diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 82045fca388b..760bc4d5a2cf 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -2003,8 +2003,10 @@ enum ieee80211_hw_flags {
  *	it shouldn't be set.
  *
  * @max_tx_aggregation_subframes: maximum number of subframes in an
- *	aggregate an HT driver will transmit, used by the peer as a
- *	hint to size its reorder buffer.
+ *	aggregate an HT driver will transmit. Though ADDBA will advertise
+ *	a constant value of 64 as some older APs can crash if the window
+ *	size is smaller (an example is LinkSys WRT120N with FW v1.0.07
+ *	build 002 Jun 18 2012).
  *
  * @offchannel_tx_hw_queue: HW queue ID to use for offchannel TX
  *	(if %IEEE80211_HW_QUEUE_CONTROL is set)
diff --git a/net/mac80211/agg-tx.c b/net/mac80211/agg-tx.c
index a758eb84e8f0..ff757181b0a8 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/agg-tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/agg-tx.c
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ void ieee80211_tx_ba_session_handle_start(struct sta_info *sta, int tid)
 	/* send AddBA request */
 	ieee80211_send_addba_request(sdata, sta->sta.addr, tid,
 				     tid_tx->dialog_token, start_seq_num,
-				     local->hw.max_tx_aggregation_subframes,
+				     IEEE80211_MAX_AMPDU_BUF,
 				     tid_tx->timeout);
 }
 
@@ -926,6 +926,7 @@ void ieee80211_process_addba_resp(struct ieee80211_local *local,
 	amsdu = capab & IEEE80211_ADDBA_PARAM_AMSDU_MASK;
 	tid = (capab & IEEE80211_ADDBA_PARAM_TID_MASK) >> 2;
 	buf_size = (capab & IEEE80211_ADDBA_PARAM_BUF_SIZE_MASK) >> 6;
+	buf_size = min(buf_size, local->hw.max_tx_aggregation_subframes);
 
 	mutex_lock(&sta->ampdu_mlme.mtx);