diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
index 4be11ea3dfc4c5dc06e17d51ca67b6f66e76fe46..1fd8cb26b3ffde2af308179ad701e4efa1905fcd 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
@@ -1260,6 +1260,7 @@ int ieee80211_request_internal_scan(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 int ieee80211_request_scan(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 			   struct cfg80211_scan_request *req);
 void ieee80211_scan_cancel(struct ieee80211_local *local);
+void ieee80211_run_deferred_scan(struct ieee80211_local *local);
 ieee80211_rx_result
 ieee80211_scan_rx(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, struct sk_buff *skb);
 
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index bbf1100d90d6d7a50e3566f435fc9551508a735b..c8836fa7d627c65b6aa5a5e276c56af790f8b9bc 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -1447,19 +1447,24 @@ void ieee80211_sta_rx_notify(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 static void ieee80211_reset_ap_probe(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
 {
 	struct ieee80211_if_managed *ifmgd = &sdata->u.mgd;
+	struct ieee80211_local *local = sdata->local;
 
+	mutex_lock(&local->mtx);
 	if (!(ifmgd->flags & (IEEE80211_STA_BEACON_POLL |
-			      IEEE80211_STA_CONNECTION_POLL)))
-	    return;
+			      IEEE80211_STA_CONNECTION_POLL))) {
+		mutex_unlock(&local->mtx);
+		return;
+	}
 
 	ifmgd->flags &= ~(IEEE80211_STA_CONNECTION_POLL |
 			  IEEE80211_STA_BEACON_POLL);
-	mutex_lock(&sdata->local->iflist_mtx);
-	ieee80211_recalc_ps(sdata->local, -1);
-	mutex_unlock(&sdata->local->iflist_mtx);
+
+	mutex_lock(&local->iflist_mtx);
+	ieee80211_recalc_ps(local, -1);
+	mutex_unlock(&local->iflist_mtx);
 
 	if (sdata->local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_CONNECTION_MONITOR)
-		return;
+		goto out;
 
 	/*
 	 * We've received a probe response, but are not sure whether
@@ -1471,6 +1476,9 @@ static void ieee80211_reset_ap_probe(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
 	mod_timer(&ifmgd->conn_mon_timer,
 		  round_jiffies_up(jiffies +
 				   IEEE80211_CONNECTION_IDLE_TIME));
+out:
+	ieee80211_run_deferred_scan(local);
+	mutex_unlock(&local->mtx);
 }
 
 void ieee80211_sta_tx_notify(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
@@ -1546,17 +1554,18 @@ static void ieee80211_mgd_probe_ap(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 	if (!ieee80211_sdata_running(sdata))
 		return;
 
-	if (sdata->local->scanning)
-		return;
-
-	if (sdata->local->tmp_channel)
-		return;
-
 	mutex_lock(&ifmgd->mtx);
 
 	if (!ifmgd->associated)
 		goto out;
 
+	mutex_lock(&sdata->local->mtx);
+
+	if (sdata->local->tmp_channel || sdata->local->scanning) {
+		mutex_unlock(&sdata->local->mtx);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_VERBOSE_DEBUG
 	if (beacon && net_ratelimit())
 		printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: detected beacon loss from AP "
@@ -1583,6 +1592,8 @@ static void ieee80211_mgd_probe_ap(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 	else
 		ifmgd->flags |= IEEE80211_STA_CONNECTION_POLL;
 
+	mutex_unlock(&sdata->local->mtx);
+
 	if (already)
 		goto out;
 
diff --git a/net/mac80211/scan.c b/net/mac80211/scan.c
index c70e176771359b5e9371df1da486b29a157084f7..56175933c28f0ca7d487ddc39e622747f981a389 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/scan.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/scan.c
@@ -387,6 +387,33 @@ static int ieee80211_start_sw_scan(struct ieee80211_local *local)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static bool ieee80211_can_scan(struct ieee80211_local *local,
+			       struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
+{
+	if (!list_empty(&local->work_list))
+		return false;
+
+	if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION &&
+	    sdata->u.mgd.flags & (IEEE80211_STA_BEACON_POLL |
+				  IEEE80211_STA_CONNECTION_POLL))
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+void ieee80211_run_deferred_scan(struct ieee80211_local *local)
+{
+	lockdep_assert_held(&local->mtx);
+
+	if (!local->scan_req || local->scanning)
+		return;
+
+	if (!ieee80211_can_scan(local, local->scan_sdata))
+		return;
+
+	ieee80211_queue_delayed_work(&local->hw, &local->scan_work,
+				     round_jiffies_relative(0));
+}
 
 static int __ieee80211_start_scan(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 				  struct cfg80211_scan_request *req)
@@ -399,7 +426,7 @@ static int __ieee80211_start_scan(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 	if (local->scan_req)
 		return -EBUSY;
 
-	if (!list_empty(&local->work_list)) {
+	if (!ieee80211_can_scan(local, sdata)) {
 		/* wait for the work to finish/time out */
 		local->scan_req = req;
 		local->scan_sdata = sdata;
diff --git a/net/mac80211/work.c b/net/mac80211/work.c
index c6e230efa04952314cf3f995f4c58d08ba142038..1f74af33901bd3829773d3c1663e71d704508112 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/work.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/work.c
@@ -226,13 +226,8 @@ static void ieee80211_work_work(struct work_struct *work)
 		run_again(local, jiffies + HZ/2);
 	}
 
-	if (list_empty(&local->work_list) && local->scan_req &&
-	    !local->scanning)
-		ieee80211_queue_delayed_work(&local->hw,
-					     &local->scan_work,
-					     round_jiffies_relative(0));
-
 	ieee80211_recalc_idle(local);
+	ieee80211_run_deferred_scan(local);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&local->mtx);