diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
index 81cc85a97eb2..922a7ea0cd24 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
@@ -1739,6 +1739,7 @@ static void iwl_mvm_recalc_multicast(struct iwl_mvm *mvm)
 	struct iwl_mvm_mc_iter_data iter_data = {
 		.mvm = mvm,
 	};
+	int ret;
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&mvm->mutex);
 
@@ -1748,6 +1749,22 @@ static void iwl_mvm_recalc_multicast(struct iwl_mvm *mvm)
 	ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces_atomic(
 		mvm->hw, IEEE80211_IFACE_ITER_NORMAL,
 		iwl_mvm_mc_iface_iterator, &iter_data);
+
+	/*
+	 * Send a (synchronous) ech command so that we wait for the
+	 * multiple asynchronous MCAST_FILTER_CMD commands sent by
+	 * the interface iterator. Otherwise, we might get here over
+	 * and over again (by userspace just sending a lot of these)
+	 * and the CPU can send them faster than the firmware can
+	 * process them.
+	 * Note that the CPU is still faster - but with this we'll
+	 * actually send fewer commands overall because the CPU will
+	 * not schedule the work in mac80211 as frequently if it's
+	 * still running when rescheduled (possibly multiple times).
+	 */
+	ret = iwl_mvm_send_cmd_pdu(mvm, ECHO_CMD, 0, 0, NULL);
+	if (ret)
+		IWL_ERR(mvm, "Failed to synchronize multicast groups update\n");
 }
 
 static u64 iwl_mvm_prepare_multicast(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,