1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index 077a95360830..cc9e02d79b55 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -335,8 +335,17 @@ out:
         if (ret & IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_VHT)
                 vht_chandef = *chandef;
 
+        /*
+         * Ignore the DISABLED flag when we're already connected and only
+         * tracking the APs beacon for bandwidth changes - otherwise we
+         * might get disconnected here if we connect to an AP, update our
+         * regulatory information based on the AP's country IE and the
+         * information we have is wrong/outdated and disables the channel
+         * that we're actually using for the connection to the AP.
+         */
         while (!cfg80211_chandef_usable(sdata->local->hw.wiphy, chandef,
-                                        IEEE80211_CHAN_DISABLED)) {
+                                        tracking ? 0 :
+                                                   IEEE80211_CHAN_DISABLED)) {
                 if (WARN_ON(chandef->width == NL80211_CHAN_WIDTH_20_NOHT)) {
                         ret = IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_HT |
                               IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_VHT;