diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/dma.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/dma.c
index fd57c87a29ae..7a305a4f292b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/dma.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/dma.c
@@ -231,10 +231,6 @@ int mt7921_dma_init(struct mt7921_dev *dev)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = mt7921_wfsys_reset(dev);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
 	/* init tx queue */
 	ret = mt76_connac_init_tx_queues(dev->phy.mt76, MT7921_TXQ_BAND0,
 					 MT7921_TX_RING_SIZE,
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/mcu.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/mcu.c
index d3507e86e9cf..10dda1693d7d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/mcu.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/mcu.c
@@ -449,12 +449,6 @@ static int mt7921_load_firmware(struct mt7921_dev *dev)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = mt76_get_field(dev, MT_CONN_ON_MISC, MT_TOP_MISC2_FW_N9_RDY);
-	if (ret && mt76_is_mmio(&dev->mt76)) {
-		dev_dbg(dev->mt76.dev, "Firmware is already download\n");
-		goto fw_loaded;
-	}
-
 	ret = mt76_connac2_load_patch(&dev->mt76, mt7921_patch_name(dev));
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
@@ -477,8 +471,6 @@ static int mt7921_load_firmware(struct mt7921_dev *dev)
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 
-fw_loaded:
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM
 	dev->mt76.hw->wiphy->wowlan = &mt76_connac_wowlan_support;
 #endif /* CONFIG_PM */
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/pci.c
index c64b0b4e9358..b125694d6a2d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/pci.c
@@ -316,6 +316,10 @@ static int mt7921_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	bus_ops->rmw = mt7921_rmw;
 	dev->mt76.bus = bus_ops;
 
+	ret = mt7921e_mcu_fw_pmctrl(dev);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_free_dev;
+
 	ret = __mt7921e_mcu_drv_pmctrl(dev);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_free_dev;
@@ -324,6 +328,10 @@ static int mt7921_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 		    (mt7921_l1_rr(dev, MT_HW_REV) & 0xff);
 	dev_info(mdev->dev, "ASIC revision: %04x\n", mdev->rev);
 
+	ret = mt7921_wfsys_reset(dev);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_free_dev;
+
 	mt76_wr(dev, MT_WFDMA0_HOST_INT_ENA, 0);
 
 	mt76_wr(dev, MT_PCIE_MAC_INT_ENABLE, 0xff);