diff --git a/net/mac80211/main.c b/net/mac80211/main.c
index d784d29a4fd6..15d23aeea634 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/main.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/main.c
@@ -253,8 +253,27 @@ static void ieee80211_restart_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	     "%s called with hardware scan in progress\n", __func__);
 
 	rtnl_lock();
-	list_for_each_entry(sdata, &local->interfaces, list)
+	list_for_each_entry(sdata, &local->interfaces, list) {
+		/*
+		 * XXX: there may be more work for other vif types and even
+		 * for station mode: a good thing would be to run most of
+		 * the iface type's dependent _stop (ieee80211_mg_stop,
+		 * ieee80211_ibss_stop) etc...
+		 * For now, fix only the specific bug that was seen: race
+		 * between csa_connection_drop_work and us.
+		 */
+		if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION) {
+			/*
+			 * This worker is scheduled from the iface worker that
+			 * runs on mac80211's workqueue, so we can't be
+			 * scheduling this worker after the cancel right here.
+			 * The exception is ieee80211_chswitch_done.
+			 * Then we can have a race...
+			 */
+			cancel_work_sync(&sdata->u.mgd.csa_connection_drop_work);
+		}
 		flush_delayed_work(&sdata->dec_tailroom_needed_wk);
+	}
 	ieee80211_scan_cancel(local);
 	ieee80211_reconfig(local);
 	rtnl_unlock();