diff --git a/mt76x2.h b/mt76x2.h
index 71fcfa44..33318ac8 100644
--- a/mt76x2.h
+++ b/mt76x2.h
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ extern const struct ieee80211_ops mt76x2_ops;
 
 struct mt76x2_dev *mt76x2_alloc_device(struct device *pdev);
 int mt76x2_register_device(struct mt76x2_dev *dev);
+void mt76x2_set_wlan_state(struct mt76x2_dev *dev, bool enable);
 void mt76x2_init_debugfs(struct mt76x2_dev *dev);
 
 irqreturn_t mt76x2_irq_handler(int irq, void *dev_instance);
diff --git a/mt76x2_init.c b/mt76x2_init.c
index 143e53f3..1324007f 100644
--- a/mt76x2_init.c
+++ b/mt76x2_init.c
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ void mt76x2_set_tx_ackto(struct mt76x2_dev *dev)
 		       MT_TX_TIMEOUT_CFG_ACKTO, ackto);
 }
 
-static void
+void
 mt76x2_set_wlan_state(struct mt76x2_dev *dev, bool enable)
 {
 	u32 val = mt76_rr(dev, MT_WLAN_FUN_CTRL);
diff --git a/mt76x2_pci.c b/mt76x2_pci.c
index e66f047e..50f29d83 100644
--- a/mt76x2_pci.c
+++ b/mt76x2_pci.c
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ mt76pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 
 	mt76_mmio_init(&dev->mt76, pcim_iomap_table(pdev)[0]);
 
+	mt76x2_set_wlan_state(dev, false);
+
 	dev->mt76.rev = mt76_rr(dev, MT_ASIC_VERSION);
 	dev_info(dev->mt76.dev, "ASIC revision: %08x\n", dev->mt76.rev);