diff --git a/net/mac80211/agg-tx.c b/net/mac80211/agg-tx.c
index a04df962129c..595c662a61e8 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/agg-tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/agg-tx.c
@@ -392,7 +392,8 @@ int ___ieee80211_stop_tx_ba_session(struct sta_info *sta, u16 tid,
 	 * telling the driver. New packets will not go through since
 	 * the aggregation session is no longer OPERATIONAL.
 	 */
-	synchronize_net();
+	if (!local->in_reconfig)
+		synchronize_net();
 
 	tid_tx->stop_initiator = reason == AGG_STOP_PEER_REQUEST ?
 					WLAN_BACK_RECIPIENT :
diff --git a/net/mac80211/main.c b/net/mac80211/main.c
index e054a2fd8d38..0785d04a80bc 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/main.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/main.c
@@ -263,6 +263,9 @@ static void ieee80211_restart_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	flush_delayed_work(&local->roc_work);
 	flush_work(&local->hw_roc_done);
 
+	/* wait for all packet processing to be done */
+	synchronize_net();
+
 	ieee80211_reconfig(local);
 	rtnl_unlock();
 }
diff --git a/net/mac80211/util.c b/net/mac80211/util.c
index d57e5f6bd8b6..1f82191ce601 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/util.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/util.c
@@ -2110,15 +2110,6 @@ int ieee80211_reconfig(struct ieee80211_local *local)
 		cfg80211_sched_scan_stopped_rtnl(local->hw.wiphy, 0);
 
  wake_up:
-	if (local->in_reconfig) {
-		local->in_reconfig = false;
-		barrier();
-
-		/* Restart deferred ROCs */
-		mutex_lock(&local->mtx);
-		ieee80211_start_next_roc(local);
-		mutex_unlock(&local->mtx);
-	}
 
 	if (local->monitors == local->open_count && local->monitors > 0)
 		ieee80211_add_virtual_monitor(local);
@@ -2146,6 +2137,16 @@ int ieee80211_reconfig(struct ieee80211_local *local)
 		mutex_unlock(&local->sta_mtx);
 	}
 
+	if (local->in_reconfig) {
+		local->in_reconfig = false;
+		barrier();
+
+		/* Restart deferred ROCs */
+		mutex_lock(&local->mtx);
+		ieee80211_start_next_roc(local);
+		mutex_unlock(&local->mtx);
+	}
+
 	ieee80211_wake_queues_by_reason(hw, IEEE80211_MAX_QUEUE_MAP,
 					IEEE80211_QUEUE_STOP_REASON_SUSPEND,
 					false);