diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/ops.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/ops.c
index 5ebd046371f5..8e6913c7712f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/ops.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/ops.c
@@ -1416,6 +1416,12 @@ iwl_op_mode_mvm_start(struct iwl_trans *trans, const struct iwl_rf_cfg *cfg,
 		fw_has_capa(&mvm->fw->ucode_capa,
 			    IWL_UCODE_TLV_CAPA_FW_RESET_HANDSHAKE);
 
+	/* Those firmware versions claim to support the fw_reset_handshake
+	 * but they are buggy.
+	 */
+	if (IWL_UCODE_MAJOR(mvm->fw->ucode_ver) <= 77)
+		trans->conf.fw_reset_handshake = false;
+
 	trans->conf.queue_alloc_cmd_ver =
 		iwl_fw_lookup_cmd_ver(mvm->fw,
 				      WIDE_ID(DATA_PATH_GROUP,