diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/mcu.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/mcu.c
index d0d6de3f6d41d21c8cc286cd3b96de4682f2c8c6..a4f070cd78fda5fb269d9a87bbb3b6227aa0734f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/mcu.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/mcu.c
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ mt7921_mcu_parse_response(struct mt76_dev *mdev, int cmd,
 	if (!skb) {
 		dev_err(mdev->dev, "Message %d (seq %d) timeout\n",
 			cmd, seq);
+		mt7921_reset(mdev);
+
 		return -ETIMEDOUT;
 	}
 
@@ -952,7 +954,6 @@ int mt7921_mcu_init(struct mt7921_dev *dev)
 		.mcu_skb_send_msg = mt7921_mcu_send_message,
 		.mcu_parse_response = mt7921_mcu_parse_response,
 		.mcu_restart = mt7921_mcu_restart,
-		.mcu_reset = mt7921_reset,
 	};
 
 	dev->mt76.mcu_ops = &mt7921_mcu_ops;