kfree(probe_resp_data);
 }
 
+static void handle_irq_beacon(struct b43_wldev *dev)
+{
+       struct b43_wl *wl = dev->wl;
+       u32 cmd, beacon0_valid, beacon1_valid;
+
+       if (!b43_is_mode(wl, IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_AP))
+               return;
+
+       /* This is the bottom half of the asynchronous beacon update. */
+
+       /* Ignore interrupt in the future. */
+       dev->irq_savedstate &= ~B43_IRQ_BEACON;
+
+       cmd = b43_read32(dev, B43_MMIO_MACCMD);
+       beacon0_valid = (cmd & B43_MACCMD_BEACON0_VALID);
+       beacon1_valid = (cmd & B43_MACCMD_BEACON1_VALID);
+
+       /* Schedule interrupt manually, if busy. */
+       if (beacon0_valid && beacon1_valid) {
+               b43_write32(dev, B43_MMIO_GEN_IRQ_REASON, B43_IRQ_BEACON);
+               dev->irq_savedstate |= B43_IRQ_BEACON;
+               return;
+       }
+
+       if (!beacon0_valid) {
+               if (!wl->beacon0_uploaded) {
+                       b43_write_beacon_template(dev, 0x68, 0x18,
+                                                 B43_CCK_RATE_1MB);
+                       b43_write_probe_resp_template(dev, 0x268, 0x4A,
+                                                     &__b43_ratetable[3]);
+                       wl->beacon0_uploaded = 1;
+               }
+               cmd = b43_read32(dev, B43_MMIO_MACCMD);
+               cmd |= B43_MACCMD_BEACON0_VALID;
+               b43_write32(dev, B43_MMIO_MACCMD, cmd);
+       } else if (!beacon1_valid) {
+               if (!wl->beacon1_uploaded) {
+                       b43_write_beacon_template(dev, 0x468, 0x1A,
+                                                 B43_CCK_RATE_1MB);
+                       wl->beacon1_uploaded = 1;
+               }
+               cmd = b43_read32(dev, B43_MMIO_MACCMD);
+               cmd |= B43_MACCMD_BEACON1_VALID;
+               b43_write32(dev, B43_MMIO_MACCMD, cmd);
+       }
+}
+
 static void b43_beacon_update_trigger_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
        struct b43_wl *wl = container_of(work, struct b43_wl,
        mutex_lock(&wl->mutex);
        dev = wl->current_dev;
        if (likely(dev && (b43_status(dev) >= B43_STAT_INITIALIZED))) {
-               /* Force the microcode to trigger the
-                * beacon update bottom-half IRQ. */
                spin_lock_irq(&wl->irq_lock);
-               b43_write32(dev, B43_MMIO_MACCMD,
-                           b43_read32(dev, B43_MMIO_MACCMD)
-                           | B43_MACCMD_BEACON0_VALID
-                           | B43_MACCMD_BEACON1_VALID);
+               /* update beacon right away or defer to irq */
+               dev->irq_savedstate = b43_read32(dev, B43_MMIO_GEN_IRQ_MASK);
+               handle_irq_beacon(dev);
+               /* The handler might have updated the IRQ mask. */
+               b43_write32(dev, B43_MMIO_GEN_IRQ_MASK,
+                           dev->irq_savedstate);
+               mmiowb();
                spin_unlock_irq(&wl->irq_lock);
        }
        mutex_unlock(&wl->mutex);
        b43dbg(dev->wl, "Set beacon interval to %u\n", beacon_int);
 }
 
-static void handle_irq_beacon(struct b43_wldev *dev)
-{
-       struct b43_wl *wl = dev->wl;
-       u32 cmd, beacon0_valid, beacon1_valid;
-
-       if (!b43_is_mode(wl, IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_AP))
-               return;
-
-       /* This is the bottom half of the asynchronous beacon update. */
-
-       cmd = b43_read32(dev, B43_MMIO_MACCMD);
-       beacon0_valid = (cmd & B43_MACCMD_BEACON0_VALID);
-       beacon1_valid = (cmd & B43_MACCMD_BEACON1_VALID);
-       cmd &= ~(B43_MACCMD_BEACON0_VALID | B43_MACCMD_BEACON1_VALID);
-
-       if (!beacon0_valid) {
-               if (!wl->beacon0_uploaded) {
-                       b43_write_beacon_template(dev, 0x68, 0x18,
-                                                 B43_CCK_RATE_1MB);
-                       b43_write_probe_resp_template(dev, 0x268, 0x4A,
-                                                     &__b43_ratetable[3]);
-                       wl->beacon0_uploaded = 1;
-               }
-               cmd |= B43_MACCMD_BEACON0_VALID;
-       } else if (!beacon1_valid) {
-               if (!wl->beacon1_uploaded) {
-                       b43_write_beacon_template(dev, 0x468, 0x1A,
-                                                 B43_CCK_RATE_1MB);
-                       wl->beacon1_uploaded = 1;
-               }
-               cmd |= B43_MACCMD_BEACON1_VALID;
-       }
-       b43_write32(dev, B43_MMIO_MACCMD, cmd);
-}
-
 static void handle_irq_ucode_debug(struct b43_wldev *dev)
 {
        //TODO