diff --git a/src/ap/ieee802_11.c b/src/ap/ieee802_11.c
index b36e68dd6..134ae0620 100644
--- a/src/ap/ieee802_11.c
+++ b/src/ap/ieee802_11.c
@@ -2782,6 +2782,25 @@ static void handle_assoc_cb(struct hostapd_data *hapd,
 		wpa_auth_sm_event(sta->wpa_sm, WPA_ASSOC);
 	hapd->new_assoc_sta_cb(hapd, sta, !new_assoc);
 	ieee802_1x_notify_port_enabled(sta->eapol_sm, 1);
+
+	if (sta->pending_eapol_rx) {
+		struct os_reltime now, age;
+
+		os_get_reltime(&now);
+		os_reltime_sub(&now, &sta->pending_eapol_rx->rx_time, &age);
+		if (age.sec == 0 && age.usec < 200000) {
+			wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG,
+				   "Process pending EAPOL frame that was received from " MACSTR " just before association notification",
+				   MAC2STR(sta->addr));
+			ieee802_1x_receive(
+				hapd, mgmt->da,
+				wpabuf_head(sta->pending_eapol_rx->buf),
+				wpabuf_len(sta->pending_eapol_rx->buf));
+		}
+		wpabuf_free(sta->pending_eapol_rx->buf);
+		os_free(sta->pending_eapol_rx);
+		sta->pending_eapol_rx = NULL;
+	}
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/ap/ieee802_1x.c b/src/ap/ieee802_1x.c
index c774d5cc7..42b029951 100644
--- a/src/ap/ieee802_1x.c
+++ b/src/ap/ieee802_1x.c
@@ -861,6 +861,29 @@ ieee802_1x_alloc_eapol_sm(struct hostapd_data *hapd, struct sta_info *sta)
 }
 
 
+static void ieee802_1x_save_eapol(struct sta_info *sta, const u8 *buf,
+				  size_t len)
+{
+	if (sta->pending_eapol_rx) {
+		wpabuf_free(sta->pending_eapol_rx->buf);
+	} else {
+		sta->pending_eapol_rx =
+			os_malloc(sizeof(*sta->pending_eapol_rx));
+		if (!sta->pending_eapol_rx)
+			return;
+	}
+
+	sta->pending_eapol_rx->buf = wpabuf_alloc_copy(buf, len);
+	if (!sta->pending_eapol_rx->buf) {
+		os_free(sta->pending_eapol_rx);
+		sta->pending_eapol_rx = NULL;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	os_get_reltime(&sta->pending_eapol_rx->rx_time);
+}
+
+
 /**
  * ieee802_1x_receive - Process the EAPOL frames from the Supplicant
  * @hapd: hostapd BSS data
@@ -891,6 +914,13 @@ void ieee802_1x_receive(struct hostapd_data *hapd, const u8 *sa, const u8 *buf,
 		     !(hapd->iface->drv_flags & WPA_DRIVER_FLAGS_WIRED))) {
 		wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "IEEE 802.1X data frame from not "
 			   "associated/Pre-authenticating STA");
+
+		if (sta && (sta->flags & WLAN_STA_AUTH)) {
+			wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "Saving EAPOL frame from " MACSTR
+				   " for later use", MAC2STR(sta->addr));
+			ieee802_1x_save_eapol(sta, buf, len);
+		}
+
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -1183,6 +1213,12 @@ void ieee802_1x_free_station(struct hostapd_data *hapd, struct sta_info *sta)
 	eloop_cancel_timeout(ieee802_1x_wnm_notif_send, hapd, sta);
 #endif /* CONFIG_HS20 */
 
+	if (sta->pending_eapol_rx) {
+		wpabuf_free(sta->pending_eapol_rx->buf);
+		os_free(sta->pending_eapol_rx);
+		sta->pending_eapol_rx = NULL;
+	}
+
 	if (sm == NULL)
 		return;
 
diff --git a/src/ap/sta_info.h b/src/ap/sta_info.h
index cd89e9989..70a59ccd7 100644
--- a/src/ap/sta_info.h
+++ b/src/ap/sta_info.h
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ struct mbo_non_pref_chan_info {
 	u8 channels[];
 };
 
+struct pending_eapol_rx {
+	struct wpabuf *buf;
+	struct os_reltime rx_time;
+};
+
 struct sta_info {
 	struct sta_info *next; /* next entry in sta list */
 	struct sta_info *hnext; /* next entry in hash table list */
@@ -113,6 +118,8 @@ struct sta_info {
 	/* IEEE 802.1X related data */
 	struct eapol_state_machine *eapol_sm;
 
+	struct pending_eapol_rx *pending_eapol_rx;
+
 	u64 acct_session_id;
 	struct os_reltime acct_session_start;
 	int acct_session_started;