diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c
index c89103786b1cba8d7d607bb8228b47ce6e00e7ff..a00420e9626b65fd4670bedd2e7b7b79f86a8073 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500usb.c
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
  * between each attampt. When the busy bit is still set at that time,
  * the access attempt is considered to have failed,
  * and we will print an error.
+ * If the usb_cache_mutex is already held then the _lock variants must
+ * be used instead.
  */
 static inline void rt2500usb_register_read(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 					   const unsigned int offset,
@@ -64,6 +66,17 @@ static inline void rt2500usb_register_read(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 	*value = le16_to_cpu(reg);
 }
 
+static inline void rt2500usb_register_read_lock(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
+						const unsigned int offset,
+						u16 *value)
+{
+	__le16 reg;
+	rt2x00usb_vendor_req_buff_lock(rt2x00dev, USB_MULTI_READ,
+				       USB_VENDOR_REQUEST_IN, offset,
+				       &reg, sizeof(u16), REGISTER_TIMEOUT);
+	*value = le16_to_cpu(reg);
+}
+
 static inline void rt2500usb_register_multiread(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 						const unsigned int offset,
 						void *value, const u16 length)
@@ -84,6 +97,16 @@ static inline void rt2500usb_register_write(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 				      &reg, sizeof(u16), REGISTER_TIMEOUT);
 }
 
+static inline void rt2500usb_register_write_lock(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
+						 const unsigned int offset,
+						 u16 value)
+{
+	__le16 reg = cpu_to_le16(value);
+	rt2x00usb_vendor_req_buff_lock(rt2x00dev, USB_MULTI_WRITE,
+				       USB_VENDOR_REQUEST_OUT, offset,
+				       &reg, sizeof(u16), REGISTER_TIMEOUT);
+}
+
 static inline void rt2500usb_register_multiwrite(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 						 const unsigned int offset,
 						 void *value, const u16 length)
@@ -100,7 +123,7 @@ static u16 rt2500usb_bbp_check(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
 	unsigned int i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < REGISTER_BUSY_COUNT; i++) {
-		rt2500usb_register_read(rt2x00dev, PHY_CSR8, &reg);
+		rt2500usb_register_read_lock(rt2x00dev, PHY_CSR8, &reg);
 		if (!rt2x00_get_field16(reg, PHY_CSR8_BUSY))
 			break;
 		udelay(REGISTER_BUSY_DELAY);
@@ -114,12 +137,15 @@ static void rt2500usb_bbp_write(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 {
 	u16 reg;
 
+	mutex_lock(&rt2x00dev->usb_cache_mutex);
+
 	/*
 	 * Wait until the BBP becomes ready.
 	 */
 	reg = rt2500usb_bbp_check(rt2x00dev);
 	if (rt2x00_get_field16(reg, PHY_CSR8_BUSY)) {
 		ERROR(rt2x00dev, "PHY_CSR8 register busy. Write failed.\n");
+		mutex_unlock(&rt2x00dev->usb_cache_mutex);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -131,7 +157,9 @@ static void rt2500usb_bbp_write(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 	rt2x00_set_field16(&reg, PHY_CSR7_REG_ID, word);
 	rt2x00_set_field16(&reg, PHY_CSR7_READ_CONTROL, 0);
 
-	rt2500usb_register_write(rt2x00dev, PHY_CSR7, reg);
+	rt2500usb_register_write_lock(rt2x00dev, PHY_CSR7, reg);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&rt2x00dev->usb_cache_mutex);
 }
 
 static void rt2500usb_bbp_read(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
@@ -139,6 +167,8 @@ static void rt2500usb_bbp_read(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 {
 	u16 reg;
 
+	mutex_lock(&rt2x00dev->usb_cache_mutex);
+
 	/*
 	 * Wait until the BBP becomes ready.
 	 */
@@ -155,7 +185,7 @@ static void rt2500usb_bbp_read(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 	rt2x00_set_field16(&reg, PHY_CSR7_REG_ID, word);
 	rt2x00_set_field16(&reg, PHY_CSR7_READ_CONTROL, 1);
 
-	rt2500usb_register_write(rt2x00dev, PHY_CSR7, reg);
+	rt2500usb_register_write_lock(rt2x00dev, PHY_CSR7, reg);
 
 	/*
 	 * Wait until the BBP becomes ready.
@@ -164,11 +194,14 @@ static void rt2500usb_bbp_read(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 	if (rt2x00_get_field16(reg, PHY_CSR8_BUSY)) {
 		ERROR(rt2x00dev, "PHY_CSR8 register busy. Read failed.\n");
 		*value = 0xff;
+		mutex_unlock(&rt2x00dev->usb_cache_mutex);
 		return;
 	}
 
-	rt2500usb_register_read(rt2x00dev, PHY_CSR7, &reg);
+	rt2500usb_register_read_lock(rt2x00dev, PHY_CSR7, &reg);
 	*value = rt2x00_get_field16(reg, PHY_CSR7_DATA);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&rt2x00dev->usb_cache_mutex);
 }
 
 static void rt2500usb_rf_write(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
@@ -180,20 +213,23 @@ static void rt2500usb_rf_write(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 	if (!word)
 		return;
 
+	mutex_lock(&rt2x00dev->usb_cache_mutex);
+
 	for (i = 0; i < REGISTER_BUSY_COUNT; i++) {
-		rt2500usb_register_read(rt2x00dev, PHY_CSR10, &reg);
+		rt2500usb_register_read_lock(rt2x00dev, PHY_CSR10, &reg);
 		if (!rt2x00_get_field16(reg, PHY_CSR10_RF_BUSY))
 			goto rf_write;
 		udelay(REGISTER_BUSY_DELAY);
 	}
 
+	mutex_unlock(&rt2x00dev->usb_cache_mutex);
 	ERROR(rt2x00dev, "PHY_CSR10 register busy. Write failed.\n");
 	return;
 
 rf_write:
 	reg = 0;
 	rt2x00_set_field16(&reg, PHY_CSR9_RF_VALUE, value);
-	rt2500usb_register_write(rt2x00dev, PHY_CSR9, reg);
+	rt2500usb_register_write_lock(rt2x00dev, PHY_CSR9, reg);
 
 	reg = 0;
 	rt2x00_set_field16(&reg, PHY_CSR10_RF_VALUE, value >> 16);
@@ -201,8 +237,10 @@ rf_write:
 	rt2x00_set_field16(&reg, PHY_CSR10_RF_IF_SELECT, 0);
 	rt2x00_set_field16(&reg, PHY_CSR10_RF_BUSY, 1);
 
-	rt2500usb_register_write(rt2x00dev, PHY_CSR10, reg);
+	rt2500usb_register_write_lock(rt2x00dev, PHY_CSR10, reg);
 	rt2x00_rf_write(rt2x00dev, word, value);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&rt2x00dev->usb_cache_mutex);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_RT2X00_LIB_DEBUGFS
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
index 2cd2c9fab1a59915a3d928ea9a80af04c923a67d..75c9a766e4211530edf722ca5b222118bb2f6b6b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <linux/skbuff.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <linux/firmware.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
 
 #include <net/mac80211.h>
 
@@ -658,6 +659,18 @@ struct rt2x00_dev {
 	void __iomem *csr_addr;
 	void *csr_cache;
 
+	/*
+	 * Mutex to protect register accesses on USB devices.
+	 * There are 2 reasons this is needed, one is to ensure
+	 * use of the csr_cache (for USB devices) by one thread
+	 * isn't corrupted by another thread trying to access it.
+	 * The other is that access to BBP and RF registers
+	 * require multiple BUS transactions and if another thread
+	 * attempted to access one of those registers at the same
+	 * time one of the writes could silently fail.
+	 */
+	struct mutex usb_cache_mutex;
+
 	/*
 	 * Interface configuration.
 	 */
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.c
index ab97b0600ec8b3ecd07ef07392b6d38189fe7885..a8f0f80ddd216732864a7d0779e70b41ffa61ffc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/usb.h>
+#include <linux/bug.h>
 
 #include "rt2x00.h"
 #include "rt2x00usb.h"
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ int rt2x00usb_vendor_request(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 	    (requesttype == USB_VENDOR_REQUEST_IN) ?
 	    usb_rcvctrlpipe(usb_dev, 0) : usb_sndctrlpipe(usb_dev, 0);
 
+
 	for (i = 0; i < REGISTER_BUSY_COUNT; i++) {
 		status = usb_control_msg(usb_dev, pipe, request, requesttype,
 					 value, offset, buffer, buffer_length,
@@ -76,13 +78,15 @@ int rt2x00usb_vendor_request(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rt2x00usb_vendor_request);
 
-int rt2x00usb_vendor_request_buff(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
-				  const u8 request, const u8 requesttype,
-				  const u16 offset, void *buffer,
-				  const u16 buffer_length, const int timeout)
+int rt2x00usb_vendor_req_buff_lock(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
+				   const u8 request, const u8 requesttype,
+				   const u16 offset, void *buffer,
+				   const u16 buffer_length, const int timeout)
 {
 	int status;
 
+	BUG_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&rt2x00dev->usb_cache_mutex));
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for Cache availability.
 	 */
@@ -103,6 +107,25 @@ int rt2x00usb_vendor_request_buff(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 
 	return status;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rt2x00usb_vendor_req_buff_lock);
+
+int rt2x00usb_vendor_request_buff(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
+				  const u8 request, const u8 requesttype,
+				  const u16 offset, void *buffer,
+				  const u16 buffer_length, const int timeout)
+{
+	int status;
+
+	mutex_lock(&rt2x00dev->usb_cache_mutex);
+
+	status = rt2x00usb_vendor_req_buff_lock(rt2x00dev, request,
+						requesttype, offset, buffer,
+						buffer_length, timeout);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&rt2x00dev->usb_cache_mutex);
+
+	return status;
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rt2x00usb_vendor_request_buff);
 
 /*
@@ -507,6 +530,7 @@ int rt2x00usb_probe(struct usb_interface *usb_intf,
 	rt2x00dev->dev = usb_intf;
 	rt2x00dev->ops = ops;
 	rt2x00dev->hw = hw;
+	mutex_init(&rt2x00dev->usb_cache_mutex);
 
 	rt2x00dev->usb_maxpacket =
 	    usb_maxpacket(usb_dev, usb_sndbulkpipe(usb_dev, 1), 1);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.h b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.h
index 53282b0369272a5320f167831406d02ed6bb6ec7..2fa45c57a73fa812f050a6bc2df21b47aea92dc9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.h
@@ -112,6 +112,14 @@ int rt2x00usb_vendor_request_buff(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 				  const u16 offset, void *buffer,
 				  const u16 buffer_length, const int timeout);
 
+/*
+ * A version of rt2x00usb_vendor_request_buff which must be called
+ * if the usb_cache_mutex is already held. */
+int rt2x00usb_vendor_req_buff_lock(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
+				   const u8 request, const u8 requesttype,
+				   const u16 offset, void *buffer,
+				   const u16 buffer_length, const int timeout);
+
 /*
  * Simple wrapper around rt2x00usb_vendor_request to write a single
  * command to the device. Since we don't use the buffer argument we
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c
index d89db266757c6c466877061f3dbe4193041ad642..7caa3639dadf3d495ca63df1f49d2ffab3b91dae 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt73usb.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
  * between each attampt. When the busy bit is still set at that time,
  * the access attempt is considered to have failed,
  * and we will print an error.
+ * The _lock versions must be used if you already hold the usb_cache_mutex
  */
 static inline void rt73usb_register_read(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 					 const unsigned int offset, u32 *value)
@@ -63,6 +64,16 @@ static inline void rt73usb_register_read(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 	*value = le32_to_cpu(reg);
 }
 
+static inline void rt73usb_register_read_lock(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
+					      const unsigned int offset, u32 *value)
+{
+	__le32 reg;
+	rt2x00usb_vendor_req_buff_lock(rt2x00dev, USB_MULTI_READ,
+				       USB_VENDOR_REQUEST_IN, offset,
+				       &reg, sizeof(u32), REGISTER_TIMEOUT);
+	*value = le32_to_cpu(reg);
+}
+
 static inline void rt73usb_register_multiread(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 					      const unsigned int offset,
 					      void *value, const u32 length)
@@ -82,6 +93,15 @@ static inline void rt73usb_register_write(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 				      &reg, sizeof(u32), REGISTER_TIMEOUT);
 }
 
+static inline void rt73usb_register_write_lock(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
+					       const unsigned int offset, u32 value)
+{
+	__le32 reg = cpu_to_le32(value);
+	rt2x00usb_vendor_req_buff_lock(rt2x00dev, USB_MULTI_WRITE,
+				       USB_VENDOR_REQUEST_OUT, offset,
+				      &reg, sizeof(u32), REGISTER_TIMEOUT);
+}
+
 static inline void rt73usb_register_multiwrite(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 					       const unsigned int offset,
 					       void *value, const u32 length)
@@ -98,7 +118,7 @@ static u32 rt73usb_bbp_check(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
 	unsigned int i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < REGISTER_BUSY_COUNT; i++) {
-		rt73usb_register_read(rt2x00dev, PHY_CSR3, &reg);
+		rt73usb_register_read_lock(rt2x00dev, PHY_CSR3, &reg);
 		if (!rt2x00_get_field32(reg, PHY_CSR3_BUSY))
 			break;
 		udelay(REGISTER_BUSY_DELAY);
@@ -112,12 +132,15 @@ static void rt73usb_bbp_write(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 {
 	u32 reg;
 
+	mutex_lock(&rt2x00dev->usb_cache_mutex);
+
 	/*
 	 * Wait until the BBP becomes ready.
 	 */
 	reg = rt73usb_bbp_check(rt2x00dev);
 	if (rt2x00_get_field32(reg, PHY_CSR3_BUSY)) {
 		ERROR(rt2x00dev, "PHY_CSR3 register busy. Write failed.\n");
+		mutex_unlock(&rt2x00dev->usb_cache_mutex);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -130,7 +153,8 @@ static void rt73usb_bbp_write(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, PHY_CSR3_BUSY, 1);
 	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, PHY_CSR3_READ_CONTROL, 0);
 
-	rt73usb_register_write(rt2x00dev, PHY_CSR3, reg);
+	rt73usb_register_write_lock(rt2x00dev, PHY_CSR3, reg);
+	mutex_unlock(&rt2x00dev->usb_cache_mutex);
 }
 
 static void rt73usb_bbp_read(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
@@ -138,12 +162,15 @@ static void rt73usb_bbp_read(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 {
 	u32 reg;
 
+	mutex_lock(&rt2x00dev->usb_cache_mutex);
+
 	/*
 	 * Wait until the BBP becomes ready.
 	 */
 	reg = rt73usb_bbp_check(rt2x00dev);
 	if (rt2x00_get_field32(reg, PHY_CSR3_BUSY)) {
 		ERROR(rt2x00dev, "PHY_CSR3 register busy. Read failed.\n");
+		mutex_unlock(&rt2x00dev->usb_cache_mutex);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -155,7 +182,7 @@ static void rt73usb_bbp_read(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, PHY_CSR3_BUSY, 1);
 	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, PHY_CSR3_READ_CONTROL, 1);
 
-	rt73usb_register_write(rt2x00dev, PHY_CSR3, reg);
+	rt73usb_register_write_lock(rt2x00dev, PHY_CSR3, reg);
 
 	/*
 	 * Wait until the BBP becomes ready.
@@ -168,6 +195,7 @@ static void rt73usb_bbp_read(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 	}
 
 	*value = rt2x00_get_field32(reg, PHY_CSR3_VALUE);
+	mutex_unlock(&rt2x00dev->usb_cache_mutex);
 }
 
 static void rt73usb_rf_write(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
@@ -179,13 +207,16 @@ static void rt73usb_rf_write(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev,
 	if (!word)
 		return;
 
+	mutex_lock(&rt2x00dev->usb_cache_mutex);
+
 	for (i = 0; i < REGISTER_BUSY_COUNT; i++) {
-		rt73usb_register_read(rt2x00dev, PHY_CSR4, &reg);
+		rt73usb_register_read_lock(rt2x00dev, PHY_CSR4, &reg);
 		if (!rt2x00_get_field32(reg, PHY_CSR4_BUSY))
 			goto rf_write;
 		udelay(REGISTER_BUSY_DELAY);
 	}
 
+	mutex_unlock(&rt2x00dev->usb_cache_mutex);
 	ERROR(rt2x00dev, "PHY_CSR4 register busy. Write failed.\n");
 	return;
 
@@ -203,8 +234,9 @@ rf_write:
 	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, PHY_CSR4_IF_SELECT, 0);
 	rt2x00_set_field32(&reg, PHY_CSR4_BUSY, 1);
 
-	rt73usb_register_write(rt2x00dev, PHY_CSR4, reg);
+	rt73usb_register_write_lock(rt2x00dev, PHY_CSR4, reg);
 	rt2x00_rf_write(rt2x00dev, word, value);
+	mutex_unlock(&rt2x00dev->usb_cache_mutex);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_RT2X00_LIB_DEBUGFS