 @@ void iwl_mvm_rx_queue_notif(struct iwl_mvm *mvm, struct napi_struct *napi,
 		WARN_ONCE(1, "Invalid identifier %d", internal_notif->type);
 	}
 
-	if (internal_notif->sync &&
-	    !atomic_dec_return(&mvm->queue_sync_counter))
-		wake_up(&mvm->rx_sync_waitq);
+	if (internal_notif->sync) {
+		WARN_ONCE(!test_and_clear_bit(queue, &mvm->queue_sync_state),
+			  "queue sync: queue %d responded a second time!\n",
+			  queue);
+		if (READ_ONCE(mvm->queue_sync_state) == 0)
+			wake_up(&mvm->rx_sync_waitq);
+	}
 }
 
 static void iwl_mvm_oldsn_workaround(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,