diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/pcie/trans-gen2.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/pcie/trans-gen2.c
index 4c3ca2a37696..b031e9304983 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/pcie/trans-gen2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/pcie/trans-gen2.c
@@ -269,7 +269,8 @@ void iwl_trans_pcie_gen2_fw_alive(struct iwl_trans *trans, u32 scd_addr)
 	/* now that we got alive we can free the fw image & the context info.
 	 * paging memory cannot be freed included since FW will still use it
 	 */
-	iwl_pcie_ctxt_info_free(trans);
+	if (trans->trans_cfg->device_family < IWL_DEVICE_FAMILY_AX210)
+		iwl_pcie_ctxt_info_free(trans);
 
 	/*
 	 * Re-enable all the interrupts, including the RF-Kill one, now that