diff --git a/net/mac80211/pm.c b/net/mac80211/pm.c
index 3401262..af64fb8 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/pm.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/pm.c
@@ -37,9 +37,8 @@
 					IEEE80211_MAX_QUEUE_MAP,
 					IEEE80211_QUEUE_STOP_REASON_SUSPEND);
 
-	/* flush out all packets and station cleanup call_rcu()s */
+	/* flush out all packets */
 	synchronize_net();
-	rcu_barrier();
 
 	ieee80211_flush_queues(local, NULL);