return false;
                }
 
+               /*
+                * If scan cannot be aborted, it means that we had a
+                * SCAN_COMPLETE_NOTIFICATION in the pipe and it called
+                * ieee80211_scan_completed already.
+                */
                IWL_DEBUG_SCAN(mvm, "Scan cannot be aborted, exit now: %d\n",
                               *resp);
                return true;
                                               SCAN_COMPLETE_NOTIFICATION };
        int ret;
 
+       if (mvm->scan_status == IWL_MVM_SCAN_NONE)
+               return;
+
        iwl_init_notification_wait(&mvm->notif_wait, &wait_scan_abort,
                                   scan_abort_notif,
                                   ARRAY_SIZE(scan_abort_notif),
                                   iwl_mvm_scan_abort_notif, NULL);
 
-       ret = iwl_mvm_send_cmd_pdu(mvm, SCAN_ABORT_CMD, CMD_SYNC, 0, NULL);
+       ret = iwl_mvm_send_cmd_pdu(mvm, SCAN_ABORT_CMD,
+                                  CMD_SYNC | CMD_SEND_IN_RFKILL, 0, NULL);
        if (ret) {
                IWL_ERR(mvm, "Couldn't send SCAN_ABORT_CMD: %d\n", ret);
+               /* mac80211's state will be cleaned in the fw_restart flow */
                goto out_remove_notif;
        }