diff --git a/hif/src/hif_main.c b/hif/src/hif_main.c
index bf6cc1da5282..a6d67354693d 100644
--- a/hif/src/hif_main.c
+++ b/hif/src/hif_main.c
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ void hif_check_detection_latency(struct hif_softc *scn,
 	return;
 
 latency:
-	qdf_check_state_before_panic(__func__, __LINE__);
+	qdf_trigger_self_recovery(NULL, QDF_TASKLET_CREDIT_LATENCY_DETECT);
 }
 
 static void hif_latency_detect_timeout_handler(void *arg)
diff --git a/qdf/inc/qdf_types.h b/qdf/inc/qdf_types.h
index 04cec0e4f8e6..0eb01bdb1520 100644
--- a/qdf/inc/qdf_types.h
+++ b/qdf/inc/qdf_types.h
@@ -1351,6 +1351,7 @@ enum qdf_suspend_type {
  * @QDF_WMI_BUF_SEQUENCE_MISMATCH: WMI Tx completion buffer sequence mismatch
  * @QDF_HAL_REG_WRITE_FAILURE: HAL register writing failures
  * @QDF_SUSPEND_NO_CREDIT: host lack of credit after suspend
+ * @QDF_TASKLET_CREDIT_LATENCY_DETECT: tasklet or credit latency happened
  */
 enum qdf_hang_reason {
 	QDF_REASON_UNSPECIFIED,
@@ -1376,6 +1377,7 @@ enum qdf_hang_reason {
 	QDF_WMI_BUF_SEQUENCE_MISMATCH,
 	QDF_HAL_REG_WRITE_FAILURE,
 	QDF_SUSPEND_NO_CREDIT,
+	QDF_TASKLET_CREDIT_LATENCY_DETECT,
 };
 
 /**