diff --git a/net/mac80211/debugfs_netdev.c b/net/mac80211/debugfs_netdev.c
index 6e8eab7919e2e2a95db3ee761419b066d5c7655a..dd046291751852118783b087f81b6dee6a8da253 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/debugfs_netdev.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/debugfs_netdev.c
@@ -340,6 +340,8 @@ IEEE80211_IF_FILE(fwded_mcast, u.mesh.mshstats.fwded_mcast, DEC);
 IEEE80211_IF_FILE(fwded_unicast, u.mesh.mshstats.fwded_unicast, DEC);
 IEEE80211_IF_FILE(fwded_frames, u.mesh.mshstats.fwded_frames, DEC);
 IEEE80211_IF_FILE(dropped_frames_ttl, u.mesh.mshstats.dropped_frames_ttl, DEC);
+IEEE80211_IF_FILE(dropped_frames_congestion,
+		u.mesh.mshstats.dropped_frames_congestion, DEC);
 IEEE80211_IF_FILE(dropped_frames_no_route,
 		u.mesh.mshstats.dropped_frames_no_route, DEC);
 IEEE80211_IF_FILE(estab_plinks, u.mesh.mshstats.estab_plinks, ATOMIC);
@@ -463,6 +465,7 @@ static void add_mesh_stats(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
 	MESHSTATS_ADD(fwded_frames);
 	MESHSTATS_ADD(dropped_frames_ttl);
 	MESHSTATS_ADD(dropped_frames_no_route);
+	MESHSTATS_ADD(dropped_frames_congestion);
 	MESHSTATS_ADD(estab_plinks);
 #undef MESHSTATS_ADD
 }
diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
index a37da74de0232241a44fe9fb90d42b8b3f4a91cf..5e636bc3551fd11b31424030473009cef1db67dd 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ struct mesh_stats {
 	__u32 fwded_frames;		/* Mesh total forwarded frames */
 	__u32 dropped_frames_ttl;	/* Not transmitted since mesh_ttl == 0*/
 	__u32 dropped_frames_no_route;	/* Not transmitted, no route found */
+	__u32 dropped_frames_congestion;/* Not forwarded due to congestion */
 	atomic_t estab_plinks;
 };
 
diff --git a/net/mac80211/rx.c b/net/mac80211/rx.c
index d479d48e8d188cbbf421c2c554aed8af415a89b9..811e3ade8c743afeb7712809f0463480d8e74e4c 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/rx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/rx.c
@@ -1844,6 +1844,12 @@ ieee80211_rx_h_mesh_fwding(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx)
 		/* illegal frame */
 		return RX_DROP_MONITOR;
 
+	if (ieee80211_queue_stopped(&local->hw, skb_get_queue_mapping(skb))) {
+		IEEE80211_IFSTA_MESH_CTR_INC(&sdata->u.mesh,
+						dropped_frames_congestion);
+		return RX_DROP_MONITOR;
+	}
+
 	if (mesh_hdr->flags & MESH_FLAGS_AE) {
 		struct mesh_path *mppath;
 		char *proxied_addr;