diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/cmd.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/cmd.c
index 761cf8573a805e272121fa05bf129f1ee600a10a..f48c3f62966d43f0f74c83f311958f89da62f3dc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/cmd.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include "wl12xx_80211.h"
 #include "cmd.h"
 #include "event.h"
+#include "ps.h"
 #include "tx.h"
 #include "hw_ops.h"
 
@@ -191,6 +192,10 @@ int wlcore_cmd_wait_for_event_or_timeout(struct wl1271 *wl,
 
 	timeout_time = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(WL1271_EVENT_TIMEOUT);
 
+	ret = wl1271_ps_elp_wakeup(wl);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
 	do {
 		if (time_after(jiffies, timeout_time)) {
 			wl1271_debug(DEBUG_CMD, "timeout waiting for event %d",
@@ -222,6 +227,7 @@ int wlcore_cmd_wait_for_event_or_timeout(struct wl1271 *wl,
 	} while (!event);
 
 out:
+	wl1271_ps_elp_sleep(wl);
 	kfree(events_vector);
 	return ret;
 }