diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-4965.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-4965.c
index 9b4b8b5c757464f0f48e9455ed1ea23f0a418a4f..31462813bac0c798bf0749fe35d3265edbdf85f1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-4965.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-4965.c
@@ -2008,7 +2008,7 @@ static void iwl4965_rx_reply_tx(struct iwl_priv *priv,
 			IWL_DEBUG_TX_REPLY(priv, "Retry scheduler reclaim scd_ssn "
 					   "%d index %d\n", scd_ssn , index);
 			freed = iwl_tx_queue_reclaim(priv, txq_id, index);
-			priv->stations[sta_id].tid[tid].tfds_in_queue -= freed;
+			iwl_free_tfds_in_queue(priv, sta_id, tid, freed);
 
 			if (priv->mac80211_registered &&
 			    (iwl_queue_space(&txq->q) > txq->q.low_mark) &&
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-5000.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-5000.c
index de45f308b7440a56024ea5b54491633c4628398f..f27c514886a5abaf2301da93438524aa72c2a488 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-5000.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-5000.c
@@ -1125,7 +1125,7 @@ static void iwl5000_rx_reply_tx(struct iwl_priv *priv,
 					scd_ssn , index, txq_id, txq->swq_id);
 
 			freed = iwl_tx_queue_reclaim(priv, txq_id, index);
-			priv->stations[sta_id].tid[tid].tfds_in_queue -= freed;
+			iwl_free_tfds_in_queue(priv, sta_id, tid, freed);
 
 			if (priv->mac80211_registered &&
 			    (iwl_queue_space(&txq->q) > txq->q.low_mark) &&
@@ -1154,7 +1154,7 @@ static void iwl5000_rx_reply_tx(struct iwl_priv *priv,
 
 		freed = iwl_tx_queue_reclaim(priv, txq_id, index);
 		if (ieee80211_is_data_qos(tx_resp->frame_ctrl))
-			priv->stations[sta_id].tid[tid].tfds_in_queue -= freed;
+			iwl_free_tfds_in_queue(priv, sta_id, tid, freed);
 
 		if (priv->mac80211_registered &&
 		    (iwl_queue_space(&txq->q) > txq->q.low_mark))
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.h b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.h
index 675b7df632fc1a1076f9b16862bb5bac2652b964..fe37d6a6bf972576c0cab2343af6a6044e944f47 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.h
@@ -446,6 +446,8 @@ void iwl_hw_txq_ctx_free(struct iwl_priv *priv);
 int iwl_hw_tx_queue_init(struct iwl_priv *priv,
 			 struct iwl_tx_queue *txq);
 int iwl_txq_update_write_ptr(struct iwl_priv *priv, struct iwl_tx_queue *txq);
+void iwl_free_tfds_in_queue(struct iwl_priv *priv,
+			    int sta_id, int tid, int freed);
 int iwl_tx_queue_init(struct iwl_priv *priv, struct iwl_tx_queue *txq,
 		      int slots_num, u32 txq_id);
 void iwl_tx_queue_free(struct iwl_priv *priv, int txq_id);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-tx.c
index 87ce2bd292c7810630cd382239a15283f82add76..72136c8f51da13ee6b81a76e60f7a6db6c18f907 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-tx.c
@@ -120,6 +120,20 @@ int iwl_txq_update_write_ptr(struct iwl_priv *priv, struct iwl_tx_queue *txq)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(iwl_txq_update_write_ptr);
 
 
+void iwl_free_tfds_in_queue(struct iwl_priv *priv,
+			    int sta_id, int tid, int freed)
+{
+	if (priv->stations[sta_id].tid[tid].tfds_in_queue >= freed)
+		priv->stations[sta_id].tid[tid].tfds_in_queue -= freed;
+	else {
+		IWL_ERR(priv, "free more than tfds_in_queue (%u:%d)\n",
+			priv->stations[sta_id].tid[tid].tfds_in_queue,
+			freed);
+		priv->stations[sta_id].tid[tid].tfds_in_queue = 0;
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(iwl_free_tfds_in_queue);
+
 /**
  * iwl_tx_queue_free - Deallocate DMA queue.
  * @txq: Transmit queue to deallocate.
@@ -1559,7 +1573,7 @@ void iwl_rx_reply_compressed_ba(struct iwl_priv *priv,
 	if (txq->q.read_ptr != (ba_resp_scd_ssn & 0xff)) {
 		/* calculate mac80211 ampdu sw queue to wake */
 		int freed = iwl_tx_queue_reclaim(priv, scd_flow, index);
-		priv->stations[sta_id].tid[tid].tfds_in_queue -= freed;
+		iwl_free_tfds_in_queue(priv, sta_id, tid, freed);
 
 		if ((iwl_queue_space(&txq->q) > txq->q.low_mark) &&
 		    priv->mac80211_registered &&