diff --git a/mcu.c b/mcu.c
index d3a5e2c4..70624cd0 100644
--- a/mcu.c
+++ b/mcu.c
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ int mt76_mcu_skb_send_and_get_msg(struct mt76_dev *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			dev_kfree_skb(skb);
 	} while (ret == -EAGAIN);
 
+	/* notify driver code to reset the mcu */
+	if (ret == -ETIMEDOUT && dev->mcu_ops->mcu_reset)
+		dev->mcu_ops->mcu_reset(dev);
+
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&dev->mcu.mutex);
 
diff --git a/mt76.h b/mt76.h
index 93dd92e2..c0698397 100644
--- a/mt76.h
+++ b/mt76.h
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ struct mt76_mcu_ops {
 	int (*mcu_rd_rp)(struct mt76_dev *dev, u32 base,
 			 struct mt76_reg_pair *rp, int len);
 	int (*mcu_restart)(struct mt76_dev *dev);
+	void (*mcu_reset)(struct mt76_dev *dev);
 };
 
 struct mt76_queue_ops {