diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
index 76e649c680a1..a50f4df7eae7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
@@ -1147,6 +1147,8 @@ void __iwl_mvm_mac_stop(struct iwl_mvm *mvm)
 	/* the fw is stopped, the aux sta is dead: clean up driver state */
 	iwl_mvm_del_aux_sta(mvm);
 
+	iwl_free_fw_paging(mvm);
+
 	/*
 	 * Clear IN_HW_RESTART flag when stopping the hw (as restart_complete()
 	 * won't be called in this case).
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/ops.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/ops.c
index 5e8ab796d5bc..d278399097dc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/ops.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/ops.c
@@ -761,8 +761,6 @@ static void iwl_op_mode_mvm_stop(struct iwl_op_mode *op_mode)
 	for (i = 0; i < NVM_MAX_NUM_SECTIONS; i++)
 		kfree(mvm->nvm_sections[i].data);
 
-	iwl_free_fw_paging(mvm);
-
 	iwl_mvm_tof_clean(mvm);
 
 	ieee80211_free_hw(mvm->hw);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c
index eb39c7e09781..b2b79354d5c0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c
@@ -732,8 +732,8 @@ static int iwl_pcie_rsa_race_bug_wa(struct iwl_trans *trans)
 	 */
 	val = iwl_read_prph(trans, PREG_AUX_BUS_WPROT_0);
 	if (val & (BIT(1) | BIT(17))) {
-		IWL_INFO(trans,
-			 "can't access the RSA semaphore it is write protected\n");
+		IWL_DEBUG_INFO(trans,
+			       "can't access the RSA semaphore it is write protected\n");
 		return 0;
 	}