diff --git a/core/dp/txrx3.0/dp_txrx.h b/core/dp/txrx3.0/dp_txrx.h
index de2a3cf30feb..065b6c170d05 100644
--- a/core/dp/txrx3.0/dp_txrx.h
+++ b/core/dp/txrx3.0/dp_txrx.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2017-2021 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2023 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
  *
  * Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for
  * any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the
@@ -202,6 +203,8 @@ static inline QDF_STATUS dp_txrx_resume(ol_txrx_soc_handle soc)
 		goto ret;
 	}
 
+	cdp_set_tx_pause(soc, false);
+
 	refill_thread = &dp_ext_hdl->refill_thread;
 	if (refill_thread->enabled) {
 		qdf_status = dp_rx_refill_thread_resume(refill_thread);
@@ -248,6 +251,7 @@ static inline QDF_STATUS dp_txrx_suspend(ol_txrx_soc_handle soc)
 	if (QDF_IS_STATUS_ERROR(qdf_status) && refill_thread->enabled)
 		dp_rx_refill_thread_resume(refill_thread);
 
+	cdp_set_tx_pause(soc, true);
 ret:
 	return qdf_status;
 }
diff --git a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_tx_rx.c b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_tx_rx.c
index f4ffa2002ce9..39de8384548a 100644
--- a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_tx_rx.c
+++ b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_tx_rx.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2012-2021 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2021-2022 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2021-2023 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
  *
  * Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for
  * any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the
@@ -1029,7 +1029,8 @@ static void __hdd_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (wlan_hdd_validate_context(hdd_ctx))
 		goto drop_pkt;
 
-	if (hdd_ctx->hdd_wlan_suspended) {
+	if (qdf_unlikely(!hdd_ctx || hdd_ctx->hdd_wlan_suspended ||
+			 hdd_ctx->hdd_wlan_suspend_in_progress)) {
 		hdd_err_rl("Device is system suspended, drop pkt");
 		goto drop_pkt;
 	}