diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/hal.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/hal.c
index e821e5a62c1c..98bd9e3f0aae 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/hal.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/hal.c
@@ -1387,14 +1387,22 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(ath11k_hal_srng_deinit);
 
 void ath11k_hal_srng_clear(struct ath11k_base *ab)
 {
-	/* No need to memset rdp and wrp memory since each individual
-	 * segment would get cleared in ath11k_hal_srng_src_hw_init()
-	 * and ath11k_hal_srng_dst_hw_init().
+	/*
+	 * Preserve the shared pointer buffers, but clear the previous
+	 * firmware instance's hp/tp state before handing them back to FW.
+	 * LMAC rings reuse this shared memory without going through the
+	 * normal SRNG hw-init path that zeros non-LMAC ring pointers.
 	 */
 	memset(ab->hal.srng_list, 0,
 	       sizeof(ab->hal.srng_list));
 	memset(ab->hal.shadow_reg_addr, 0,
 	       sizeof(ab->hal.shadow_reg_addr));
+	if (ab->hal.rdp.vaddr)
+		memset(ab->hal.rdp.vaddr, 0,
+		       sizeof(*ab->hal.rdp.vaddr) * HAL_SRNG_RING_ID_MAX);
+	if (ab->hal.wrp.vaddr)
+		memset(ab->hal.wrp.vaddr, 0,
+		       sizeof(*ab->hal.wrp.vaddr) * HAL_SRNG_NUM_LMAC_RINGS);
 	ab->hal.avail_blk_resource = 0;
 	ab->hal.current_blk_index = 0;
 	ab->hal.num_shadow_reg_configured = 0;