diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/dma.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/dma.c
index 5c6f5f5786e7..4ffee2e208b2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/dma.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/dma.c
@@ -174,7 +174,8 @@ mt76_dma_tx_cleanup(struct mt76_dev *dev, enum mt76_txq_id qid, bool flush)
 			dev->drv->tx_complete_skb(dev, qid, &entry);
 
 		if (entry.txwi) {
-			mt76_put_txwi(dev, entry.txwi);
+			if (!(dev->drv->txwi_flags & MT_TXWI_NO_FREE))
+				mt76_put_txwi(dev, entry.txwi);
 			wake = !flush;
 		}
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76.h b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76.h
index 065c79c08844..48e0f4867f62 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76.h
@@ -232,6 +232,8 @@ struct mt76_txq {
 struct mt76_txwi_cache {
 	struct list_head list;
 	dma_addr_t dma_addr;
+
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
 };
 
 struct mt76_rx_tid {
@@ -285,8 +287,11 @@ struct mt76_hw_cap {
 	bool has_5ghz;
 };
 
+#define MT_TXWI_NO_FREE			BIT(0)
+
 struct mt76_driver_ops {
 	bool tx_aligned4_skbs;
+	u32 txwi_flags;
 	u16 txwi_size;
 
 	void (*update_survey)(struct mt76_dev *dev);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/tx.c
index 32e04f601145..5397827668b9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/tx.c
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ mt76_put_txwi(struct mt76_dev *dev, struct mt76_txwi_cache *t)
 	list_add(&t->list, &dev->txwi_cache);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&dev->lock);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mt76_put_txwi);
 
 void mt76_tx_free(struct mt76_dev *dev)
 {