diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 162363b6cb622bcd334872ab19e1d4dca87fd879..8aad6b37c689a8eb61834d49501c5d97a9ffd2ef 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/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/net/mac80211/status.c b/net/mac80211/status.c
index 3ed3c835fbbf0e0f57000825150e62d4b737fc91..1658efaa2e8eef4b042ec05ffd875cbd0d3c6ec1 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/status.c
+++ b/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);