diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index 8db6071b6063..8984d24d68b7 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -1184,6 +1184,7 @@ struct cfg80211_tid_stats {
  * @rx_duration: aggregate PPDU duration(usecs) for all the frames from a peer
  * @pertid: per-TID statistics, see &struct cfg80211_tid_stats, using the last
  *	(IEEE80211_NUM_TIDS) index for MSDUs not encapsulated in QoS-MPDUs.
+ *	Note that this doesn't use the @filled bit, but is used if non-NULL.
  * @ack_signal: signal strength (in dBm) of the last ACK frame.
  * @avg_ack_signal: average rssi value of ack packet for the no of msdu's has
  *	been sent.
@@ -1230,7 +1231,7 @@ struct station_info {
 	u64 rx_beacon;
 	u64 rx_duration;
 	u8 rx_beacon_signal_avg;
-	struct cfg80211_tid_stats pertid[IEEE80211_NUM_TIDS + 1];
+	struct cfg80211_tid_stats *pertid;
 	s8 ack_signal;
 	s8 avg_ack_signal;
 };
@@ -5701,6 +5702,13 @@ void cfg80211_remain_on_channel_expired(struct wireless_dev *wdev, u64 cookie,
 					struct ieee80211_channel *chan,
 					gfp_t gfp);
 
+/**
+ * cfg80211_sinfo_alloc_tid_stats - allocate per-tid statistics.
+ *
+ * @sinfo: the station information
+ * @gfp: allocation flags
+ */
+int cfg80211_sinfo_alloc_tid_stats(struct station_info *sinfo, gfp_t gfp);
 
 /**
  * cfg80211_new_sta - notify userspace about station
diff --git a/net/mac80211/sta_info.c b/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
index 43f34aa873bc..04d47689b557 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
@@ -2233,11 +2233,12 @@ void sta_set_sinfo(struct sta_info *sta, struct station_info *sinfo)
 			sinfo->filled |= BIT(NL80211_STA_INFO_RX_BITRATE);
 	}
 
-	sinfo->filled |= BIT(NL80211_STA_INFO_TID_STATS);
-	for (i = 0; i < IEEE80211_NUM_TIDS + 1; i++) {
-		struct cfg80211_tid_stats *tidstats = &sinfo->pertid[i];
+	if (!cfg80211_sinfo_alloc_tid_stats(sinfo, GFP_KERNEL)) {
+		for (i = 0; i < IEEE80211_NUM_TIDS + 1; i++) {
+			struct cfg80211_tid_stats *tidstats = &sinfo->pertid[i];
 
-		sta_set_tidstats(sta, tidstats, i);
+			sta_set_tidstats(sta, tidstats, i);
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (ieee80211_vif_is_mesh(&sdata->vif)) {
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index f7715b85fd2b..3d638f11edb5 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -4658,7 +4658,7 @@ static int nl80211_send_station(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 cmd, u32 portid,
 #undef PUT_SINFO
 #undef PUT_SINFO_U64
 
-	if (sinfo->filled & BIT(NL80211_STA_INFO_TID_STATS)) {
+	if (sinfo->pertid) {
 		struct nlattr *tidsattr;
 		int tid;
 
@@ -4702,6 +4702,7 @@ static int nl80211_send_station(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 cmd, u32 portid,
 		}
 
 		nla_nest_end(msg, tidsattr);
+		kfree(sinfo->pertid);
 	}
 
 	nla_nest_end(msg, sinfoattr);
diff --git a/net/wireless/util.c b/net/wireless/util.c
index d112e9a89364..b5bb1c309914 100644
--- a/net/wireless/util.c
+++ b/net/wireless/util.c
@@ -1787,6 +1787,17 @@ bool cfg80211_does_bw_fit_range(const struct ieee80211_freq_range *freq_range,
 	return false;
 }
 
+int cfg80211_sinfo_alloc_tid_stats(struct station_info *sinfo, gfp_t gfp)
+{
+	sinfo->pertid = kcalloc(sizeof(*(sinfo->pertid)),
+				IEEE80211_NUM_TIDS + 1, gfp);
+	if (!sinfo->pertid)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(cfg80211_sinfo_alloc_tid_stats);
+
 /* See IEEE 802.1H for LLC/SNAP encapsulation/decapsulation */
 /* Ethernet-II snap header (RFC1042 for most EtherTypes) */
 const unsigned char rfc1042_header[] __aligned(2) =