diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/tx.c
index 0914ec2..a040edc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/tx.c
@@ -423,6 +423,15 @@
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Increase the pending frames counter, so that later when a reply comes
+	 * in and the counter is decreased - we don't start getting negative
+	 * values.
+	 * Note that we don't need to make sure it isn't agg'd, since we're
+	 * TXing non-sta
+	 */
+	atomic_inc(&mvm->pending_frames[sta_id]);
+
 	return 0;
 }