diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
index 55f7de09d134..fc5ba0e3a681 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c
@@ -686,6 +686,13 @@ ath5k_pci_resume(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
+	/*
+	 * Suspend/Resume resets the PCI configuration space, so we have to
+	 * re-disable the RETRY_TIMEOUT register (0x41) to keep
+	 * PCI Tx retries from interfering with C3 CPU state
+	 */
+	pci_write_config_byte(pdev, 0x41, 0);
+
 	err = request_irq(pdev->irq, ath5k_intr, IRQF_SHARED, "ath", sc);
 	if (err) {
 		ATH5K_ERR(sc, "request_irq failed\n");