diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 9001bd685b1e0829cb7b0908def86f6fb9dd5d2e..0af7464ef57b5c7472e587a35d52262522796e3f 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -1942,8 +1942,8 @@ enum ieee80211_hw_flags {
  *	Use the %IEEE80211_RADIOTAP_VHT_KNOWN_* values.
  *
  * @netdev_features: netdev features to be set in each netdev created
- *	from this HW. Note only HW checksum features are currently
- *	compatible with mac80211. Other feature bits will be rejected.
+ *	from this HW. Note that not all features are usable with mac80211,
+ *	other features will be rejected during HW registration.
  *
  * @uapsd_queues: This bitmap is included in (re)association frame to indicate
  *	for each access category if it is uAPSD trigger-enabled and delivery-
diff --git a/net/mac80211/main.c b/net/mac80211/main.c
index df3051d96afffbd1257442a16c3a2f198629fbcc..6dd6dd47a9dfeef299fe42856faee6d95c6b1e47 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/main.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/main.c
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ int ieee80211_register_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
 
 	/* Only HW csum features are currently compatible with mac80211 */
 	feature_whitelist = NETIF_F_IP_CSUM | NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM |
-			    NETIF_F_HW_CSUM;
+			    NETIF_F_HW_CSUM | NETIF_F_SG | NETIF_F_HIGHDMA;
 	if (WARN_ON(hw->netdev_features & ~feature_whitelist))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c
index 20a90b16eb4d54b004bb414c7a7581243d1a9892..3a421a04cbec2f052862486c14bb96ed577f3583 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
@@ -2864,6 +2864,12 @@ void __ieee80211_subif_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 			goto out;
 	}
 
+	/* we cannot process non-linear frames on this path */
+	if (skb_linearize(skb)) {
+		kfree_skb(skb);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	/* the frame could be fragmented, software-encrypted, and other things
 	 * so we cannot really handle checksum offload with it - fix it up in
 	 * software before we handle anything else.