diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/cnss2/pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/cnss2/pci.c
index ee83e81a816d..ebf8af45d5aa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/cnss2/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/cnss2/pci.c
@@ -2093,6 +2093,7 @@ int cnss_wlan_register_driver(struct cnss_wlan_driver *driver_ops)
 					  msecs_to_jiffies(timeout) << 2);
 	if (!ret) {
 		cnss_pr_err("Timeout waiting for calibration to complete\n");
+		CNSS_ASSERT(0);
 
 		cal_info = kzalloc(sizeof(*cal_info), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!cal_info)