diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c
index 413345056445c..e1e915e7cc8e7 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
@@ -825,6 +825,9 @@ ieee80211_tx_h_sequence(struct ieee80211_tx_data *tx)
 	if (ieee80211_is_qos_nullfunc(hdr->frame_control))
 		return TX_CONTINUE;
 
+	if (info->control.flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTRL_NO_SEQNO)
+		return TX_CONTINUE;
+
 	/*
 	 * Anything but QoS data that has a sequence number field
 	 * (is long enough) gets a sequence number from the global