diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 0c3983b74b3e..331429898ea1 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -338,11 +338,15 @@ enum ieee80211_bss_change {
  * @RSSI_EVENT: AP's rssi crossed the a threshold set by the driver.
  * @MLME_EVENT: event related to MLME
  * @BAR_RX_EVENT: a BAR was received
+ * @BA_FRAME_TIMEOUT: Frames were released from the reordering buffer because
+ *	they timed out. This won't be called for each frame released, but only
+ *	once each time the timeout triggers.
  */
 enum ieee80211_event_type {
 	RSSI_EVENT,
 	MLME_EVENT,
 	BAR_RX_EVENT,
+	BA_FRAME_TIMEOUT,
 };
 
 /**
@@ -405,7 +409,7 @@ struct ieee80211_mlme_event {
  * struct ieee80211_ba_event - data attached for BlockAck related events
  * @sta: pointer to the &ieee80211_sta to which this event relates
  * @tid: the tid
- * @ssn: the starting sequence number
+ * @ssn: the starting sequence number (for %BAR_RX_EVENT)
  */
 struct ieee80211_ba_event {
 	struct ieee80211_sta *sta;
@@ -418,7 +422,7 @@ struct ieee80211_ba_event {
  * @type: The event itself. See &enum ieee80211_event_type.
  * @rssi: relevant if &type is %RSSI_EVENT
  * @mlme: relevant if &type is %AUTH_EVENT
- * @ba: relevant if &type is %BAR_RX_EVENT
+ * @ba: relevant if &type is %BAR_RX_EVENT or %BA_FRAME_TIMEOUT
  * @u:union holding the fields above
  */
 struct ieee80211_event {
diff --git a/net/mac80211/rx.c b/net/mac80211/rx.c
index ac6bfa999416..e08253547f42 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/rx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/rx.c
@@ -3229,6 +3229,15 @@ void ieee80211_release_reorder_timeout(struct sta_info *sta, int tid)
 	ieee80211_sta_reorder_release(sta->sdata, tid_agg_rx, &frames);
 	spin_unlock(&tid_agg_rx->reorder_lock);
 
+	if (!skb_queue_empty(&frames)) {
+		struct ieee80211_event event = {
+			.type = BA_FRAME_TIMEOUT,
+			.u.ba.tid = tid,
+			.u.ba.sta = &sta->sta,
+		};
+		drv_event_callback(rx.local, rx.sdata, &event);
+	}
+
 	ieee80211_rx_handlers(&rx, &frames);
 }