diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/pcie.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/pcie.c
index b2de8d03c5fac..3c154f7ffbb9f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/pcie.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/pcie.c
@@ -1480,6 +1480,14 @@ mwifiex_pcie_send_data(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			ret = -1;
 			goto done_unmap;
 		}
+
+		/* The firmware (latest version 15.68.19.p21) of the 88W8897 PCIe+USB card
+		 * seems to crash randomly after setting the TX ring write pointer when
+		 * ASPM powersaving is enabled. A workaround seems to be keeping the bus
+		 * busy by reading a random register afterwards.
+		 */
+		mwifiex_read_reg(adapter, PCI_VENDOR_ID, &rx_val);
+
 		if ((mwifiex_pcie_txbd_not_full(card)) &&
 		    tx_param->next_pkt_len) {
 			/* have more packets and TxBD still can hold more */