diff --git a/include/net/iw_handler.h b/include/net/iw_handler.h
index 8f81bbbc38fc939070a5761e3af90da62faf8d68..e0f4109e64c6fca9ba87d768c2c7b1220a6557f4 100644
--- a/include/net/iw_handler.h
+++ b/include/net/iw_handler.h
@@ -439,6 +439,12 @@ int dev_get_wireless_info(char *buffer, char **start, off_t offset, int length);
 /* Send a single event to user space */
 void wireless_send_event(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int cmd,
 			 union iwreq_data *wrqu, const char *extra);
+#ifdef CONFIG_WEXT_CORE
+/* flush all previous wext events - if work is done from netdev notifiers */
+void wireless_nlevent_flush(void);
+#else
+static inline void wireless_nlevent_flush(void) {}
+#endif
 
 /* We may need a function to send a stream of events to user space.
  * More on that later... */
diff --git a/net/wireless/core.c b/net/wireless/core.c
index b0915515640efed1ff4795103c0572aba48c38f4..8f0bac7e03c406466e0b5ca2b01b3ca2574ab79f 100644
--- a/net/wireless/core.c
+++ b/net/wireless/core.c
@@ -1147,6 +1147,8 @@ static int cfg80211_netdev_notifier_call(struct notifier_block *nb,
 		return NOTIFY_DONE;
 	}
 
+	wireless_nlevent_flush();
+
 	return NOTIFY_OK;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/wireless/wext-core.c b/net/wireless/wext-core.c
index 87dd619fb2e92917cbd348286a6082c33a51906d..b50ee5d622e14d4fb486ce0c533757e958702f54 100644
--- a/net/wireless/wext-core.c
+++ b/net/wireless/wext-core.c
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ static const int compat_event_type_size[] = {
 
 /* IW event code */
 
-static void wireless_nlevent_flush(void)
+void wireless_nlevent_flush(void)
 {
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	struct net *net;
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ static void wireless_nlevent_flush(void)
 				    GFP_KERNEL);
 	}
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wireless_nlevent_flush);
 
 static int wext_netdev_notifier_call(struct notifier_block *nb,
 				     unsigned long state, void *ptr)