diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/core.h b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/core.h
index fe464b7212f5..ce6fc18dbfc7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/core.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/core.h
@@ -3505,6 +3505,7 @@ enum rtw89_flags {
 	RTW89_FLAG_LOW_POWER_MODE,
 	RTW89_FLAG_INACTIVE_PS,
 	RTW89_FLAG_CRASH_SIMULATING,
+	RTW89_FLAG_SER_HANDLING,
 	RTW89_FLAG_WOWLAN,
 	RTW89_FLAG_FORBIDDEN_TRACK_WROK,
 	RTW89_FLAG_CHANGING_INTERFACE,
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/fw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/fw.c
index ad277f22b197..b7befcfd4a91 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/fw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/fw.c
@@ -3792,6 +3792,11 @@ int rtw89_fw_wow_cam_update(struct rtw89_dev *rtwdev,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/* Return < 0, if failures happen during waiting for the condition.
+ * Return 0, when waiting for the condition succeeds.
+ * Return > 0, if the wait is considered unreachable due to driver/FW design,
+ * where 1 means during SER.
+ */
 static int rtw89_h2c_tx_and_wait(struct rtw89_dev *rtwdev, struct sk_buff *skb,
 				 struct rtw89_wait_info *wait, unsigned int cond)
 {
@@ -3804,6 +3809,9 @@ static int rtw89_h2c_tx_and_wait(struct rtw89_dev *rtwdev, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
+	if (test_bit(RTW89_FLAG_SER_HANDLING, rtwdev->flags))
+		return 1;
+
 	return rtw89_wait_for_cond(wait, cond);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/ser.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/ser.c
index 54b314b8b329..0462ba693f6f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/ser.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/ser.c
@@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ static void ser_idle_st_hdl(struct rtw89_ser *ser, u8 evt)
 	switch (evt) {
 	case SER_EV_STATE_IN:
 		rtw89_hci_recovery_complete(rtwdev);
+		clear_bit(RTW89_FLAG_SER_HANDLING, rtwdev->flags);
 		clear_bit(RTW89_FLAG_CRASH_SIMULATING, rtwdev->flags);
 		break;
 	case SER_EV_L1_RESET_PREPARE:
@@ -421,6 +422,7 @@ static void ser_idle_st_hdl(struct rtw89_ser *ser, u8 evt)
 		ser_state_goto(ser, SER_L2_RESET_ST);
 		break;
 	case SER_EV_STATE_OUT:
+		set_bit(RTW89_FLAG_SER_HANDLING, rtwdev->flags);
 		rtw89_hci_recovery_start(rtwdev);
 		break;
 	default: