diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
index 2232b1794e76..533b393e8cf6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
@@ -2477,10 +2477,15 @@ static ssize_t store_tx_power(struct device *d,
 	ret = strict_strtoul(buf, 10, &val);
 	if (ret)
 		IWL_INFO(priv, "%s is not in decimal form.\n", buf);
-	else
-		iwl_set_tx_power(priv, val, false);
-
-	return count;
+	else {
+		ret = iwl_set_tx_power(priv, val, false);
+		if (ret)
+			IWL_ERR(priv, "failed setting tx power (0x%d).\n",
+				ret);
+		else
+			ret = count;
+	}
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static DEVICE_ATTR(tx_power, S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO, show_tx_power, store_tx_power);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c
index 82dadd043b8f..c62c081cfbb7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.c
@@ -1701,6 +1701,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(iwl_init_drv);
 int iwl_set_tx_power(struct iwl_priv *priv, s8 tx_power, bool force)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
+	s8 prev_tx_power = priv->tx_power_user_lmt;
+
 	if (tx_power < IWL_TX_POWER_TARGET_POWER_MIN) {
 		IWL_WARN(priv, "Requested user TXPOWER %d below lower limit %d.\n",
 			 tx_power,
@@ -1718,15 +1720,27 @@ int iwl_set_tx_power(struct iwl_priv *priv, s8 tx_power, bool force)
 	if (priv->tx_power_user_lmt != tx_power)
 		force = true;
 
-	priv->tx_power_user_lmt = tx_power;
-
 	/* if nic is not up don't send command */
-	if (!iwl_is_ready_rf(priv))
-		return ret;
-
-	if (force && priv->cfg->ops->lib->send_tx_power)
-		ret = priv->cfg->ops->lib->send_tx_power(priv);
+	if (iwl_is_ready_rf(priv)) {
+		priv->tx_power_user_lmt = tx_power;
+		if (force && priv->cfg->ops->lib->send_tx_power)
+			ret = priv->cfg->ops->lib->send_tx_power(priv);
+		else if (!priv->cfg->ops->lib->send_tx_power)
+			ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		/*
+		 * if fail to set tx_power, restore the orig. tx power
+		 */
+		if (ret)
+			priv->tx_power_user_lmt = prev_tx_power;
+	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Even this is an async host command, the command
+	 * will always report success from uCode
+	 * So once driver can placing the command into the queue
+	 * successfully, driver can use priv->tx_power_user_lmt
+	 * to reflect the current tx power
+	 */
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(iwl_set_tx_power);