diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/lib.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/lib.c
index 86ea5f4c3939..44ca0e57f9f7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/lib.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/lib.c
@@ -1261,6 +1261,15 @@ int iwl_dvm_send_cmd(struct iwl_priv *priv, struct iwl_host_cmd *cmd)
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * This can happen upon FW ASSERT: we clear the STATUS_FW_ERROR flag
+	 * in iwl_down but cancel the workers only later.
+	 */
+	if (!priv->ucode_loaded) {
+		IWL_ERR(priv, "Fw not loaded - dropping CMD: %x\n", cmd->id);
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Synchronous commands from this op-mode must hold
 	 * the mutex, this ensures we don't try to send two
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/ucode.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/ucode.c
index 736fe9bb140e..1a4ac9236a44 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/ucode.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/ucode.c
@@ -367,6 +367,8 @@ int iwl_load_ucode_wait_alive(struct iwl_priv *priv,
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 
+	priv->ucode_loaded = true;
+
 	if (ucode_type != IWL_UCODE_WOWLAN) {
 		/* delay a bit to give rfkill time to run */
 		msleep(5);
@@ -380,8 +382,6 @@ int iwl_load_ucode_wait_alive(struct iwl_priv *priv,
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	priv->ucode_loaded = true;
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c
index 17bedc50e753..12c4f31ca8fb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c
@@ -475,6 +475,10 @@ static int iwl_trans_pcie_start_fw(struct iwl_trans *trans,
 
 	/* If platform's RF_KILL switch is NOT set to KILL */
 	hw_rfkill = iwl_is_rfkill_set(trans);
+	if (hw_rfkill)
+		set_bit(STATUS_RFKILL, &trans_pcie->status);
+	else
+		clear_bit(STATUS_RFKILL, &trans_pcie->status);
 	iwl_op_mode_hw_rf_kill(trans->op_mode, hw_rfkill);
 	if (hw_rfkill && !run_in_rfkill)
 		return -ERFKILL;
@@ -641,6 +645,7 @@ static int iwl_trans_pcie_d3_resume(struct iwl_trans *trans,
 
 static int iwl_trans_pcie_start_hw(struct iwl_trans *trans)
 {
+	struct iwl_trans_pcie *trans_pcie = IWL_TRANS_GET_PCIE_TRANS(trans);
 	bool hw_rfkill;
 	int err;
 
@@ -656,6 +661,10 @@ static int iwl_trans_pcie_start_hw(struct iwl_trans *trans)
 	iwl_enable_rfkill_int(trans);
 
 	hw_rfkill = iwl_is_rfkill_set(trans);
+	if (hw_rfkill)
+		set_bit(STATUS_RFKILL, &trans_pcie->status);
+	else
+		clear_bit(STATUS_RFKILL, &trans_pcie->status);
 	iwl_op_mode_hw_rf_kill(trans->op_mode, hw_rfkill);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -694,6 +703,10 @@ static void iwl_trans_pcie_stop_hw(struct iwl_trans *trans,
 		 * op_mode.
 		 */
 		hw_rfkill = iwl_is_rfkill_set(trans);
+		if (hw_rfkill)
+			set_bit(STATUS_RFKILL, &trans_pcie->status);
+		else
+			clear_bit(STATUS_RFKILL, &trans_pcie->status);
 		iwl_op_mode_hw_rf_kill(trans->op_mode, hw_rfkill);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/tx.c
index 8595c16f74de..cb5c6792e3a8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/tx.c
@@ -1264,7 +1264,7 @@ static int iwl_pcie_enqueue_hcmd(struct iwl_trans *trans,
 	for (i = 0; i < IWL_MAX_CMD_TBS_PER_TFD; i++) {
 		int copy = 0;
 
-		if (!cmd->len)
+		if (!cmd->len[i])
 			continue;
 
 		/* need at least IWL_HCMD_SCRATCHBUF_SIZE copied */