struct ieee80211_vif *disabled_vif)
 {
        struct iwl_time_quota_cmd cmd = {};
-       int i, idx, ret, num_active_macs, quota, quota_rem, n_non_lowlat;
+       int i, idx, err, num_active_macs, quota, quota_rem, n_non_lowlat;
        struct iwl_mvm_quota_iterator_data data = {
                .n_interfaces = {},
                .colors = { -1, -1, -1, -1 },
                .disabled_vif = disabled_vif,
        };
+       struct iwl_time_quota_cmd *last = &mvm->last_quota_cmd;
+       bool send = false;
 
        lockdep_assert_held(&mvm->mutex);
 
 
        /* check that we have non-zero quota for all valid bindings */
        for (i = 0; i < MAX_BINDINGS; i++) {
+               if (cmd.quotas[i].id_and_color != last->quotas[i].id_and_color)
+                       send = true;
+               if (cmd.quotas[i].max_duration != last->quotas[i].max_duration)
+                       send = true;
+               if (abs((int)le32_to_cpu(cmd.quotas[i].quota) -
+                       (int)le32_to_cpu(last->quotas[i].quota))
+                                               > IWL_MVM_QUOTA_THRESHOLD)
+                       send = true;
                if (cmd.quotas[i].id_and_color == cpu_to_le32(FW_CTXT_INVALID))
                        continue;
                WARN_ONCE(cmd.quotas[i].quota == 0,
                          "zero quota on binding %d\n", i);
        }
 
-       ret = iwl_mvm_send_cmd_pdu(mvm, TIME_QUOTA_CMD, 0,
-                                  sizeof(cmd), &cmd);
-       if (ret)
-               IWL_ERR(mvm, "Failed to send quota: %d\n", ret);
-       return ret;
+       if (send) {
+               err = iwl_mvm_send_cmd_pdu(mvm, TIME_QUOTA_CMD, 0,
+                                          sizeof(cmd), &cmd);
+       } else {
+               /* don't send a practically unchanged command, the firmware has
+                * to re-initialize a lot of state and that can have an adverse
+                * impact on it
+                */
+               err = 0;
+       }
+
+       if (err)
+               IWL_ERR(mvm, "Failed to send quota: %d\n", err);
+       else
+               mvm->last_quota_cmd = cmd;
+       return err;
 }