diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/ops.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/ops.c
index 89a095691507..7d7b2fbe7cd1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/ops.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/ops.c
@@ -166,8 +166,15 @@ static void iwl_mvm_nic_config(struct iwl_op_mode *op_mode)
 	WARN_ON((radio_cfg_type << CSR_HW_IF_CONFIG_REG_POS_PHY_TYPE) &
 		 ~CSR_HW_IF_CONFIG_REG_MSK_PHY_TYPE);
 
-	/* silicon bits */
-	reg_val |= CSR_HW_IF_CONFIG_REG_BIT_RADIO_SI;
+	/*
+	 * TODO: Bits 7-8 of CSR in 8000 HW family set the ADC sampling, and
+	 * shouldn't be set to any non-zero value. The same is supposed to be
+	 * true of the other HW, but unsetting them (such as the 7260) causes
+	 * automatic tests to fail on seemingly unrelated errors. Need to
+	 * further investigate this, but for now we'll separate cases.
+	 */
+	if (mvm->trans->cfg->device_family != IWL_DEVICE_FAMILY_8000)
+		reg_val |= CSR_HW_IF_CONFIG_REG_BIT_RADIO_SI;
 
 	iwl_trans_set_bits_mask(mvm->trans, CSR_HW_IF_CONFIG_REG,
 				CSR_HW_IF_CONFIG_REG_MSK_MAC_DASH |