diff --git a/hif/src/hif_irq_affinity.c b/hif/src/hif_irq_affinity.c
index 97d139f119..6d23958235 100644
--- a/hif/src/hif_irq_affinity.c
+++ b/hif/src/hif_irq_affinity.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015-2018 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2019 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  *
  * Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for
  * any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the
@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ int hif_exec_event(struct hif_opaque_softc *hif_ctx, enum qca_napi_event event,
 	}
 	case NAPI_EVT_USR_NORMAL: {
 		NAPI_DEBUG("%s: User forced DE-SERIALIZATION", __func__);
+		if (!napid->user_cpu_affin_mask)
+			blacklist_pending = BLACKLIST_OFF_PENDING;
 		/*
 		 * Deserialization timeout is handled at hdd layer;
 		 * just mark current mode to uninitialized to ensure
diff --git a/hif/src/hif_napi.c b/hif/src/hif_napi.c
index 48abd8099d..b1079b9fa6 100644
--- a/hif/src/hif_napi.c
+++ b/hif/src/hif_napi.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015-2018 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2019 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  *
  * Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for
  * any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the
@@ -632,6 +632,8 @@ int hif_napi_event(struct hif_opaque_softc *hif_ctx, enum qca_napi_event event,
 	}
 	case NAPI_EVT_USR_NORMAL: {
 		NAPI_DEBUG("%s: User forced DE-SERIALIZATION", __func__);
+		if (!napid->user_cpu_affin_mask)
+			blacklist_pending = BLACKLIST_OFF_PENDING;
 		/*
 		 * Deserialization timeout is handled at hdd layer;
 		 * just mark current mode to uninitialized to ensure