--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
@@ -1089,15 +1089,6 @@ void ath_draintxq(struct ath_softc *sc, 
 	txq->axq_tx_inprogress = false;
 	spin_unlock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
 
-	/* flush any pending frames if aggregation is enabled */
-	if (sc->sc_flags & SC_OP_TXAGGR) {
-		if (!retry_tx) {
-			spin_lock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
-			ath_txq_drain_pending_buffers(sc, txq);
-			spin_unlock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
-		}
-	}
-
 	if (sc->sc_ah->caps.hw_caps & ATH9K_HW_CAP_EDMA) {
 		spin_lock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
 		while (!list_empty(&txq->txq_fifo_pending)) {
@@ -1118,6 +1109,15 @@ void ath_draintxq(struct ath_softc *sc, 
 		}
 		spin_unlock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
 	}
+
+	/* flush any pending frames if aggregation is enabled */
+	if (sc->sc_flags & SC_OP_TXAGGR) {
+		if (!retry_tx) {
+			spin_lock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
+			ath_txq_drain_pending_buffers(sc, txq);
+			spin_unlock_bh(&txq->axq_lock);
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 void ath_drain_all_txq(struct ath_softc *sc, bool retry_tx)