diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/fw/dbg.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/fw/dbg.c
index fa57df336785b..fb2ea38e89aca 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/fw/dbg.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/fw/dbg.c
@@ -3348,7 +3348,7 @@ void iwl_fw_dbg_stop_restart_recording(struct iwl_fw_runtime *fwrt,
 {
 	int ret __maybe_unused = 0;
 
-	if (test_bit(STATUS_FW_ERROR, &fwrt->trans->status))
+	if (!iwl_trans_fw_running(fwrt->trans))
 		return;
 
 	if (fw_has_capa(&fwrt->fw->ucode_capa,
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-trans.h b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-trans.h
index 6148acbac6af9..0ef48effeefb4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-trans.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-trans.h
@@ -1128,8 +1128,8 @@ static inline void iwl_trans_fw_error(struct iwl_trans *trans, bool sync)
 
 	/* prevent double restarts due to the same erroneous FW */
 	if (!test_and_set_bit(STATUS_FW_ERROR, &trans->status)) {
-		iwl_op_mode_nic_error(trans->op_mode, sync);
 		trans->state = IWL_TRANS_NO_FW;
+		iwl_op_mode_nic_error(trans->op_mode, sync);
 	}
 }