1 files changed, 10 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htc.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htc.c
index edae50b52806..edc57ab505c8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htc.c
@@ -191,6 +191,11 @@ static int ath10k_htc_tx_completion_handler(struct ath10k *ar,
 	struct ath10k_htc *htc = &ar->htc;
 	struct ath10k_htc_ep *ep = &htc->endpoint[eid];
 
+	if (!skb) {
+		ath10k_warn("invalid sk_buff completion - NULL pointer. firmware crashed?\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	ath10k_htc_notify_tx_completion(ep, skb);
 	/* the skb now belongs to the completion handler */
 
@@ -534,14 +539,6 @@ int ath10k_htc_wait_target(struct ath10k_htc *htc)
 	u16 credit_count;
 	u16 credit_size;
 
-	reinit_completion(&htc->ctl_resp);
-
-	status = ath10k_hif_start(htc->ar);
-	if (status) {
-		ath10k_err("could not start HIF (%d)\n", status);
-		goto err_start;
-	}
-
 	status = wait_for_completion_timeout(&htc->ctl_resp,
 					     ATH10K_HTC_WAIT_TIMEOUT_HZ);
 	if (status <= 0) {
@@ -549,15 +546,13 @@ int ath10k_htc_wait_target(struct ath10k_htc *htc)
 			status = -ETIMEDOUT;
 
 		ath10k_err("ctl_resp never came in (%d)\n", status);
-		goto err_target;
+		return status;
 	}
 
 	if (htc->control_resp_len < sizeof(msg->hdr) + sizeof(msg->ready)) {
 		ath10k_err("Invalid HTC ready msg len:%d\n",
 			   htc->control_resp_len);
-
-		status = -ECOMM;
-		goto err_target;
+		return -ECOMM;
 	}
 
 	msg = (struct ath10k_htc_msg *)htc->control_resp_buffer;
@@ -567,8 +562,7 @@ int ath10k_htc_wait_target(struct ath10k_htc *htc)
 
 	if (message_id != ATH10K_HTC_MSG_READY_ID) {
 		ath10k_err("Invalid HTC ready msg: 0x%x\n", message_id);
-		status = -ECOMM;
-		goto err_target;
+		return -ECOMM;
 	}
 
 	htc->total_transmit_credits = credit_count;
@@ -581,9 +575,8 @@ int ath10k_htc_wait_target(struct ath10k_htc *htc)
 
 	if ((htc->total_transmit_credits == 0) ||
 	    (htc->target_credit_size == 0)) {
-		status = -ECOMM;
 		ath10k_err("Invalid credit size received\n");
-		goto err_target;
+		return -ECOMM;
 	}
 
 	ath10k_htc_setup_target_buffer_assignments(htc);
@@ -600,14 +593,10 @@ int ath10k_htc_wait_target(struct ath10k_htc *htc)
 	status = ath10k_htc_connect_service(htc, &conn_req, &conn_resp);
 	if (status) {
 		ath10k_err("could not connect to htc service (%d)\n", status);
-		goto err_target;
+		return status;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
-err_target:
-	ath10k_hif_stop(htc->ar);
-err_start:
-	return status;
 }
 
 int ath10k_htc_connect_service(struct ath10k_htc *htc,