diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
index 1ffca7511fa888b94b3c5715dd0b4121caf59f08..741918a2027b56ebe0f561d5175e8a129b8a3059 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ static void ath_tx_complete_aggr(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_txq *txq,
 	u16 seq_st = 0, acked_cnt = 0, txfail_cnt = 0, seq_first;
 	u32 ba[WME_BA_BMP_SIZE >> 5];
 	int isaggr, txfail, txpending, sendbar = 0, needreset = 0, nbad = 0;
-	bool rc_update = true;
+	bool rc_update = true, isba;
 	struct ieee80211_tx_rate rates[4];
 	struct ath_frame_info *fi;
 	int nframes;
@@ -438,13 +438,17 @@ static void ath_tx_complete_aggr(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_txq *txq,
 	tidno = ieee80211_get_qos_ctl(hdr)[0] & IEEE80211_QOS_CTL_TID_MASK;
 	tid = ATH_AN_2_TID(an, tidno);
 	seq_first = tid->seq_start;
+	isba = ts->ts_flags & ATH9K_TX_BA;
 
 	/*
 	 * The hardware occasionally sends a tx status for the wrong TID.
 	 * In this case, the BA status cannot be considered valid and all
 	 * subframes need to be retransmitted
+	 *
+	 * Only BlockAcks have a TID and therefore normal Acks cannot be
+	 * checked
 	 */
-	if (tidno != ts->tid)
+	if (isba && tidno != ts->tid)
 		txok = false;
 
 	isaggr = bf_isaggr(bf);