diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-4965.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-4965.c
index aebe8c51d3e18d308e25de8b36ba60d92280009c..e4794885d07907e0c107b3878da31b1ff2e58087 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-4965.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-4965.c
@@ -581,6 +581,8 @@ static int iwl4965_alive_notify(struct iwl_priv *priv)
 
 	iwl4965_set_wr_ptrs(priv, IWL_CMD_QUEUE_NUM, 0);
 
+	/* reset to 0 to enable all the queue first */
+	priv->txq_ctx_active_msk = 0;
 	/* Map each Tx/cmd queue to its corresponding fifo */
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(default_queue_to_tx_fifo); i++) {
 		int ac = default_queue_to_tx_fifo[i];
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-5000.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-5000.c
index f3d662c8cbcf320fb1b1f8d5f0f087f7ad460bb8..a7fa1ad7e6e5f6a65ef9a15a83cd734265a31c0f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-5000.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-5000.c
@@ -648,6 +648,8 @@ int iwl5000_alive_notify(struct iwl_priv *priv)
 
 	iwl5000_set_wr_ptrs(priv, IWL_CMD_QUEUE_NUM, 0);
 
+	/* reset to 0 to enable all the queue first */
+	priv->txq_ctx_active_msk = 0;
 	/* map qos queues to fifos one-to-one */
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(iwl5000_default_queue_to_tx_fifo); i++) {
 		int ac = iwl5000_default_queue_to_tx_fifo[i];