diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index cca510a..9a6a3e9 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -715,6 +715,7 @@ enum mac80211_tx_info_flags {
  *	frame (PS-Poll or uAPSD).
  * @IEEE80211_TX_CTRL_RATE_INJECT: This frame is injected with rate information
  * @IEEE80211_TX_CTRL_AMSDU: This frame is an A-MSDU frame
+ * @IEEE80211_TX_CTRL_FAST_XMIT: This frame is going through the fast_xmit path
  *
  * These flags are used in tx_info->control.flags.
  */
@@ -723,6 +724,7 @@ enum mac80211_tx_control_flags {
 	IEEE80211_TX_CTRL_PS_RESPONSE		= BIT(1),
 	IEEE80211_TX_CTRL_RATE_INJECT		= BIT(2),
 	IEEE80211_TX_CTRL_AMSDU			= BIT(3),
+	IEEE80211_TX_CTRL_FAST_XMIT		= BIT(4),
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
index 9211cce..d36f3b1 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
@@ -813,11 +813,13 @@ enum txq_info_flags {
  * @def_flow: used as a fallback flow when a packet destined to @tin hashes to
  *	a fq_flow which is already owned by a different tin
  * @def_cvars: codel vars for @def_flow
+ * @frags: used to keep fragments created after dequeue
  */
 struct txq_info {
 	struct fq_tin tin;
 	struct fq_flow def_flow;
 	struct codel_vars def_cvars;
+	struct sk_buff_head frags;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	/* keep last! */
diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c
index efc38e7..f8eec60 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@
 #include "wme.h"
 #include "rate.h"
 
+static int invoke_tx_handlers_late(struct ieee80211_tx_data *tx);
+static bool ieee80211_xmit_fast_finish(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
+				       struct sta_info *sta, u8 pn_offs,
+				       struct ieee80211_key_conf *key_conf,
+				       struct sk_buff *skb);
+
 /* misc utils */
 
 static inline void ieee80211_tx_stats(struct net_device *dev, u32 len)
@@ -853,8 +859,7 @@ ieee80211_tx_h_sequence(struct ieee80211_tx_data *tx)
 	tid = *qc & IEEE80211_QOS_CTL_TID_MASK;
 	tx->sta->tx_stats.msdu[tid]++;
 
-	if (!tx->sta->sta.txq[0])
-		hdr->seq_ctrl = ieee80211_tx_next_seq(tx->sta, tid);
+	hdr->seq_ctrl = ieee80211_tx_next_seq(tx->sta, tid);
 
 	return TX_CONTINUE;
 }
@@ -1403,6 +1408,7 @@ void ieee80211_txq_init(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 	fq_tin_init(&txqi->tin);
 	fq_flow_init(&txqi->def_flow);
 	codel_vars_init(&txqi->def_cvars);
+	__skb_queue_head_init(&txqi->frags);
 
 	txqi->txq.vif = &sdata->vif;
 
@@ -1425,6 +1431,7 @@ void ieee80211_txq_purge(struct ieee80211_local *local,
 	struct fq_tin *tin = &txqi->tin;
 
 	fq_tin_reset(fq, tin, fq_skb_free_func);
+	ieee80211_purge_tx_queue(&local->hw, &txqi->frags);
 }
 
 int ieee80211_txq_setup_flows(struct ieee80211_local *local)
@@ -1485,12 +1492,19 @@ struct sk_buff *ieee80211_tx_dequeue(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 	struct sk_buff *skb = NULL;
 	struct fq *fq = &local->fq;
 	struct fq_tin *tin = &txqi->tin;
+	struct ieee80211_tx_info *info;
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&fq->lock);
 
 	if (test_bit(IEEE80211_TXQ_STOP, &txqi->flags))
 		goto out;
 
+	/* Make sure fragments stay together. */
+	skb = __skb_dequeue(&txqi->frags);
+	if (skb)
+		goto out;
+
+begin:
 	skb = fq_tin_dequeue(fq, tin, fq_tin_dequeue_func);
 	if (!skb)
 		goto out;
@@ -1498,16 +1512,37 @@ struct sk_buff *ieee80211_tx_dequeue(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 	ieee80211_set_skb_vif(skb, txqi);
 
 	hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *)skb->data;
-	if (txq->sta && ieee80211_is_data_qos(hdr->frame_control)) {
+	info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb);
+	if (txq->sta && info->control.flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTRL_FAST_XMIT) {
 		struct sta_info *sta = container_of(txq->sta, struct sta_info,
 						    sta);
-		struct ieee80211_tx_info *info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb);
+		u8 pn_offs = 0;
 
-		hdr->seq_ctrl = ieee80211_tx_next_seq(sta, txq->tid);
-		if (test_bit(IEEE80211_TXQ_AMPDU, &txqi->flags))
-			info->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_CTL_AMPDU;
-		else
-			info->flags &= ~IEEE80211_TX_CTL_AMPDU;
+		if (info->control.hw_key)
+			pn_offs = ieee80211_hdrlen(hdr->frame_control);
+
+		ieee80211_xmit_fast_finish(sta->sdata, sta, pn_offs,
+					   info->control.hw_key, skb);
+	} else {
+		struct ieee80211_tx_data tx = { };
+
+		__skb_queue_head_init(&tx.skbs);
+		tx.local = local;
+		tx.skb = skb;
+		if (txq->sta) {
+			tx.sta = container_of(txq->sta, struct sta_info, sta);
+			tx.sdata = tx.sta->sdata;
+		} else {
+			tx.sdata = vif_to_sdata(info->control.vif);
+		}
+
+		if (invoke_tx_handlers_late(&tx))
+			goto begin;
+
+		skb = __skb_dequeue(&tx.skbs);
+
+		if (!skb_queue_empty(&tx.skbs))
+			skb_queue_splice_tail(&tx.skbs, &txqi->frags);
 	}
 
 out:
@@ -1521,6 +1556,47 @@ out:
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ieee80211_tx_dequeue);
 
+static bool ieee80211_queue_skb(struct ieee80211_local *local,
+				struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
+				struct sta_info *sta,
+				struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	struct ieee80211_tx_info *info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb);
+	struct fq *fq = &local->fq;
+	struct ieee80211_vif *vif;
+	struct txq_info *txqi;
+	struct ieee80211_sta *pubsta;
+
+	if (!local->ops->wake_tx_queue ||
+	    sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR)
+		return false;
+
+	if (sta && sta->uploaded)
+		pubsta = &sta->sta;
+	else
+		pubsta = NULL;
+
+	if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN)
+		sdata = container_of(sdata->bss,
+				     struct ieee80211_sub_if_data, u.ap);
+
+	vif = &sdata->vif;
+	txqi = ieee80211_get_txq(local, vif, pubsta, skb);
+
+	if (!txqi)
+		return false;
+
+	info->control.vif = vif;
+
+	spin_lock_bh(&fq->lock);
+	ieee80211_txq_enqueue(local, txqi, skb);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&fq->lock);
+
+	drv_wake_tx_queue(local, txqi);
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 static bool ieee80211_tx_frags(struct ieee80211_local *local,
 			       struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
 			       struct ieee80211_sta *sta,
@@ -1528,9 +1604,7 @@ static bool ieee80211_tx_frags(struct ieee80211_local *local,
 			       bool txpending)
 {
 	struct ieee80211_tx_control control = {};
-	struct fq *fq = &local->fq;
 	struct sk_buff *skb, *tmp;
-	struct txq_info *txqi;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	skb_queue_walk_safe(skbs, skb, tmp) {
@@ -1545,21 +1619,6 @@ static bool ieee80211_tx_frags(struct ieee80211_local *local,
 		}
 #endif
 
-		txqi = ieee80211_get_txq(local, vif, sta, skb);
-		if (txqi) {
-			info->control.vif = vif;
-
-			__skb_unlink(skb, skbs);
-
-			spin_lock_bh(&fq->lock);
-			ieee80211_txq_enqueue(local, txqi, skb);
-			spin_unlock_bh(&fq->lock);
-
-			drv_wake_tx_queue(local, txqi);
-
-			continue;
-		}
-
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&local->queue_stop_reason_lock, flags);
 		if (local->queue_stop_reasons[q] ||
 		    (!txpending && !skb_queue_empty(&local->pending[q]))) {
@@ -1680,10 +1739,13 @@ static bool __ieee80211_tx(struct ieee80211_local *local,
 /*
  * Invoke TX handlers, return 0 on success and non-zero if the
  * frame was dropped or queued.
+ *
+ * The handlers are split into an early and late part. The latter is everything
+ * that can be sensitive to reordering, and will be deferred to after packets
+ * are dequeued from the intermediate queues (when they are enabled).
  */
-static int invoke_tx_handlers(struct ieee80211_tx_data *tx)
+static int invoke_tx_handlers_early(struct ieee80211_tx_data *tx)
 {
-	struct ieee80211_tx_info *info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(tx->skb);
 	ieee80211_tx_result res = TX_DROP;
 
 #define CALL_TXH(txh) \
@@ -1697,16 +1759,42 @@ static int invoke_tx_handlers(struct ieee80211_tx_data *tx)
 	CALL_TXH(ieee80211_tx_h_check_assoc);
 	CALL_TXH(ieee80211_tx_h_ps_buf);
 	CALL_TXH(ieee80211_tx_h_check_control_port_protocol);
-	CALL_TXH(ieee80211_tx_h_select_key);
+
 	if (!ieee80211_hw_check(&tx->local->hw, HAS_RATE_CONTROL))
 		CALL_TXH(ieee80211_tx_h_rate_ctrl);
 
+ txh_done:
+	if (unlikely(res == TX_DROP)) {
+		I802_DEBUG_INC(tx->local->tx_handlers_drop);
+		if (tx->skb)
+			ieee80211_free_txskb(&tx->local->hw, tx->skb);
+		else
+			ieee80211_purge_tx_queue(&tx->local->hw, &tx->skbs);
+		return -1;
+	} else if (unlikely(res == TX_QUEUED)) {
+		I802_DEBUG_INC(tx->local->tx_handlers_queued);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Late handlers can be called while the sta lock is held. Handlers that can
+ * cause packets to be generated will cause deadlock!
+ */
+static int invoke_tx_handlers_late(struct ieee80211_tx_data *tx)
+{
+	struct ieee80211_tx_info *info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(tx->skb);
+	ieee80211_tx_result res = TX_CONTINUE;
+
 	if (unlikely(info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_RETRANSMISSION)) {
 		__skb_queue_tail(&tx->skbs, tx->skb);
 		tx->skb = NULL;
 		goto txh_done;
 	}
 
+	CALL_TXH(ieee80211_tx_h_select_key);
 	CALL_TXH(ieee80211_tx_h_michael_mic_add);
 	CALL_TXH(ieee80211_tx_h_sequence);
 	CALL_TXH(ieee80211_tx_h_fragment);
@@ -1733,6 +1821,15 @@ static int invoke_tx_handlers(struct ieee80211_tx_data *tx)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int invoke_tx_handlers(struct ieee80211_tx_data *tx)
+{
+	int r = invoke_tx_handlers_early(tx);
+
+	if (r)
+		return r;
+	return invoke_tx_handlers_late(tx);
+}
+
 bool ieee80211_tx_prepare_skb(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 			      struct ieee80211_vif *vif, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			      int band, struct ieee80211_sta **sta)
@@ -1807,7 +1904,13 @@ static bool ieee80211_tx(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 		info->hw_queue =
 			sdata->vif.hw_queue[skb_get_queue_mapping(skb)];
 
-	if (!invoke_tx_handlers(&tx))
+	if (invoke_tx_handlers_early(&tx))
+		return false;
+
+	if (ieee80211_queue_skb(local, sdata, tx.sta, tx.skb))
+		return true;
+
+	if (!invoke_tx_handlers_late(&tx))
 		result = __ieee80211_tx(local, &tx.skbs, led_len,
 					tx.sta, txpending);
 
@@ -3159,7 +3262,7 @@ out:
 }
 
 static bool ieee80211_xmit_fast(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
-				struct net_device *dev, struct sta_info *sta,
+				struct sta_info *sta,
 				struct ieee80211_fast_tx *fast_tx,
 				struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
@@ -3170,9 +3273,9 @@ static bool ieee80211_xmit_fast(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 	struct ethhdr eth;
 	struct ieee80211_tx_info *info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb);
 	struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr = (void *)fast_tx->hdr;
-	struct ieee80211_tx_data tx;
-	ieee80211_tx_result r;
 	struct tid_ampdu_tx *tid_tx = NULL;
+	ieee80211_tx_result r;
+	struct ieee80211_tx_data tx;
 	u8 tid = IEEE80211_NUM_TIDS;
 
 	/* control port protocol needs a lot of special handling */
@@ -3210,8 +3313,6 @@ static bool ieee80211_xmit_fast(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 			return true;
 	}
 
-	ieee80211_tx_stats(dev, skb->len + extra_head);
-
 	if ((hdr->frame_control & cpu_to_le16(IEEE80211_STYPE_QOS_DATA)) &&
 	    ieee80211_amsdu_aggregate(sdata, sta, fast_tx, skb))
 		return true;
@@ -3240,24 +3341,7 @@ static bool ieee80211_xmit_fast(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 	info->flags = IEEE80211_TX_CTL_FIRST_FRAGMENT |
 		      IEEE80211_TX_CTL_DONTFRAG |
 		      (tid_tx ? IEEE80211_TX_CTL_AMPDU : 0);
-
-	if (hdr->frame_control & cpu_to_le16(IEEE80211_STYPE_QOS_DATA)) {
-		*ieee80211_get_qos_ctl(hdr) = tid;
-		if (!sta->sta.txq[0])
-			hdr->seq_ctrl = ieee80211_tx_next_seq(sta, tid);
-	} else {
-		info->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_CTL_ASSIGN_SEQ;
-		hdr->seq_ctrl = cpu_to_le16(sdata->sequence_number);
-		sdata->sequence_number += 0x10;
-	}
-
-	if (skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size)
-		sta->tx_stats.msdu[tid] +=
-			DIV_ROUND_UP(skb->len, skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size);
-	else
-		sta->tx_stats.msdu[tid]++;
-
-	info->hw_queue = sdata->vif.hw_queue[skb_get_queue_mapping(skb)];
+	info->control.flags = IEEE80211_TX_CTRL_FAST_XMIT;
 
 	__skb_queue_head_init(&tx.skbs);
 
@@ -3283,22 +3367,71 @@ static bool ieee80211_xmit_fast(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (ieee80211_queue_skb(local, sdata, sta, skb))
+		return true;
+
+	ieee80211_xmit_fast_finish(sdata, sta, fast_tx->pn_offs,
+				   &fast_tx->key->conf, skb);
+
+	if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN)
+		sdata = container_of(sdata->bss,
+				     struct ieee80211_sub_if_data, u.ap);
+
+	__skb_queue_tail(&tx.skbs, skb);
+	ieee80211_tx_frags(local, &sdata->vif, &sta->sta, &tx.skbs, false);
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Can be called while the sta lock is held. Anything that can cause packets to
+ * be generated will cause deadlock!
+ */
+static bool ieee80211_xmit_fast_finish(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
+				       struct sta_info *sta, u8 pn_offs,
+				       struct ieee80211_key_conf *key_conf,
+				       struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	struct ieee80211_tx_info *info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb);
+	struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr = (void *)skb->data;
+	u8 tid = IEEE80211_NUM_TIDS;
+
+	ieee80211_tx_stats(skb->dev, skb->len);
+
+	if (hdr->frame_control & cpu_to_le16(IEEE80211_STYPE_QOS_DATA)) {
+		tid = skb->priority & IEEE80211_QOS_CTL_TAG1D_MASK;
+		*ieee80211_get_qos_ctl(hdr) = tid;
+		hdr->seq_ctrl = ieee80211_tx_next_seq(sta, tid);
+	} else {
+		info->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_CTL_ASSIGN_SEQ;
+		hdr->seq_ctrl = cpu_to_le16(sdata->sequence_number);
+		sdata->sequence_number += 0x10;
+	}
+
+	if (skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size)
+		sta->tx_stats.msdu[tid] +=
+			DIV_ROUND_UP(skb->len, skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size);
+	else
+		sta->tx_stats.msdu[tid]++;
+
+	info->hw_queue = sdata->vif.hw_queue[skb_get_queue_mapping(skb)];
+
 	/* statistics normally done by ieee80211_tx_h_stats (but that
 	 * has to consider fragmentation, so is more complex)
 	 */
 	sta->tx_stats.bytes[skb_get_queue_mapping(skb)] += skb->len;
 	sta->tx_stats.packets[skb_get_queue_mapping(skb)]++;
 
-	if (fast_tx->pn_offs) {
+	if (pn_offs) {
 		u64 pn;
-		u8 *crypto_hdr = skb->data + fast_tx->pn_offs;
+		u8 *crypto_hdr = skb->data + pn_offs;
 
-		switch (fast_tx->key->conf.cipher) {
+		switch (key_conf->cipher) {
 		case WLAN_CIPHER_SUITE_CCMP:
 		case WLAN_CIPHER_SUITE_CCMP_256:
 		case WLAN_CIPHER_SUITE_GCMP:
 		case WLAN_CIPHER_SUITE_GCMP_256:
-			pn = atomic64_inc_return(&fast_tx->key->conf.tx_pn);
+			pn = atomic64_inc_return(&key_conf->tx_pn);
 			crypto_hdr[0] = pn;
 			crypto_hdr[1] = pn >> 8;
 			crypto_hdr[4] = pn >> 16;
@@ -3309,12 +3442,6 @@ static bool ieee80211_xmit_fast(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN)
-		sdata = container_of(sdata->bss,
-				     struct ieee80211_sub_if_data, u.ap);
-
-	__skb_queue_tail(&tx.skbs, skb);
-	ieee80211_tx_frags(local, &sdata->vif, &sta->sta, &tx.skbs, false);
 	return true;
 }
 
@@ -3342,7 +3469,7 @@ void __ieee80211_subif_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		fast_tx = rcu_dereference(sta->fast_tx);
 
 		if (fast_tx &&
-		    ieee80211_xmit_fast(sdata, dev, sta, fast_tx, skb))
+		    ieee80211_xmit_fast(sdata, sta, fast_tx, skb))
 			goto out;
 	}
 
