diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/fw/dbg.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/fw/dbg.c
index 33d7bc5500db..f5cac9e4aaae 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/fw/dbg.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/fw/dbg.c
@@ -2057,9 +2057,12 @@ int iwl_fw_dbg_error_collect(struct iwl_fw_runtime *fwrt,
 			     enum iwl_fw_dbg_trigger trig_type)
 {
 	int ret;
-	struct iwl_fw_dump_desc *iwl_dump_error_desc =
-		kmalloc(sizeof(*iwl_dump_error_desc), GFP_KERNEL);
+	struct iwl_fw_dump_desc *iwl_dump_error_desc;
 
+	if (!test_bit(STATUS_DEVICE_ENABLED, &fwrt->trans->status))
+		return -EIO;
+
+	iwl_dump_error_desc = kmalloc(sizeof(*iwl_dump_error_desc), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!iwl_dump_error_desc)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c
index dfa1bed124aa..ce59d8498337 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c
@@ -3192,7 +3192,7 @@ static struct iwl_trans_dump_data
 	len = sizeof(*dump_data);
 
 	/* host commands */
-	if (dump_mask & BIT(IWL_FW_ERROR_DUMP_TXCMD))
+	if (dump_mask & BIT(IWL_FW_ERROR_DUMP_TXCMD) && cmdq)
 		len += sizeof(*data) +
 			cmdq->n_window * (sizeof(*txcmd) +
 					  TFD_MAX_PAYLOAD_SIZE);
@@ -3244,7 +3244,7 @@ static struct iwl_trans_dump_data
 	len = 0;
 	data = (void *)dump_data->data;
 
-	if (dump_mask & BIT(IWL_FW_ERROR_DUMP_TXCMD)) {
+	if (dump_mask & BIT(IWL_FW_ERROR_DUMP_TXCMD) && cmdq) {
 		u16 tfd_size = trans_pcie->tfd_size;
 
 		data->type = cpu_to_le32(IWL_FW_ERROR_DUMP_TXCMD);
@@ -3681,6 +3681,7 @@ void iwl_trans_pcie_sync_nmi(struct iwl_trans *trans)
 {
 	struct iwl_trans_pcie *trans_pcie = IWL_TRANS_GET_PCIE_TRANS(trans);
 	unsigned long timeout = jiffies + IWL_TRANS_NMI_TIMEOUT;
+	bool interrupts_enabled = test_bit(STATUS_INT_ENABLED, &trans->status);
 	u32 inta_addr, sw_err_bit;
 
 	if (trans_pcie->msix_enabled) {
@@ -3691,7 +3692,12 @@ void iwl_trans_pcie_sync_nmi(struct iwl_trans *trans)
 		sw_err_bit = CSR_INT_BIT_SW_ERR;
 	}
 
-	iwl_disable_interrupts(trans);
+	/* if the interrupts were already disabled, there is no point in
+	 * calling iwl_disable_interrupts
+	 */
+	if (interrupts_enabled)
+		iwl_disable_interrupts(trans);
+
 	iwl_force_nmi(trans);
 	while (time_after(timeout, jiffies)) {
 		u32 inta_hw = iwl_read32(trans, inta_addr);
@@ -3705,6 +3711,13 @@ void iwl_trans_pcie_sync_nmi(struct iwl_trans *trans)
 
 		mdelay(1);
 	}
-	iwl_enable_interrupts(trans);
+
+	/* enable interrupts only if there were already enabled before this
+	 * function to avoid a case were the driver enable interrupts before
+	 * proper configurations were made
+	 */
+	if (interrupts_enabled)
+		iwl_enable_interrupts(trans);
+
 	iwl_trans_fw_error(trans);
 }