diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 90ace5df011a..79b1a2ebbf98 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c989bb15e95a93e20fc86783264f6298116e8651
+refs/heads/master: 8178d38b704f0a08a74b030c35e6eca5f5019d3d
diff --git a/trunk/include/net/mac80211.h b/trunk/include/net/mac80211.h
index 162363b6cb62..8aad6b37c689 100644
--- a/trunk/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/trunk/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -2291,6 +2291,17 @@ static inline void ieee80211_tx_status_ni(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 void ieee80211_tx_status_irqsafe(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 				 struct sk_buff *skb);
 
+/**
+ * ieee80211_report_low_ack - report non-responding station
+ *
+ * When operating in AP-mode, call this function to report a non-responding
+ * connected STA.
+ *
+ * @sta: the non-responding connected sta
+ * @num_packets: number of packets sent to @sta without a response
+ */
+void ieee80211_report_low_ack(struct ieee80211_sta *sta, u32 num_packets);
+
 /**
  * ieee80211_beacon_get_tim - beacon generation function
  * @hw: pointer obtained from ieee80211_alloc_hw().
diff --git a/trunk/net/mac80211/status.c b/trunk/net/mac80211/status.c
index 3ed3c835fbbf..1658efaa2e8e 100644
--- a/trunk/net/mac80211/status.c
+++ b/trunk/net/mac80211/status.c
@@ -446,3 +446,11 @@ void ieee80211_tx_status(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	dev_kfree_skb(skb);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ieee80211_tx_status);
+
+void ieee80211_report_low_ack(struct ieee80211_sta *pubsta, u32 num_packets)
+{
+	struct sta_info *sta = container_of(pubsta, struct sta_info, sta);
+	cfg80211_cqm_pktloss_notify(sta->sdata->dev, sta->sta.addr,
+				    num_packets, GFP_ATOMIC);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ieee80211_report_low_ack);