diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_core.c
index 6e47dde93890..05e77d2bda37 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_core.c
@@ -900,9 +900,10 @@ rtl8xxxu_writeN(struct rtl8xxxu_priv *priv, u16 addr, u8 *buf, u16 len)
 	return len;
 
 write_error:
-	dev_info(&udev->dev,
-		 "%s: Failed to write block at addr: %04x size: %04x\n",
-		 __func__, addr, blocksize);
+	if (rtl8xxxu_debug & RTL8XXXU_DEBUG_REG_WRITE)
+		dev_info(&udev->dev,
+			 "%s: Failed to write block at addr: %04x size: %04x\n",
+			 __func__, addr, blocksize);
 	return -EAGAIN;
 }
 
@@ -4073,8 +4074,14 @@ static int rtl8xxxu_init_device(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
 	 */
 	rtl8xxxu_write16(priv, REG_TRXFF_BNDY + 2, fops->trxff_boundary);
 
-	ret = rtl8xxxu_download_firmware(priv);
-	dev_dbg(dev, "%s: download_firmware %i\n", __func__, ret);
+	for (int retry = 5; retry >= 0 ; retry--) {
+		ret = rtl8xxxu_download_firmware(priv);
+		dev_dbg(dev, "%s: download_firmware %i\n", __func__, ret);
+		if (ret != -EAGAIN)
+			break;
+		if (retry)
+			dev_dbg(dev, "%s: retry firmware download\n", __func__);
+	}
 	if (ret)
 		goto exit;
 	ret = rtl8xxxu_start_firmware(priv);