diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/txrx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/txrx.c
index fa6ea24a1309..3909af171bad 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/txrx.c
@@ -544,6 +544,12 @@ static int wil_rx_refill(struct wil6210_priv *wil, int count)
 			break;
 		}
 	}
+
+	/* make sure all writes to descriptors (shared memory) are done before
+	 * committing them to HW
+	 */
+	wmb();
+
 	wil_w(wil, v->hwtail, v->swtail);
 
 	return rc;