diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/tx.c
index 105e3af3c621..79a4ddc002d3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/tx.c
@@ -480,20 +480,12 @@ void iwl_trans_pcie_txq_enable(struct iwl_trans *trans, int txq_id, int fifo,
 void iwl_trans_pcie_txq_disable(struct iwl_trans *trans, int txq_id)
 {
 	struct iwl_trans_pcie *trans_pcie = IWL_TRANS_GET_PCIE_TRANS(trans);
-	u16 rd_ptr, wr_ptr;
-	int n_bd = trans_pcie->txq[txq_id].q.n_bd;
 
 	if (!test_and_clear_bit(txq_id, trans_pcie->queue_used)) {
 		WARN_ONCE(1, "queue %d not used", txq_id);
 		return;
 	}
 
-	rd_ptr = iwl_read_prph(trans, SCD_QUEUE_RDPTR(txq_id)) & (n_bd - 1);
-	wr_ptr = iwl_read_prph(trans, SCD_QUEUE_WRPTR(txq_id));
-
-	WARN_ONCE(rd_ptr != wr_ptr, "queue %d isn't empty: [%d,%d]",
-		  txq_id, rd_ptr, wr_ptr);
-
 	iwl_txq_set_inactive(trans, txq_id);
 	IWL_DEBUG_TX_QUEUES(trans, "Deactivate queue %d\n", txq_id);
 }