In commit 8c213fa, the command to release the firmware was placed
in the wrong routine. With NetworkManager, problems were rare, but
when using wicd as the network control, there is a problem as shown
in https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/27996#comment89833.

Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
---

Index: wireless-testing-new/drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c
===================================================================
--- wireless-testing-new.orig/drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c
+++ wireless-testing-new/drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c
@@ -477,9 +477,6 @@ static int netdev_close(struct net_devic
 	r8712_free_network_queue(padapter);
 	/* The interface is no longer Up: */
 	padapter->bup = false;
-	release_firmware(padapter->fw);
-	/* never exit with a firmware callback pending */
-	wait_for_completion(&padapter->rtl8712_fw_ready);
 	return 0;
 }
 
Index: wireless-testing-new/drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_intf.c
===================================================================
--- wireless-testing-new.orig/drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_intf.c
+++ wireless-testing-new/drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_intf.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/usb.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/firmware.h>
 
 #include "osdep_service.h"
 #include "drv_types.h"
@@ -620,6 +621,9 @@ static void r871xu_dev_remove(struct usb
 	struct _adapter *padapter = netdev_priv(pnetdev);
 	struct usb_device *udev = interface_to_usbdev(pusb_intf);
 
+	release_firmware(padapter->fw);
+	/* never exit with a firmware callback pending */
+	wait_for_completion(&padapter->rtl8712_fw_ready);
 	usb_set_intfdata(pusb_intf, NULL);
 	if (padapter) {
 		if (drvpriv.drv_registered == true)