diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
index 6b943c29937b..d7a4c0ff66ff 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
@@ -203,6 +203,8 @@ enum ieee80211_packet_rx_flags {
  * @IEEE80211_RX_CMNTR: received on cooked monitor already
  * @IEEE80211_RX_BEACON_REPORTED: This frame was already reported
  *	to cfg80211_report_obss_beacon().
+ * @IEEE80211_RX_REORDER_TIMER: this frame is released by the
+ *	reorder buffer timeout timer, not the normal RX path
  *
  * These flags are used across handling multiple interfaces
  * for a single frame.
@@ -210,6 +212,7 @@ enum ieee80211_packet_rx_flags {
 enum ieee80211_rx_flags {
 	IEEE80211_RX_CMNTR		= BIT(0),
 	IEEE80211_RX_BEACON_REPORTED	= BIT(1),
+	IEEE80211_RX_REORDER_TIMER	= BIT(2),
 };
 
 struct ieee80211_rx_data {
diff --git a/net/mac80211/rx.c b/net/mac80211/rx.c
index 07fb67803097..3ee2abd4007e 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/rx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/rx.c
@@ -1968,7 +1968,8 @@ ieee80211_deliver_skb(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx)
 		/* deliver to local stack */
 		skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, dev);
 		memset(skb->cb, 0, sizeof(skb->cb));
-		if (rx->local->napi)
+		if (!(rx->flags & IEEE80211_RX_REORDER_TIMER) &&
+		    rx->local->napi)
 			napi_gro_receive(rx->local->napi, skb);
 		else
 			netif_receive_skb(skb);
@@ -3038,7 +3039,7 @@ void ieee80211_release_reorder_timeout(struct sta_info *sta, int tid)
 		/* This is OK -- must be QoS data frame */
 		.security_idx = tid,
 		.seqno_idx = tid,
-		.flags = 0,
+		.flags = IEEE80211_RX_REORDER_TIMER,
 	};
 	struct tid_ampdu_rx *tid_agg_rx;