goto out;
                }
        }
-      out:
+out:
+       if (err)
+               wl->current_dev = NULL; /* Failed to init the dev. */
        mutex_unlock(&wl->mutex);
        if (err)
                b43err(wl, "Controller restart FAILED\n");
        struct b43_wldev *wldev;
        struct b43_wl *wl;
 
+       /* Do not cancel ieee80211-workqueue based work here.
+        * See comment in b43_remove(). */
+
        wldev = ssb_get_drvdata(dev);
        wl = wldev->wl;
-       cancel_work_sync(&wldev->restart_work);
        b43_debugfs_remove_device(wldev);
        b43_wireless_core_detach(wldev);
        list_del(&wldev->list);
        struct b43_wl *wl = ssb_get_devtypedata(dev);
        struct b43_wldev *wldev = ssb_get_drvdata(dev);
 
+       /* We must cancel any work here before unregistering from ieee80211,
+        * as the ieee80211 unreg will destroy the workqueue. */
+       cancel_work_sync(&wldev->restart_work);
+
        B43_WARN_ON(!wl);
        if (wl->current_dev == wldev)
                ieee80211_unregister_hw(wl->hw);