diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/fw/dbg.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/fw/dbg.c
index 8070b2d4c46f..3443cbdbab4a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/fw/dbg.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/fw/dbg.c
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ void iwl_fw_error_dump(struct iwl_fw_runtime *fwrt)
 	}
 
 	/* We only dump the FIFOs if the FW is in error state */
-	if (test_bit(STATUS_FW_ERROR, &fwrt->trans->status)) {
+	if (fifo_data_len) {
 		iwl_fw_dump_fifos(fwrt, &dump_data);
 		if (radio_len)
 			iwl_read_radio_regs(fwrt, &dump_data);