diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
index 55cd49ccbf0b7a..99fa440bc6393f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
@@ -474,7 +474,19 @@ int iwl_mvm_mac_setup_register(struct iwl_mvm *mvm)
 	ieee80211_hw_set(hw, SUPPORTS_VHT_EXT_NSS_BW);
 	ieee80211_hw_set(hw, BUFF_MMPDU_TXQ);
 	ieee80211_hw_set(hw, STA_MMPDU_TXQ);
-	ieee80211_hw_set(hw, TX_AMSDU);
+	/*
+	 * On older devices, enabling TX A-MSDU occasionally leads to
+	 * something getting messed up, the command read from the FIFO
+	 * gets out of sync and isn't a TX command, so that we have an
+	 * assert EDC.
+	 *
+	 * It's not clear where the bug is, but since we didn't used to
+	 * support A-MSDU until moving the mac80211 iTXQs, just leave it
+	 * for older devices. We also don't see this issue on any newer
+	 * devices.
+	 */
+	if (mvm->cfg->device_family >= IWL_DEVICE_FAMILY_9000)
+		ieee80211_hw_set(hw, TX_AMSDU);
 	ieee80211_hw_set(hw, TX_FRAG_LIST);
 
 	if (iwl_mvm_has_tlc_offload(mvm)) {