struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata;
        struct ieee80211_if_init_conf conf;
        struct sta_info *sta;
+       unsigned long flags;
 
        ieee80211_stop_queues_by_reason(hw,
                        IEEE80211_QUEUE_STOP_REASON_SUSPEND);
                ieee80211_disable_keys(sdata);
 
        /* remove STAs */
-       list_for_each_entry(sta, &local->sta_list, list) {
-
-               if (local->ops->sta_notify) {
+       if (local->ops->sta_notify) {
+               spin_lock_irqsave(&local->sta_lock, flags);
+               list_for_each_entry(sta, &local->sta_list, list) {
                        if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN)
                                sdata = container_of(sdata->bss,
                                             struct ieee80211_sub_if_data,
                        local->ops->sta_notify(hw, &sdata->vif,
                                STA_NOTIFY_REMOVE, &sta->sta);
                }
+               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&local->sta_lock, flags);
        }
 
        /* remove all interfaces */
        list_for_each_entry(sdata, &local->interfaces, list) {
-
                if (sdata->vif.type != NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN &&
                    sdata->vif.type != NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR &&
                    netif_running(sdata->dev)) {
        struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata;
        struct ieee80211_if_init_conf conf;
        struct sta_info *sta;
+       unsigned long flags;
        int res;
 
        /* restart hardware */
 
        /* add interfaces */
        list_for_each_entry(sdata, &local->interfaces, list) {
-
                if (sdata->vif.type != NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN &&
                    sdata->vif.type != NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR &&
                    netif_running(sdata->dev)) {
        }
 
        /* add STAs back */
-       list_for_each_entry(sta, &local->sta_list, list) {
-
-               if (local->ops->sta_notify) {
+       if (local->ops->sta_notify) {
+               spin_lock_irqsave(&local->sta_lock, flags);
+               list_for_each_entry(sta, &local->sta_list, list) {
                        if (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN)
                                sdata = container_of(sdata->bss,
                                             struct ieee80211_sub_if_data,
                        local->ops->sta_notify(hw, &sdata->vif,
                                STA_NOTIFY_ADD, &sta->sta);
                }
+               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&local->sta_lock, flags);
        }
 
        /* add back keys */