diff --git a/net/mac80211/sta_info.c b/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
index dfca96e..f5c65e8 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
@@ -644,10 +644,41 @@
 }
 #endif
 
+void __ieee80211_run_pending_flush(struct ieee80211_local *local)
+{
+	struct sta_info *sta;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	ASSERT_RTNL();
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&local->sta_lock, flags);
+	while (!list_empty(&local->sta_flush_list)) {
+		sta = list_first_entry(&local->sta_flush_list,
+				       struct sta_info, list);
+		list_del(&sta->list);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&local->sta_lock, flags);
+		sta_info_destroy(sta);
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&local->sta_lock, flags);
+	}
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&local->sta_lock, flags);
+}
+
+static void ieee80211_sta_flush_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct ieee80211_local *local =
+		container_of(work, struct ieee80211_local, sta_flush_work);
+
+	rtnl_lock();
+	__ieee80211_run_pending_flush(local);
+	rtnl_unlock();
+}
+
 void sta_info_init(struct ieee80211_local *local)
 {
 	spin_lock_init(&local->sta_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&local->sta_list);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&local->sta_flush_list);
+	INIT_WORK(&local->sta_flush_work, ieee80211_sta_flush_work);
 
 	setup_timer(&local->sta_cleanup, sta_info_cleanup,
 		    (unsigned long)local);
@@ -668,7 +699,12 @@
 void sta_info_stop(struct ieee80211_local *local)
 {
 	del_timer(&local->sta_cleanup);
+	cancel_work_sync(&local->sta_flush_work);
+
+	rtnl_lock();
 	sta_info_flush(local, NULL);
+	__ieee80211_run_pending_flush(local);
+	rtnl_unlock();
 }
 
 /**
@@ -688,6 +724,7 @@
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	might_sleep();
+	ASSERT_RTNL();
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&local->sta_lock, flags);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(sta, tmp, &local->sta_list, list) {
@@ -706,3 +743,36 @@
 
 	return ret;
 }
+
+/**
+ * sta_info_flush_delayed - flush matching STA entries from the STA table
+ *
+ * This function unlinks all stations for a given interface and queues
+ * them for freeing. Note that the workqueue function scheduled here has
+ * to run before any new keys can be added to the system to avoid set_key()
+ * callback ordering issues.
+ *
+ * @sdata: the interface
+ */
+void sta_info_flush_delayed(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
+{
+	struct ieee80211_local *local = sdata->local;
+	struct sta_info *sta, *tmp;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	bool work = false;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&local->sta_lock, flags);
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(sta, tmp, &local->sta_list, list) {
+		if (sdata == sta->sdata) {
+			__sta_info_unlink(&sta);
+			if (sta) {
+				list_add_tail(&sta->list,
+					      &local->sta_flush_list);
+				work = true;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if (work)
+		schedule_work(&local->sta_flush_work);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&local->sta_lock, flags);
+}