diff --git a/dma.c b/dma.c
index 6173c801..6fa780d2 100644
--- a/dma.c
+++ b/dma.c
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ mt76_dma_rx_reset(struct mt76_dev *dev, enum mt76_rxq_id qid)
 	int i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < q->ndesc; i++)
-		q->desc[i].ctrl &= ~cpu_to_le32(MT_DMA_CTL_DMA_DONE);
+		q->desc[i].ctrl = cpu_to_le32(MT_DMA_CTL_DMA_DONE);
 
 	mt76_dma_rx_cleanup(dev, q);
 	mt76_dma_sync_idx(dev, q);