diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/mac.c
index 71b84d91dcf..efc420cd42b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/mac.c
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ bool ath9k_hw_stoptxdma(struct ath_hw *ah, u32 q)
 		wait = wait_time;
 		while (ath9k_hw_numtxpending(ah, q)) {
 			if ((--wait) == 0) {
-				ath_print(common, ATH_DBG_QUEUE,
+				ath_print(common, ATH_DBG_FATAL,
 					  "Failed to stop TX DMA in 100 "
 					  "msec after killing last frame\n");
 				break;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
index fd0cf4d854e..1e813bbf474 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
@@ -1108,11 +1108,11 @@ void ath_drain_all_txq(struct ath_softc *sc, bool retry_tx)
 	if (npend) {
 		int r;
 
-		ath_print(common, ATH_DBG_XMIT,
+		ath_print(common, ATH_DBG_FATAL,
 			  "Unable to stop TxDMA. Reset HAL!\n");
 
 		spin_lock_bh(&sc->sc_resetlock);
-		r = ath9k_hw_reset(ah, sc->sc_ah->curchan, true);
+		r = ath9k_hw_reset(ah, sc->sc_ah->curchan, false);
 		if (r)
 			ath_print(common, ATH_DBG_FATAL,
 				  "Unable to reset hardware; reset status %d\n",