diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 5e5029b22ac7..fc4806c6097f 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -3225,6 +3225,19 @@ void ieee80211_remain_on_channel_expired(struct ieee80211_hw *hw);
 void ieee80211_stop_rx_ba_session(struct ieee80211_vif *vif, u16 ba_rx_bitmap,
 				  const u8 *addr);
 
+/**
+ * ieee80211_send_bar - send a BlockAckReq frame
+ *
+ * can be used to flush pending frames from the peer's aggregation reorder
+ * buffer.
+ *
+ * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback.
+ * @ra: the peer's destination address
+ * @tid: the TID of the aggregation session
+ * @ssn: the new starting sequence number for the receiver
+ */
+void ieee80211_send_bar(struct ieee80211_vif *vif, u8 *ra, u16 tid, u16 ssn);
+
 /* Rate control API */
 
 /**
diff --git a/net/mac80211/agg-tx.c b/net/mac80211/agg-tx.c
index 250b9a53f6d9..3cef5a7281cb 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/agg-tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/agg-tx.c
@@ -104,8 +104,9 @@ static void ieee80211_send_addba_request(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 	ieee80211_tx_skb(sdata, skb);
 }
 
-void ieee80211_send_bar(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, u8 *ra, u16 tid, u16 ssn)
+void ieee80211_send_bar(struct ieee80211_vif *vif, u8 *ra, u16 tid, u16 ssn)
 {
+	struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = vif_to_sdata(vif);
 	struct ieee80211_local *local = sdata->local;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	struct ieee80211_bar *bar;
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ void ieee80211_send_bar(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, u8 *ra, u16 tid, u1
 	IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb)->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_DONT_ENCRYPT;
 	ieee80211_tx_skb(sdata, skb);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ieee80211_send_bar);
 
 void ieee80211_assign_tid_tx(struct sta_info *sta, int tid,
 			     struct tid_ampdu_tx *tid_tx)
diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
index c204cee1189c..a37da74de023 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
@@ -1186,7 +1186,6 @@ struct ieee80211_tx_status_rtap_hdr {
 void ieee80211_ht_cap_ie_to_sta_ht_cap(struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband,
 				       struct ieee80211_ht_cap *ht_cap_ie,
 				       struct ieee80211_sta_ht_cap *ht_cap);
-void ieee80211_send_bar(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, u8 *ra, u16 tid, u16 ssn);
 void ieee80211_send_delba(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 			  const u8 *da, u16 tid,
 			  u16 initiator, u16 reason_code);
diff --git a/net/mac80211/status.c b/net/mac80211/status.c
index ba405bc4f812..14268465f1d8 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/status.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/status.c
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ static void ieee80211_check_pending_bar(struct sta_info *sta, u8 *addr, u8 tid)
 		return;
 
 	tid_tx->bar_pending = false;
-	ieee80211_send_bar(sta->sdata, addr, tid, tid_tx->failed_bar_ssn);
+	ieee80211_send_bar(&sta->sdata->vif, addr, tid, tid_tx->failed_bar_ssn);
 }
 
 static void ieee80211_frame_acked(struct sta_info *sta, struct sk_buff *skb)
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ void ieee80211_tx_status(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb)
 			tid = qc[0] & 0xf;
 			ssn = ((le16_to_cpu(hdr->seq_ctrl) + 0x10)
 						& IEEE80211_SCTL_SEQ);
-			ieee80211_send_bar(sta->sdata, hdr->addr1,
+			ieee80211_send_bar(&sta->sdata->vif, hdr->addr1,
 					   tid, ssn);
 		}