diff --git a/net/mac80211/iface.c b/net/mac80211/iface.c
index e074de893ed6..6ef0990d3d29 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/iface.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/iface.c
@@ -462,6 +462,7 @@ static void ieee80211_do_stop(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, bool going_do
 {
 	struct ieee80211_local *local = sdata->local;
 	unsigned long flags;
+	struct sk_buff_head freeq;
 	struct sk_buff *skb, *tmp;
 	u32 hw_reconf_flags = 0;
 	int i, flushed;
@@ -637,18 +638,32 @@ static void ieee80211_do_stop(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, bool going_do
 		skb_queue_purge(&sdata->status_queue);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Since ieee80211_free_txskb() may issue __dev_queue_xmit()
+	 * which should be called with interrupts enabled, reclamation
+	 * is done in two phases:
+	 */
+	__skb_queue_head_init(&freeq);
+
+	/* unlink from local queues... */
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&local->queue_stop_reason_lock, flags);
 	for (i = 0; i < IEEE80211_MAX_QUEUES; i++) {
 		skb_queue_walk_safe(&local->pending[i], skb, tmp) {
 			struct ieee80211_tx_info *info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb);
 			if (info->control.vif == &sdata->vif) {
 				__skb_unlink(skb, &local->pending[i]);
-				ieee80211_free_txskb(&local->hw, skb);
+				__skb_queue_tail(&freeq, skb);
 			}
 		}
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&local->queue_stop_reason_lock, flags);
 
+	/* ... and perform actual reclamation with interrupts enabled. */
+	skb_queue_walk_safe(&freeq, skb, tmp) {
+		__skb_unlink(skb, &freeq);
+		ieee80211_free_txskb(&local->hw, skb);
+	}
+
 	if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN)
 		ieee80211_txq_remove_vlan(local, sdata);