active->trig->occurrences = cpu_to_le32(-1);
 
                active->active = true;
+
+               if (id == IWL_FW_TRIGGER_ID_PERIODIC_TRIGGER) {
+                       u32 collect_interval = le32_to_cpu(trig->trigger_data);
+
+                       /* the minimum allowed interval is 50ms */
+                       if (collect_interval < 50) {
+                               collect_interval = 50;
+                               trig->trigger_data =
+                                       cpu_to_le32(collect_interval);
+                       }
+
+                       mod_timer(&fwrt->dump.periodic_trig,
+                                 jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(collect_interval));
+               }
 next:
                iter += sizeof(*trig) + trig_regs_size;
 
 
 void iwl_fwrt_stop_device(struct iwl_fw_runtime *fwrt)
 {
+       del_timer(&fwrt->dump.periodic_trig);
        iwl_fw_dbg_collect_sync(fwrt);
 
        iwl_trans_stop_device(fwrt->trans);
 }
 IWL_EXPORT_SYMBOL(iwl_fwrt_stop_device);
+
+void iwl_fw_dbg_periodic_trig_handler(struct timer_list *t)
+{
+       struct iwl_fw_runtime *fwrt;
+       enum iwl_fw_ini_trigger_id id = IWL_FW_TRIGGER_ID_PERIODIC_TRIGGER;
+       int ret;
+       typeof(fwrt->dump) *dump_ptr = container_of(t, typeof(fwrt->dump),
+                                                   periodic_trig);
+
+       fwrt = container_of(dump_ptr, typeof(*fwrt), dump);
+
+       ret = _iwl_fw_dbg_ini_collect(fwrt, id);
+       if (!ret || ret == -EBUSY) {
+               struct iwl_fw_ini_trigger *trig =
+                       fwrt->dump.active_trigs[id].trig;
+               u32 occur = le32_to_cpu(trig->occurrences);
+               u32 collect_interval = le32_to_cpu(trig->trigger_data);
+
+               if (!occur)
+                       return;
+
+               mod_timer(&fwrt->dump.periodic_trig,
+                         jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(collect_interval));
+       }
+}
 
 
 static inline void iwl_fw_flush_dump(struct iwl_fw_runtime *fwrt)
 {
+       del_timer(&fwrt->dump.periodic_trig);
        flush_delayed_work(&fwrt->dump.wk);
 }
 
 static inline void iwl_fw_cancel_dump(struct iwl_fw_runtime *fwrt)
 {
+       del_timer(&fwrt->dump.periodic_trig);
        cancel_delayed_work_sync(&fwrt->dump.wk);
 }
 
        }
 }
 
+void iwl_fw_dbg_periodic_trig_handler(struct timer_list *t);
 #endif  /* __iwl_fw_dbg_h__ */
 
        fwrt->ops_ctx = ops_ctx;
        INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&fwrt->dump.wk, iwl_fw_error_dump_wk);
        iwl_fwrt_dbgfs_register(fwrt, dbgfs_dir);
+       timer_setup(&fwrt->dump.periodic_trig,
+                   iwl_fw_dbg_periodic_trig_handler, 0);
 }
 IWL_EXPORT_SYMBOL(iwl_fw_runtime_init);