diff --git a/mt7915/init.c b/mt7915/init.c
index dcdc5b9e..facd6046 100644
--- a/mt7915/init.c
+++ b/mt7915/init.c
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ static void mt7915_init_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	mt7915_txbf_init(dev);
 }
 
-static void mt7915_wfsys_reset(struct mt7915_dev *dev)
+void mt7915_wfsys_reset(struct mt7915_dev *dev)
 {
 #define MT_MCU_DUMMY_RANDOM	GENMASK(15, 0)
 #define MT_MCU_DUMMY_DEFAULT	GENMASK(31, 16)
@@ -656,8 +656,6 @@ mt7915_init_hardware(struct mt7915_dev *dev, struct mt7915_phy *phy2)
 
 	INIT_WORK(&dev->init_work, mt7915_init_work);
 
-	mt7915_wfsys_reset(dev);
-
 	ret = mt7915_dma_init(dev, phy2);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
diff --git a/mt7915/mt7915.h b/mt7915/mt7915.h
index fd05e07b..ca129e5e 100644
--- a/mt7915/mt7915.h
+++ b/mt7915/mt7915.h
@@ -429,6 +429,7 @@ static inline void mt7986_wmac_disable(struct mt7915_dev *dev)
 #endif
 struct mt7915_dev *mt7915_mmio_probe(struct device *pdev,
 				     void __iomem *mem_base, u32 device_id);
+void mt7915_wfsys_reset(struct mt7915_dev *dev);
 irqreturn_t mt7915_irq_handler(int irq, void *dev_instance);
 u64 __mt7915_get_tsf(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct mt7915_vif *mvif);
 int mt7915_register_device(struct mt7915_dev *dev);
diff --git a/mt7915/soc.c b/mt7915/soc.c
index 04df47fd..5592e9ea 100644
--- a/mt7915/soc.c
+++ b/mt7915/soc.c
@@ -1160,6 +1160,7 @@ static int mt7986_wmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (ret)
 		goto free_device;
 
+	mt7915_wfsys_reset(dev);
 	mt76_wr(dev, MT_INT_MASK_CSR, 0);
 
 	ret = mt7986_wmac_init(dev);