diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2400pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2400pci.c
index 5d1654a8bda88cfb958e99fa69e1a567f52285e9..6b7206eddfa532139f4b41a053f6519297b56f5c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2400pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2400pci.c
@@ -1740,6 +1740,7 @@ static const struct rt2x00lib_ops rt2400pci_rt2x00_ops = {
 	.start_queue		= rt2400pci_start_queue,
 	.kick_queue		= rt2400pci_kick_queue,
 	.stop_queue		= rt2400pci_stop_queue,
+	.flush_queue		= rt2x00pci_flush_queue,
 	.write_tx_desc		= rt2400pci_write_tx_desc,
 	.write_beacon		= rt2400pci_write_beacon,
 	.fill_rxdone		= rt2400pci_fill_rxdone,
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500pci.c
index 3da954e1b4ab248c47bbf77926c0eecb2311434f..82e8012c7c27d3dbab59105ad881e47ef95bff36 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2500pci.c
@@ -2033,6 +2033,7 @@ static const struct rt2x00lib_ops rt2500pci_rt2x00_ops = {
 	.start_queue		= rt2500pci_start_queue,
 	.kick_queue		= rt2500pci_kick_queue,
 	.stop_queue		= rt2500pci_stop_queue,
+	.flush_queue		= rt2x00pci_flush_queue,
 	.write_tx_desc		= rt2500pci_write_tx_desc,
 	.write_beacon		= rt2500pci_write_beacon,
 	.fill_rxdone		= rt2500pci_fill_rxdone,
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800pci.c
index 4241f194384206142ecf273412da71ade20d559a..d2fe5fd6f1eb864b2cb04ee8bccaafbc96903768 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800pci.c
@@ -1057,6 +1057,7 @@ static const struct rt2x00lib_ops rt2800pci_rt2x00_ops = {
 	.start_queue		= rt2800pci_start_queue,
 	.kick_queue		= rt2800pci_kick_queue,
 	.stop_queue		= rt2800pci_stop_queue,
+	.flush_queue		= rt2x00pci_flush_queue,
 	.write_tx_desc		= rt2800pci_write_tx_desc,
 	.write_tx_data		= rt2800_write_tx_data,
 	.write_beacon		= rt2800_write_beacon,
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
index 8f37121bb83f1ccf2bae8b47e7fc25eb02ec4866..dcdc50d27ea0055858500148f5ab044e4b581ef0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00.h
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ struct rt2x00lib_ops {
 	void (*start_queue) (struct data_queue *queue);
 	void (*kick_queue) (struct data_queue *queue);
 	void (*stop_queue) (struct data_queue *queue);
-	void (*flush_queue) (struct data_queue *queue);
+	void (*flush_queue) (struct data_queue *queue, bool drop);
 	void (*tx_dma_done) (struct queue_entry *entry);
 
 	/*
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00pci.c
index 9649bd0cd7188801ab80bb51d17cfdde7ee1a922..695aecf6bd031aaf906588035ca1ec278802ef95 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00pci.c
@@ -99,6 +99,15 @@ bool rt2x00pci_rxdone(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rt2x00pci_rxdone);
 
+void rt2x00pci_flush_queue(struct data_queue *queue, bool drop)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; !rt2x00queue_empty(queue) && i < 10; i++)
+		msleep(10);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rt2x00pci_flush_queue);
+
 /*
  * Device initialization handlers.
  */
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00pci.h b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00pci.h
index 07961b8b369a291497df773b64d681b4533a506a..5d5887426f7ad624684fc8dadab10bb5b3186485 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00pci.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00pci.h
@@ -107,6 +107,16 @@ struct queue_entry_priv_pci {
  */
 bool rt2x00pci_rxdone(struct rt2x00_dev *rt2x00dev);
 
+/**
+ * rt2x00pci_flush_queue - Flush data queue
+ * @queue: Data queue to stop
+ * @drop: True to drop all pending frames.
+ *
+ * This will wait for a maximum of 100ms, waiting for the queues
+ * to become empty.
+ */
+void rt2x00pci_flush_queue(struct data_queue *queue, bool drop);
+
 /*
  * Device initialization handlers.
  */
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c
index df8817fed09ec3b0e2c72fc884034aeafecda001..0d79278a0a190e8ee4368af3764024d82b8f6930 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00queue.c
@@ -849,7 +849,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rt2x00queue_stop_queue);
 
 void rt2x00queue_flush_queue(struct data_queue *queue, bool drop)
 {
-	unsigned int i;
 	bool started;
 	bool tx_queue =
 		(queue->qid == QID_AC_VO) ||
@@ -884,20 +883,12 @@ void rt2x00queue_flush_queue(struct data_queue *queue, bool drop)
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Check if driver supports flushing, we can only guarentee
-	 * full support for flushing if the driver is able
-	 * to cancel all pending frames (drop = true).
-	 */
-	if (drop && queue->rt2x00dev->ops->lib->flush_queue)
-		queue->rt2x00dev->ops->lib->flush_queue(queue);
-
-	/*
-	 * When we don't want to drop any frames, or when
-	 * the driver doesn't fully flush the queue correcly,
-	 * we must wait for the queue to become empty.
+	 * Check if driver supports flushing, if that is the case we can
+	 * defer the flushing to the driver. Otherwise we must use the
+	 * alternative which just waits for the queue to become empty.
 	 */
-	for (i = 0; !rt2x00queue_empty(queue) && i < 100; i++)
-		msleep(10);
+	if (likely(queue->rt2x00dev->ops->lib->flush_queue))
+		queue->rt2x00dev->ops->lib->flush_queue(queue, drop);
 
 	/*
 	 * The queue flush has failed...
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.c
index 34b8a887831bdd0d40ffa69dd82608394dc7ef55..9957579248c4779fb49f14088ec01f0359aa9e17 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.c
@@ -458,13 +458,14 @@ static bool rt2x00usb_flush_entry(struct queue_entry *entry, void* data)
 	return false;
 }
 
-void rt2x00usb_flush_queue(struct data_queue *queue)
+void rt2x00usb_flush_queue(struct data_queue *queue, bool drop)
 {
 	struct work_struct *completion;
 	unsigned int i;
 
-	rt2x00queue_for_each_entry(queue, Q_INDEX_DONE, Q_INDEX, NULL,
-				   rt2x00usb_flush_entry);
+	if (drop)
+		rt2x00queue_for_each_entry(queue, Q_INDEX_DONE, Q_INDEX, NULL,
+					   rt2x00usb_flush_entry);
 
 	/*
 	 * Obtain the queue completion handler
@@ -483,7 +484,7 @@ void rt2x00usb_flush_queue(struct data_queue *queue)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	for (i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
 		/*
 		 * Check if the driver is already done, otherwise we
 		 * have to sleep a little while to give the driver/hw
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.h b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.h
index e3faca6d2a4f9ab65b831fd1f85546508c4c601f..6aeba71b665b5c04d256963aaaf75cc301313bb0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00usb.h
@@ -404,11 +404,13 @@ void rt2x00usb_kick_queue(struct data_queue *queue);
 /**
  * rt2x00usb_flush_queue - Flush data queue
  * @queue: Data queue to stop
+ * @drop: True to drop all pending frames.
  *
- * This will walk through all entries of the queue and kill all
- * URB's which were send to the device.
+ * This will walk through all entries of the queue and will optionally
+ * kill all URB's which were send to the device, or at least wait until
+ * they have been returned from the device..
  */
-void rt2x00usb_flush_queue(struct data_queue *queue);
+void rt2x00usb_flush_queue(struct data_queue *queue, bool drop);
 
 /**
  * rt2x00usb_watchdog - Watchdog for USB communication
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.c
index c16c1501df18f02c64fd65fb7e23b4494626b31d..35c5d20105a310bdc44e32a8a6ef1f0aa9007111 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt61pci.c
@@ -3003,6 +3003,7 @@ static const struct rt2x00lib_ops rt61pci_rt2x00_ops = {
 	.start_queue		= rt61pci_start_queue,
 	.kick_queue		= rt61pci_kick_queue,
 	.stop_queue		= rt61pci_stop_queue,
+	.flush_queue		= rt2x00pci_flush_queue,
 	.write_tx_desc		= rt61pci_write_tx_desc,
 	.write_beacon		= rt61pci_write_beacon,
 	.clear_beacon		= rt61pci_clear_beacon,