diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
index 588005c84a6..a910bf1f092 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
@@ -661,6 +661,14 @@ struct ieee80211_local {
 	 */
 	bool suspended;
 
+	/*
+	 * Resuming is true while suspended, but when we're reprogramming the
+	 * hardware -- at that time it's allowed to use ieee80211_queue_work()
+	 * again even though some other parts of the stack are still suspended
+	 * and we still drop received frames to avoid waking the stack.
+	 */
+	bool resuming;
+
 	/*
 	 * quiescing is true during the suspend process _only_ to
 	 * ease timer cancelling etc.
diff --git a/net/mac80211/util.c b/net/mac80211/util.c
index aeb65b3d229..e6c08da8da2 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/util.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/util.c
@@ -520,9 +520,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces_atomic);
  */
 static bool ieee80211_can_queue_work(struct ieee80211_local *local)
 {
-        if (WARN(local->suspended, "queueing ieee80211 work while "
-		 "going to suspend\n"))
-                return false;
+	if (WARN(local->suspended && !local->resuming,
+		 "queueing ieee80211 work while going to suspend\n"))
+		return false;
 
 	return true;
 }
@@ -1025,13 +1025,9 @@ int ieee80211_reconfig(struct ieee80211_local *local)
 	struct sta_info *sta;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int res;
-	bool from_suspend = local->suspended;
 
-	/*
-	 * We're going to start the hardware, at that point
-	 * we are no longer suspended and can RX frames.
-	 */
-	local->suspended = false;
+	if (local->suspended)
+		local->resuming = true;
 
 	/* restart hardware */
 	if (local->open_count) {
@@ -1129,11 +1125,14 @@ int ieee80211_reconfig(struct ieee80211_local *local)
 	 * If this is for hw restart things are still running.
 	 * We may want to change that later, however.
 	 */
-	if (!from_suspend)
+	if (!local->suspended)
 		return 0;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM
+	/* first set suspended false, then resuming */
 	local->suspended = false;
+	mb();
+	local->resuming = false;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(sdata, &local->interfaces, list) {
 		switch(sdata->vif.type) {