return -ENOENT;
        }
 
+       /* if we're already stopping ignore any new requests to stop */
+       if (test_bit(HT_AGG_STATE_STOPPING, &tid_tx->state)) {
+               spin_unlock_bh(&sta->lock);
+               return -EALREADY;
+       }
+
        if (test_bit(HT_AGG_STATE_WANT_START, &tid_tx->state)) {
                /* not even started yet! */
                ieee80211_assign_tid_tx(sta, tid, NULL);
                return 0;
        }
 
+       set_bit(HT_AGG_STATE_STOPPING, &tid_tx->state);
+
        spin_unlock_bh(&sta->lock);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_HT_DEBUG
               sta->sta.addr, tid);
 #endif /* CONFIG_MAC80211_HT_DEBUG */
 
-       set_bit(HT_AGG_STATE_STOPPING, &tid_tx->state);
-
        del_timer_sync(&tid_tx->addba_resp_timer);
 
        /*