diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/cnss2/pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/cnss2/pci.c
index 2a981008cc3e..4a75672dc425 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/cnss2/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/cnss2/pci.c
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(time_sync_lock);
 #define HST_HANG_DATA_OFFSET		((3 * 1024 * 1024) - HANG_DATA_LENGTH)
 #define HSP_HANG_DATA_OFFSET		((2 * 1024 * 1024) - HANG_DATA_LENGTH)
 
+#define MHI_SUSPEND_RETRY_CNT		3
+
 static struct cnss_pci_reg ce_src[] = {
 	{ "SRC_RING_BASE_LSB", QCA6390_CE_SRC_RING_BASE_LSB_OFFSET },
 	{ "SRC_RING_BASE_MSB", QCA6390_CE_SRC_RING_BASE_MSB_OFFSET },
@@ -1364,6 +1366,7 @@ static int cnss_pci_set_mhi_state(struct cnss_pci_data *pci_priv,
 				  enum cnss_mhi_state mhi_state)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
+	u8 retry = 0;
 
 	if (pci_priv->device_id == QCA6174_DEVICE_ID)
 		return 0;
@@ -1406,10 +1409,21 @@ static int cnss_pci_set_mhi_state(struct cnss_pci_data *pci_priv,
 		break;
 	case CNSS_MHI_SUSPEND:
 		mutex_lock(&pci_priv->mhi_ctrl->pm_mutex);
-		if (pci_priv->drv_connected_last)
+		if (pci_priv->drv_connected_last) {
 			ret = mhi_pm_fast_suspend(pci_priv->mhi_ctrl, true);
-		else
+		} else {
 			ret = mhi_pm_suspend(pci_priv->mhi_ctrl);
+			/* in some corner case, when cnss try to suspend,
+			 * there is still packets pending in mhi layer,
+			 * so retry suspend to save roll back effort.
+			 */
+			while (ret == -EBUSY && retry < MHI_SUSPEND_RETRY_CNT) {
+				usleep_range(5000, 6000);
+				retry++;
+				cnss_pr_err("mhi is busy, retry #%u", retry);
+				ret = mhi_pm_suspend(pci_priv->mhi_ctrl);
+			}
+		}
 		mutex_unlock(&pci_priv->mhi_ctrl->pm_mutex);
 		break;
 	case CNSS_MHI_RESUME:
@@ -1441,8 +1455,8 @@ static int cnss_pci_set_mhi_state(struct cnss_pci_data *pci_priv,
 	return 0;
 
 out:
-	cnss_pr_err("Failed to set MHI state: %s(%d)\n",
-		    cnss_mhi_state_to_str(mhi_state), mhi_state);
+	cnss_pr_err("Failed to set MHI state: %s(%d), ret %d\n",
+		    cnss_mhi_state_to_str(mhi_state), mhi_state, ret);
 	return ret;
 }