static int
 rf_wr(struct mt76x02_dev *dev, u32 offset, u8 val)
 {
-       if (test_bit(MT76_STATE_MCU_RUNNING, &dev->mt76.state)) {
+       if (mt76_is_usb(dev)) {
                struct mt76_reg_pair pair = {
                        .reg = offset,
                        .value = val,
                };
 
+               WARN_ON_ONCE(!test_bit(MT76_STATE_MCU_RUNNING,
+                            &dev->mt76.state));
                return mt76_wr_rp(dev, MT_MCU_MEMMAP_RF, &pair, 1);
        } else {
                return mt76x0_rf_csr_wr(dev, offset, val);
        int ret;
        u32 val;
 
-       if (test_bit(MT76_STATE_MCU_RUNNING, &dev->mt76.state)) {
+       if (mt76_is_usb(dev)) {
                struct mt76_reg_pair pair = {
                        .reg = offset,
                };
 
+               WARN_ON_ONCE(!test_bit(MT76_STATE_MCU_RUNNING,
+                            &dev->mt76.state));
                ret = mt76_rd_rp(dev, MT_MCU_MEMMAP_RF, &pair, 1);
                val = pair.value;
        } else {