diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c
index 73540723be37..464ba1a625bd 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
@@ -2767,7 +2767,8 @@ static bool ieee80211_xmit_fast(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 
 	if (hdr->frame_control & cpu_to_le16(IEEE80211_STYPE_QOS_DATA)) {
 		*ieee80211_get_qos_ctl(hdr) = tid;
-		hdr->seq_ctrl = ieee80211_tx_next_seq(sta, 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);