channel->center_freq, conf_is_ht40(conf),
                  fastcc);
 
-       spin_lock_bh(&sc->sc_resetlock);
-
        r = ath9k_hw_reset(ah, hchan, caldata, fastcc);
        if (r) {
                ath_print(common, ATH_DBG_FATAL,
                          "Unable to reset channel (%u MHz), "
                          "reset status %d\n",
                          channel->center_freq, r);
-               spin_unlock_bh(&sc->sc_resetlock);
                spin_unlock_bh(&sc->rx.pcu_lock);
                goto ps_restore;
        }
-       spin_unlock_bh(&sc->sc_resetlock);
 
        if (ath_startrecv(sc) != 0) {
                ath_print(common, ATH_DBG_FATAL,
                ah->curchan = ath_get_curchannel(sc, sc->hw);
 
        spin_lock_bh(&sc->rx.pcu_lock);
-       spin_lock_bh(&sc->sc_resetlock);
        r = ath9k_hw_reset(ah, ah->curchan, ah->caldata, false);
        if (r) {
                ath_print(common, ATH_DBG_FATAL,
                          "reset status %d\n",
                          channel->center_freq, r);
        }
-       spin_unlock_bh(&sc->sc_resetlock);
 
        ath_update_txpow(sc);
        if (ath_startrecv(sc) != 0) {
        if (!ah->curchan)
                ah->curchan = ath_get_curchannel(sc, hw);
 
-       spin_lock_bh(&sc->sc_resetlock);
        r = ath9k_hw_reset(ah, ah->curchan, ah->caldata, false);
        if (r) {
                ath_print(ath9k_hw_common(sc->sc_ah), ATH_DBG_FATAL,
                          "reset status %d\n",
                          channel->center_freq, r);
        }
-       spin_unlock_bh(&sc->sc_resetlock);
 
        ath9k_hw_phy_disable(ah);
 
        ath_stoprecv(sc);
        ath_flushrecv(sc);
 
-       spin_lock_bh(&sc->sc_resetlock);
        r = ath9k_hw_reset(ah, sc->sc_ah->curchan, ah->caldata, false);
        if (r)
                ath_print(common, ATH_DBG_FATAL,
                          "Unable to reset hardware; reset status %d\n", r);
-       spin_unlock_bh(&sc->sc_resetlock);
 
        if (ath_startrecv(sc) != 0)
                ath_print(common, ATH_DBG_FATAL,
         * and then setup of the interrupt mask.
         */
        spin_lock_bh(&sc->rx.pcu_lock);
-       spin_lock_bh(&sc->sc_resetlock);
        r = ath9k_hw_reset(ah, init_channel, ah->caldata, false);
        if (r) {
                ath_print(common, ATH_DBG_FATAL,
                          "Unable to reset hardware; reset status %d "
                          "(freq %u MHz)\n", r,
                          curchan->center_freq);
-               spin_unlock_bh(&sc->sc_resetlock);
                spin_unlock_bh(&sc->rx.pcu_lock);
                goto mutex_unlock;
        }
-       spin_unlock_bh(&sc->sc_resetlock);
 
        /*
         * This is needed only to setup initial state
         * before setting the invalid flag. */
        ath9k_hw_disable_interrupts(ah);
 
-       spin_lock_bh(&sc->rx.pcu_lock);
        if (!(sc->sc_flags & SC_OP_INVALID)) {
                ath_drain_all_txq(sc, false);
+               spin_lock_bh(&sc->rx.pcu_lock);
                ath_stoprecv(sc);
                ath9k_hw_phy_disable(ah);
-       } else
+               spin_unlock_bh(&sc->rx.pcu_lock);
+       } else {
+               spin_lock_bh(&sc->rx.pcu_lock);
                sc->rx.rxlink = NULL;
-       spin_unlock_bh(&sc->rx.pcu_lock);
+               spin_unlock_bh(&sc->rx.pcu_lock);
+       }
 
        /* disable HAL and put h/w to sleep */
        ath9k_hw_disable(ah);