diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/fw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/fw.c
index 53cbf051a2d7..1d608e9e9101 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/fw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/fw.c
@@ -421,6 +421,8 @@ static int iwl_run_unified_mvm_ucode(struct iwl_mvm *mvm, bool read_nvm)
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&mvm->mutex);
 
+	mvm->rfkill_safe_init_done = false;
+
 	iwl_init_notification_wait(&mvm->notif_wait,
 				   &init_wait,
 				   init_complete,
@@ -539,8 +541,7 @@ int iwl_run_init_mvm_ucode(struct iwl_mvm *mvm, bool read_nvm)
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&mvm->mutex);
 
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(mvm->rfkill_safe_init_done))
-		return 0;
+	mvm->rfkill_safe_init_done = false;
 
 	iwl_init_notification_wait(&mvm->notif_wait,
 				   &calib_wait,
@@ -1138,10 +1139,13 @@ static int iwl_mvm_load_rt_fw(struct iwl_mvm *mvm)
 
 	iwl_fw_dbg_apply_point(&mvm->fwrt, IWL_FW_INI_APPLY_EARLY);
 
+	mvm->rfkill_safe_init_done = false;
 	ret = iwl_mvm_load_ucode_wait_alive(mvm, IWL_UCODE_REGULAR);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	mvm->rfkill_safe_init_done = true;
+
 	iwl_fw_dbg_apply_point(&mvm->fwrt, IWL_FW_INI_APPLY_AFTER_ALIVE);
 
 	return iwl_init_paging(&mvm->fwrt, mvm->fwrt.cur_fw_img);