diff --git a/usb.c b/usb.c
index 1b48c7db..b95d0937 100644
--- a/usb.c
+++ b/usb.c
@@ -1034,7 +1034,6 @@ void mt76u_stop_tx(struct mt76_dev *dev)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	mt76_worker_disable(&dev->tx_worker);
 	mt76_worker_disable(&dev->usb.status_worker);
 
 	ret = wait_event_timeout(dev->tx_wait, !mt76_has_tx_pending(&dev->phy),
@@ -1055,6 +1054,8 @@ void mt76u_stop_tx(struct mt76_dev *dev)
 				usb_kill_urb(q->entry[j].urb);
 		}
 
+		mt76_worker_disable(&dev->tx_worker);
+
 		/* On device removal we maight queue skb's, but mt76u_tx_kick()
 		 * will fail to submit urb, cleanup those skb's manually.
 		 */
@@ -1063,17 +1064,19 @@ void mt76u_stop_tx(struct mt76_dev *dev)
 			if (!q)
 				continue;
 
-			entry = q->entry[q->tail];
-			q->entry[q->tail].done = false;
-
-			mt76_queue_tx_complete(dev, q, &entry);
+			while (q->queued > 0) {
+				entry = q->entry[q->tail];
+				q->entry[q->tail].done = false;
+				mt76_queue_tx_complete(dev, q, &entry);
+			}
 		}
+
+		mt76_worker_enable(&dev->tx_worker);
 	}
 
 	cancel_work_sync(&dev->usb.stat_work);
 	clear_bit(MT76_READING_STATS, &dev->phy.state);
 
-	mt76_worker_enable(&dev->tx_worker);
 	mt76_worker_enable(&dev->usb.status_worker);
 
 	mt76_tx_status_check(dev, NULL, true);