diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index eddf49202c50..b9b9c9452131 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -1308,6 +1308,16 @@ ieee80211_get_alt_retry_rate(const struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 	return &hw->wiphy->bands[c->band]->bitrates[c->control.rates[idx + 1].idx];
 }
 
+/**
+ * ieee80211_free_txskb - free TX skb
+ * @hw: the hardware
+ * @skb: the skb
+ *
+ * Free a transmit skb. Use this funtion when some failure
+ * to transmit happened and thus status cannot be reported.
+ */
+void ieee80211_free_txskb(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb);
+
 /**
  * DOC: Hardware crypto acceleration
  *
diff --git a/net/mac80211/status.c b/net/mac80211/status.c
index df643cedf9b9..e1f69545974a 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/status.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/status.c
@@ -609,3 +609,9 @@ void ieee80211_report_low_ack(struct ieee80211_sta *pubsta, u32 num_packets)
 				    num_packets, GFP_ATOMIC);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ieee80211_report_low_ack);
+
+void ieee80211_free_txskb(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ieee80211_free_txskb);