diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/event.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/event.c
index 413d901985fe..ae69330e807c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/event.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/event.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ void wl1271_pspoll_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct delayed_work *dwork;
 	struct wl1271 *wl;
+	int ret;
 
 	dwork = container_of(work, struct delayed_work, work);
 	wl = container_of(dwork, struct wl1271, pspoll_work);
@@ -55,8 +56,13 @@ void wl1271_pspoll_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	 * delivery failure occurred, and no-one changed state since, so
 	 * we should go back to powersave.
 	 */
+	ret = wl1271_ps_elp_wakeup(wl);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto out;
+
 	wl1271_ps_set_mode(wl, STATION_POWER_SAVE_MODE, wl->basic_rate, true);
 
+	wl1271_ps_elp_sleep(wl);
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&wl->mutex);
 };
@@ -129,11 +135,6 @@ static int wl1271_event_ps_report(struct wl1271 *wl,
 
 		/* enable beacon early termination */
 		ret = wl1271_acx_bet_enable(wl, true);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			break;
-
-		/* go to extremely low power mode */
-		wl1271_ps_elp_sleep(wl);
 		break;
 	default:
 		break;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c
index 5545c3b94d2e..3f6517dda629 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c
@@ -2792,32 +2792,31 @@ static int wl1271_op_conf_tx(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, u16 queue,
 		conf_tid->ack_policy = CONF_ACK_POLICY_LEGACY;
 		conf_tid->apsd_conf[0] = 0;
 		conf_tid->apsd_conf[1] = 0;
-	} else {
-		ret = wl1271_ps_elp_wakeup(wl);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			goto out;
+		goto out;
+	}
 
-		/*
-		 * the txop is confed in units of 32us by the mac80211,
-		 * we need us
-		 */
-		ret = wl1271_acx_ac_cfg(wl, wl1271_tx_get_queue(queue),
-					params->cw_min, params->cw_max,
-					params->aifs, params->txop << 5);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			goto out_sleep;
+	ret = wl1271_ps_elp_wakeup(wl);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto out;
 
-		ret = wl1271_acx_tid_cfg(wl, wl1271_tx_get_queue(queue),
-					 CONF_CHANNEL_TYPE_EDCF,
-					 wl1271_tx_get_queue(queue),
-					 ps_scheme, CONF_ACK_POLICY_LEGACY,
-					 0, 0);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			goto out_sleep;
+	/*
+	 * the txop is confed in units of 32us by the mac80211,
+	 * we need us
+	 */
+	ret = wl1271_acx_ac_cfg(wl, wl1271_tx_get_queue(queue),
+				params->cw_min, params->cw_max,
+				params->aifs, params->txop << 5);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto out_sleep;
+
+	ret = wl1271_acx_tid_cfg(wl, wl1271_tx_get_queue(queue),
+				 CONF_CHANNEL_TYPE_EDCF,
+				 wl1271_tx_get_queue(queue),
+				 ps_scheme, CONF_ACK_POLICY_LEGACY,
+				 0, 0);
 
 out_sleep:
-		wl1271_ps_elp_sleep(wl);
-	}
+	wl1271_ps_elp_sleep(wl);
 
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&wl->mutex);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/ps.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/ps.c
index 971f13e792da..b8deada5d020 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/ps.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/ps.c
@@ -149,9 +149,6 @@ int wl1271_ps_set_mode(struct wl1271 *wl, enum wl1271_cmd_ps_mode mode,
 	case STATION_ACTIVE_MODE:
 	default:
 		wl1271_debug(DEBUG_PSM, "leaving psm");
-		ret = wl1271_ps_elp_wakeup(wl);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			return ret;
 
 		/* disable beacon early termination */
 		ret = wl1271_acx_bet_enable(wl, false);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/tx.c
index db9e47e09fba..2019ed9ebfc4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/tx.c
@@ -511,22 +511,14 @@ static void wl1271_skb_queue_head(struct wl1271 *wl, struct sk_buff *skb)
 void wl1271_tx_work_locked(struct wl1271 *wl)
 {
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
-	bool woken_up = false;
 	u32 buf_offset = 0;
 	bool sent_packets = false;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (unlikely(wl->state == WL1271_STATE_OFF))
-		goto out;
+		return;
 
 	while ((skb = wl1271_skb_dequeue(wl))) {
-		if (!woken_up) {
-			ret = wl1271_ps_elp_wakeup(wl);
-			if (ret < 0)
-				goto out_ack;
-			woken_up = true;
-		}
-
 		ret = wl1271_prepare_tx_frame(wl, skb, buf_offset);
 		if (ret == -EAGAIN) {
 			/*
@@ -573,18 +565,22 @@ out_ack:
 
 		wl1271_handle_tx_low_watermark(wl);
 	}
-
-out:
-	if (woken_up)
-		wl1271_ps_elp_sleep(wl);
 }
 
 void wl1271_tx_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct wl1271 *wl = container_of(work, struct wl1271, tx_work);
+	int ret;
 
 	mutex_lock(&wl->mutex);
+	ret = wl1271_ps_elp_wakeup(wl);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto out;
+
 	wl1271_tx_work_locked(wl);
+
+	wl1271_ps_elp_wakeup(wl);
+out:
 	mutex_unlock(&wl->mutex);
 }