diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54.h b/drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54.h
index cac9a515b82d..4801a363507b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ struct p54_common {
 	int (*open)(struct ieee80211_hw *dev);
 	void (*stop)(struct ieee80211_hw *dev);
 	int mode;
+	u16 seqno;
 	struct mutex conf_mutex;
 	u8 mac_addr[ETH_ALEN];
 	u8 bssid[ETH_ALEN];
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54common.c b/drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54common.c
index 4da89ea9b561..2d2d33612aef 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/p54/p54common.c
@@ -553,6 +553,7 @@ static int p54_tx(struct ieee80211_hw *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	struct ieee80211_tx_queue_stats *current_queue;
 	struct p54_common *priv = dev->priv;
 	struct p54_control_hdr *hdr;
+	struct ieee80211_hdr *ieee80211hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *)skb->data;
 	struct p54_tx_control_allocdata *txhdr;
 	size_t padding, len;
 	u8 rate;
@@ -605,6 +606,19 @@ static int p54_tx(struct ieee80211_hw *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (padding)
 		txhdr->align[0] = padding;
 
+	/* FIXME: The sequence that follows is needed for this driver to
+	 * work with mac80211 since "mac80211: fix TX sequence numbers".
+	 * As with the temporary code in rt2x00, changes will be needed
+	 * to get proper sequence numbers on beacons. In addition, this
+	 * patch places the sequence number in the hardware state, which
+	 * limits us to a single virtual state.
+	 */
+	if (info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_ASSIGN_SEQ) {
+		if (info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_FIRST_FRAGMENT)
+			priv->seqno += 0x10;
+		ieee80211hdr->seq_ctrl &= cpu_to_le16(IEEE80211_SCTL_FRAG);
+		ieee80211hdr->seq_ctrl |= cpu_to_le16(priv->seqno);
+	}
 	/* modifies skb->cb and with it info, so must be last! */
 	p54_assign_address(dev, skb, hdr, skb->len);