diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt7601u/dma.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt7601u/dma.c
index f7edeffb2b19179fb166add88039755234d79bc8..134f8a5bb5d4d34684e7a7b3ac29925af85a263d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt7601u/dma.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt7601u/dma.c
@@ -193,10 +193,23 @@ static void mt7601u_complete_rx(struct urb *urb)
 	struct mt7601u_rx_queue *q = &dev->rx_q;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->rx_lock, flags);
+	/* do no schedule rx tasklet if urb has been unlinked
+	 * or the device has been removed
+	 */
+	switch (urb->status) {
+	case -ECONNRESET:
+	case -ESHUTDOWN:
+	case -ENOENT:
+		return;
+	default:
+		dev_err_ratelimited(dev->dev, "rx urb failed: %d\n",
+				    urb->status);
+		/* fall through */
+	case 0:
+		break;
+	}
 
-	if (mt7601u_urb_has_error(urb))
-		dev_err(dev->dev, "Error: RX urb failed:%d\n", urb->status);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->rx_lock, flags);
 	if (WARN_ONCE(q->e[q->end].urb != urb, "RX urb mismatch"))
 		goto out;
 
@@ -363,19 +376,9 @@ int mt7601u_dma_enqueue_tx(struct mt7601u_dev *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
 static void mt7601u_kill_rx(struct mt7601u_dev *dev)
 {
 	int i;
-	unsigned long flags;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->rx_lock, flags);
-
-	for (i = 0; i < dev->rx_q.entries; i++) {
-		int next = dev->rx_q.end;
-
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->rx_lock, flags);
-		usb_poison_urb(dev->rx_q.e[next].urb);
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->rx_lock, flags);
-	}
-
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->rx_lock, flags);
+	for (i = 0; i < dev->rx_q.entries; i++)
+		usb_poison_urb(dev->rx_q.e[i].urb);
 }
 
 static int mt7601u_submit_rx_buf(struct mt7601u_dev *dev,