diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 4a80d74975e8..dae3f9ec1154 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -1594,13 +1594,16 @@ void ieee80211_wake_queues(struct ieee80211_hw *hw);
 void ieee80211_scan_completed(struct ieee80211_hw *hw);
 
 /**
- * ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces - iterate active interfaces
+ * ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces- iterate active interfaces
  *
  * This function iterates over the interfaces associated with a given
  * hardware that are currently active and calls the callback for them.
+ * This function allows the iterator function to sleep, when the iterator
+ * function is atomic @ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces_atomic can
+ * be used.
  *
  * @hw: the hardware struct of which the interfaces should be iterated over
- * @iterator: the iterator function to call, cannot sleep
+ * @iterator: the iterator function to call
  * @data: first argument of the iterator function
  */
 void ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
@@ -1608,6 +1611,24 @@ void ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 						struct ieee80211_vif *vif),
 					 void *data);
 
+/**
+ * ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces_atomic - iterate active interfaces
+ *
+ * This function iterates over the interfaces associated with a given
+ * hardware that are currently active and calls the callback for them.
+ * This function requires the iterator callback function to be atomic,
+ * if that is not desired, use @ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces instead.
+ *
+ * @hw: the hardware struct of which the interfaces should be iterated over
+ * @iterator: the iterator function to call, cannot sleep
+ * @data: first argument of the iterator function
+ */
+void ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces_atomic(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
+						void (*iterator)(void *data,
+						    u8 *mac,
+						    struct ieee80211_vif *vif),
+						void *data);
+
 /**
  * ieee80211_start_tx_ba_session - Start a tx Block Ack session.
  * @hw: pointer as obtained from ieee80211_alloc_hw().
diff --git a/net/mac80211/util.c b/net/mac80211/util.c
index 24a465c4df09..131e9e6c8a32 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/util.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/util.c
@@ -389,6 +389,41 @@ void ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces(
 	struct ieee80211_local *local = hw_to_local(hw);
 	struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata;
 
+	rtnl_lock();
+
+	list_for_each_entry(sdata, &local->interfaces, list) {
+		switch (sdata->vif.type) {
+		case IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_INVALID:
+		case IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_MNTR:
+		case IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_VLAN:
+			continue;
+		case IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_AP:
+		case IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_STA:
+		case IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_IBSS:
+		case IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_WDS:
+		case IEEE80211_IF_TYPE_MESH_POINT:
+			break;
+		}
+		if (sdata->dev == local->mdev)
+			continue;
+		if (netif_running(sdata->dev))
+			iterator(data, sdata->dev->dev_addr,
+				 &sdata->vif);
+	}
+
+	rtnl_unlock();
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces);
+
+void ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces_atomic(
+	struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
+	void (*iterator)(void *data, u8 *mac,
+			 struct ieee80211_vif *vif),
+	void *data)
+{
+	struct ieee80211_local *local = hw_to_local(hw);
+	struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata;
+
 	rcu_read_lock();
 
 	list_for_each_entry_rcu(sdata, &local->interfaces, list) {
@@ -413,4 +448,4 @@ void ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces(
 
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces_atomic);