diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/pci.c
index 00ef229552d5..955dd6c6fb57 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/pci.c
@@ -866,12 +866,29 @@ static irqreturn_t rtw_pci_interrupt_handler(int irq, void *dev)
 {
 	struct rtw_dev *rtwdev = dev;
 	struct rtw_pci *rtwpci = (struct rtw_pci *)rtwdev->priv;
-	u32 irq_status[4];
 
 	spin_lock(&rtwpci->irq_lock);
 	if (!rtwpci->irq_enabled)
 		goto out;
 
+	/* disable RTW PCI interrupt to avoid more interrupts before the end of
+	 * thread function
+	 */
+	rtw_pci_disable_interrupt(rtwdev, rtwpci);
+out:
+	spin_unlock(&rtwpci->irq_lock);
+
+	return IRQ_WAKE_THREAD;
+}
+
+static irqreturn_t rtw_pci_interrupt_threadfn(int irq, void *dev)
+{
+	struct rtw_dev *rtwdev = dev;
+	struct rtw_pci *rtwpci = (struct rtw_pci *)rtwdev->priv;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	u32 irq_status[4];
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&rtwpci->irq_lock, flags);
 	rtw_pci_irq_recognized(rtwdev, rtwpci, irq_status);
 
 	if (irq_status[0] & IMR_MGNTDOK)
@@ -891,8 +908,9 @@ static irqreturn_t rtw_pci_interrupt_handler(int irq, void *dev)
 	if (irq_status[0] & IMR_ROK)
 		rtw_pci_rx_isr(rtwdev, rtwpci, RTW_RX_QUEUE_MPDU);
 
-out:
-	spin_unlock(&rtwpci->irq_lock);
+	/* all of the jobs for this interrupt have been done */
+	rtw_pci_enable_interrupt(rtwdev, rtwpci);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rtwpci->irq_lock, flags);
 
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
@@ -1152,8 +1170,10 @@ static int rtw_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 		goto err_destroy_pci;
 	}
 
-	ret = request_irq(pdev->irq, &rtw_pci_interrupt_handler,
-			  IRQF_SHARED, KBUILD_MODNAME, rtwdev);
+	ret = devm_request_threaded_irq(rtwdev->dev, pdev->irq,
+					rtw_pci_interrupt_handler,
+					rtw_pci_interrupt_threadfn,
+					IRQF_SHARED, KBUILD_MODNAME, rtwdev);
 	if (ret) {
 		ieee80211_unregister_hw(hw);
 		goto err_destroy_pci;
@@ -1192,7 +1212,7 @@ static void rtw_pci_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	rtw_pci_disable_interrupt(rtwdev, rtwpci);
 	rtw_pci_destroy(rtwdev, pdev);
 	rtw_pci_declaim(rtwdev, pdev);
-	free_irq(rtwpci->pdev->irq, rtwdev);
+	devm_free_irq(rtwdev->dev, rtwpci->pdev->irq, rtwdev);
 	rtw_core_deinit(rtwdev);
 	ieee80211_free_hw(hw);
 }