diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/ce.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/ce.c
index 657e8f2ee982..ab22d14f4569 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/ce.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/ce.c
@@ -792,13 +792,13 @@ static void ath10k_ce_per_engine_handler_adjust(struct ath10k_ce_pipe *ce_state,
 	ath10k_pci_sleep(ar);
 }
 
-void ath10k_ce_disable_interrupts(struct ath10k *ar)
+int ath10k_ce_disable_interrupts(struct ath10k *ar)
 {
 	int ce_id, ret;
 
 	ret = ath10k_pci_wake(ar);
 	if (ret)
-		return;
+		return ret;
 
 	for (ce_id = 0; ce_id < CE_COUNT; ce_id++) {
 		u32 ctrl_addr = ath10k_ce_base_address(ce_id);
@@ -807,7 +807,10 @@ void ath10k_ce_disable_interrupts(struct ath10k *ar)
 		ath10k_ce_error_intr_disable(ar, ctrl_addr);
 		ath10k_ce_watermark_intr_disable(ar, ctrl_addr);
 	}
+
 	ath10k_pci_sleep(ar);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 void ath10k_ce_send_cb_register(struct ath10k_ce_pipe *ce_state,
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/ce.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/ce.h
index 15d45b5b7615..67dbde6a5c74 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/ce.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/ce.h
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ void ath10k_ce_deinit(struct ath10k_ce_pipe *ce_state);
 /*==================CE Interrupt Handlers====================*/
 void ath10k_ce_per_engine_service_any(struct ath10k *ar);
 void ath10k_ce_per_engine_service(struct ath10k *ar, unsigned int ce_id);
-void ath10k_ce_disable_interrupts(struct ath10k *ar);
+int ath10k_ce_disable_interrupts(struct ath10k *ar);
 
 /* ce_attr.flags values */
 /* Use NonSnooping PCIe accesses? */
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c
index 2b4f7d3969e1..e41665f7eb85 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c
@@ -879,8 +879,12 @@ static void ath10k_pci_stop_ce(struct ath10k *ar)
 	struct ath10k_pci *ar_pci = ath10k_pci_priv(ar);
 	struct ath10k_pci_compl *compl;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = ath10k_ce_disable_interrupts(ar);
+	if (ret)
+		ath10k_warn("failed to disable CE interrupts: %d\n", ret);
 
-	ath10k_ce_disable_interrupts(ar);
 	ath10k_pci_kill_tasklet(ar);
 
 	/* Mark pending completions as aborted, so that upper layers free up