diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/rx_reorder.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/rx_reorder.c
index d04629fe053f..ec29954bd44d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/rx_reorder.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/rx_reorder.c
@@ -91,6 +91,22 @@ void wil_rx_reorder(struct wil6210_priv *wil, struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	spin_lock(&r->reorder_lock);
 
+	/** Due to the race between WMI events, where BACK establishment
+	 * reported, and data Rx, few packets may be pass up before reorder
+	 * buffer get allocated. Catch up by pretending SSN is what we
+	 * see in the 1-st Rx packet
+	 */
+	if (r->first_time) {
+		r->first_time = false;
+		if (seq != r->head_seq_num) {
+			wil_err(wil, "Error: 1-st frame with wrong sequence"
+				" %d, should be %d. Fixing...\n", seq,
+				r->head_seq_num);
+			r->head_seq_num = seq;
+			r->ssn = seq;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/* frame with out of date sequence number */
 	if (seq_less(seq, r->head_seq_num)) {
 		dev_kfree_skb(skb);
@@ -162,6 +178,7 @@ struct wil_tid_ampdu_rx *wil_tid_ampdu_rx_alloc(struct wil6210_priv *wil,
 	r->head_seq_num = ssn;
 	r->buf_size = size;
 	r->stored_mpdu_num = 0;
+	r->first_time = true;
 	return r;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/wil6210.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/wil6210.h
index 2a2dec75f026..f881aee6319d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/wil6210.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/wil6210.h
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ struct wil_tid_ampdu_rx {
 	u16 buf_size;
 	u16 timeout;
 	u8 dialog_token;
+	bool first_time; /* is it 1-st time this buffer used? */
 };
 
 struct wil6210_stats {