diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-rx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-rx.c
index 6f36b6e79f5e3db56d72fdcbcab1da493ae41e8a..2dbce85404aa00b03f6cb217b145fcbe8661da5e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-rx.c
@@ -928,7 +928,10 @@ static void iwl_pass_packet_to_mac80211(struct iwl_priv *priv,
 	if (ieee80211_is_mgmt(fc) ||
 	    ieee80211_has_protected(fc) ||
 	    ieee80211_has_morefrags(fc) ||
-	    le16_to_cpu(hdr->seq_ctrl) & IEEE80211_SCTL_FRAG)
+	    le16_to_cpu(hdr->seq_ctrl) & IEEE80211_SCTL_FRAG ||
+	    (ieee80211_is_data_qos(fc) &&
+	     *ieee80211_get_qos_ctl(hdr) &
+	     IEEE80211_QOS_CONTROL_A_MSDU_PRESENT))
 		ret = skb_linearize(skb);
 	else
 		ret = __pskb_pull_tail(skb, min_t(u16, IWL_LINK_HDR_MAX, len)) ?