diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
index 00140489..9c166f3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
@@ -977,7 +977,11 @@
 	 * at least one sdata of a wiphy on mac80211 but with ath9k virtual
 	 * wiphy you'd have to iterate over every wiphy and each sdata.
 	 */
-	sta = ieee80211_find_sta_by_hw(hw, hdr->addr2);
+	if (is_multicast_ether_addr(hdr->addr1))
+		sta = ieee80211_find_sta_by_ifaddr(hw, hdr->addr2, NULL);
+	else
+		sta = ieee80211_find_sta_by_ifaddr(hw, hdr->addr2, hdr->addr1);
+
 	if (sta) {
 		an = (struct ath_node *) sta->drv_priv;
 		if (rx_stats->rs_rssi != ATH9K_RSSI_BAD &&
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
index 85a7323..f7da6b2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
@@ -328,8 +328,7 @@
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 
-	/* XXX: use ieee80211_find_sta! */
-	sta = ieee80211_find_sta_by_hw(hw, hdr->addr1);
+	sta = ieee80211_find_sta_by_ifaddr(hw, hdr->addr1, hdr->addr2);
 	if (!sta) {
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 5d1187d..73469d8 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -2432,25 +2432,28 @@
 					 const u8 *addr);
 
 /**
- * ieee80211_find_sta_by_hw - find a station on hardware
+ * ieee80211_find_sta_by_ifaddr - find a station on hardware
  *
  * @hw: pointer as obtained from ieee80211_alloc_hw()
- * @addr: station's address
+ * @addr: remote station's address
+ * @localaddr: local address (vif->sdata->vif.addr). Use NULL for 'any'.
  *
  * This function must be called under RCU lock and the
  * resulting pointer is only valid under RCU lock as well.
  *
- * NOTE: This function should not be used! When mac80211 is converted
- *	 internally to properly keep track of stations on multiple
- *	 virtual interfaces, it will not always know which station to
- *	 return here since a single address might be used by multiple
- *	 logical stations (e.g. consider a station connecting to another
- *	 BSSID on the same AP hardware without disconnecting first).
+ * NOTE: You may pass NULL for localaddr, but then you will just get
+ *      the first STA that matches the remote address 'addr'.
+ *      We can have multiple STA associated with multiple
+ *      logical stations (e.g. consider a station connecting to another
+ *      BSSID on the same AP hardware without disconnecting first).
+ *      In this case, the result of this method with localaddr NULL
+ *      is not reliable.
  *
- * DO NOT USE THIS FUNCTION.
+ * DO NOT USE THIS FUNCTION with localaddr NULL if at all possible.
  */
-struct ieee80211_sta *ieee80211_find_sta_by_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
-					       const u8 *addr);
+struct ieee80211_sta *ieee80211_find_sta_by_ifaddr(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
+					       const u8 *addr,
+					       const u8 *localaddr);
 
 /**
  * ieee80211_sta_block_awake - block station from waking up
diff --git a/net/mac80211/sta_info.c b/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
index 44e10a9..ca2cba9 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
@@ -838,13 +838,20 @@
 	mutex_unlock(&local->sta_mtx);
 }
 
-struct ieee80211_sta *ieee80211_find_sta_by_hw(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
-					       const u8 *addr)
+struct ieee80211_sta *ieee80211_find_sta_by_ifaddr(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
+					       const u8 *addr,
+					       const u8 *localaddr)
 {
 	struct sta_info *sta, *nxt;
 
-	/* Just return a random station ... first in list ... */
+	/*
+	 * Just return a random station if localaddr is NULL
+	 * ... first in list.
+	 */
 	for_each_sta_info(hw_to_local(hw), addr, sta, nxt) {
+		if (localaddr &&
+		    compare_ether_addr(sta->sdata->vif.addr, localaddr) != 0)
+			continue;
 		if (!sta->uploaded)
 			return NULL;
 		return &sta->sta;
@@ -852,7 +859,7 @@
 
 	return NULL;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ieee80211_find_sta_by_hw);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ieee80211_find_sta_by_ifaddr);
 
 struct ieee80211_sta *ieee80211_find_sta(struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
 					 const u8 *addr)