--- 166bedd3c615b497fc9b69580a2089e77dcd24a6
+++ 0e56d78ffc2a714fc1ee24a757138aaef488dd95
@@ -1044,6 +1044,9 @@ static void iwl_irq_tasklet_legacy(struc
 	/* only Re-enable if diabled by irq */
 	if (test_bit(STATUS_INT_ENABLED, &priv->status))
 		iwl_enable_interrupts(priv);
+	/* Re-enable RF_KILL if it occurred */
+	else if (handled & CSR_INT_BIT_RF_KILL)
+		iwl_enable_rfkill_int(priv);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUG
 	if (iwl_get_debug_level(priv) & (IWL_DL_ISR)) {
@@ -1245,6 +1248,9 @@ static void iwl_irq_tasklet(struct iwl_p
 	/* only Re-enable if diabled by irq */
 	if (test_bit(STATUS_INT_ENABLED, &priv->status))
 		iwl_enable_interrupts(priv);
+	/* Re-enable RF_KILL if it occurred */
+	else if (handled & CSR_INT_BIT_RF_KILL)
+		iwl_enable_rfkill_int(priv);
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags);
 
@@ -2358,9 +2364,10 @@ static void iwl_mac_stop(struct ieee8021
 
 	flush_workqueue(priv->workqueue);
 
-	/* enable interrupts again in order to receive rfkill changes */
+	/* User space software may expect getting rfkill changes
+	 * even if interface is down */
 	iwl_write32(priv, CSR_INT, 0xFFFFFFFF);
-	iwl_enable_interrupts(priv);
+	iwl_enable_rfkill_int(priv);
 
 	IWL_DEBUG_MAC80211(priv, "leave\n");
 }
@@ -3060,14 +3067,14 @@ static int iwl_pci_probe(struct pci_dev
 	 * 8. Setup and register mac80211
 	 **********************************/
 
-	/* enable interrupts if needed: hw bug w/a */
+	/* enable rfkill interrupt: hw bug w/a */
 	pci_read_config_word(priv->pci_dev, PCI_COMMAND, &pci_cmd);
 	if (pci_cmd & PCI_COMMAND_INTX_DISABLE) {
 		pci_cmd &= ~PCI_COMMAND_INTX_DISABLE;
 		pci_write_config_word(priv->pci_dev, PCI_COMMAND, pci_cmd);
 	}
 
-	iwl_enable_interrupts(priv);
+	iwl_enable_rfkill_int(priv);
 
 	err = iwl_setup_mac(priv);
 	if (err)