diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c
index 117e14d27c62..63f374ed6f6a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c
@@ -1919,7 +1919,9 @@ static void ath10k_pci_hif_power_down(struct ath10k *ar)
 {
 	ath10k_dbg(ar, ATH10K_DBG_BOOT, "boot hif power down\n");
 
-	ath10k_pci_warm_reset(ar);
+	/* Currently hif_power_up performs effectively a reset and hif_stop
+	 * resets the chip as well so there's no point in resetting here.
+	 */
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM