diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/cfg80211.c
index 2daf33342b23..1fc2bf66845c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/cfg80211.c
@@ -1131,7 +1131,12 @@ int wil_cfg80211_mgmt_tx(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct wireless_dev *wdev,
 			     params->wait);
 
 out:
+	/* when the sent packet was not acked by receiver(ACK=0), rc will
+	 * be -EAGAIN. In this case this function needs to return success,
+	 * the ACK=0 will be reflected in tx_status.
+	 */
 	tx_status = (rc == 0);
+	rc = (rc == -EAGAIN) ? 0 : rc;
 	cfg80211_mgmt_tx_status(wdev, cookie ? *cookie : 0, buf, len,
 				tx_status, GFP_KERNEL);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/wmi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/wmi.c
index 42c02a20ec97..6e3b3031f29b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/wmi.c
@@ -3107,8 +3107,9 @@ int wmi_mgmt_tx(struct wil6210_vif *vif, const u8 *buf, size_t len)
 	rc = wmi_call(wil, WMI_SW_TX_REQ_CMDID, vif->mid, cmd, total,
 		      WMI_SW_TX_COMPLETE_EVENTID, &evt, sizeof(evt), 2000);
 	if (!rc && evt.evt.status != WMI_FW_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
-		wil_err(wil, "mgmt_tx failed with status %d\n", evt.evt.status);
-		rc = -EINVAL;
+		wil_dbg_wmi(wil, "mgmt_tx failed with status %d\n",
+			    evt.evt.status);
+		rc = -EAGAIN;
 	}
 
 	kfree(cmd);
@@ -3160,9 +3161,9 @@ int wmi_mgmt_tx_ext(struct wil6210_vif *vif, const u8 *buf, size_t len,
 	rc = wmi_call(wil, WMI_SW_TX_REQ_EXT_CMDID, vif->mid, cmd, total,
 		      WMI_SW_TX_COMPLETE_EVENTID, &evt, sizeof(evt), 2000);
 	if (!rc && evt.evt.status != WMI_FW_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
-		wil_err(wil, "mgmt_tx_ext failed with status %d\n",
-			evt.evt.status);
-		rc = -EINVAL;
+		wil_dbg_wmi(wil, "mgmt_tx_ext failed with status %d\n",
+			    evt.evt.status);
+		rc = -EAGAIN;
 	}
 
 	kfree(cmd);