diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index 7b8dac3efe8f2f675c5ee244571d6115c56e3621..77b85a89abcab8731265f2497cf6ba009b90ddd5 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -1503,12 +1503,14 @@ enum cfg80211_signal_type {
  * @tsf: TSF contained in the frame that carried these IEs
  * @rcu_head: internal use, for freeing
  * @len: length of the IEs
+ * @from_beacon: these IEs are known to come from a beacon
  * @data: IE data
  */
 struct cfg80211_bss_ies {
 	u64 tsf;
 	struct rcu_head rcu_head;
 	int len;
+	bool from_beacon;
 	u8 data[];
 };
 
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
index f1db15b9c041ccad0f13a4206e73245b59e7c236..d097568da6908c8c9053aa64ef9fafafa2b11308 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -3055,14 +3055,20 @@ enum nl80211_bss_scan_width {
  * @NL80211_BSS_BSSID: BSSID of the BSS (6 octets)
  * @NL80211_BSS_FREQUENCY: frequency in MHz (u32)
  * @NL80211_BSS_TSF: TSF of the received probe response/beacon (u64)
+ *	(if @NL80211_BSS_PRESP_DATA is present then this is known to be
+ *	from a probe response, otherwise it may be from the same beacon
+ *	that the NL80211_BSS_BEACON_TSF will be from)
  * @NL80211_BSS_BEACON_INTERVAL: beacon interval of the (I)BSS (u16)
  * @NL80211_BSS_CAPABILITY: capability field (CPU order, u16)
  * @NL80211_BSS_INFORMATION_ELEMENTS: binary attribute containing the
  *	raw information elements from the probe response/beacon (bin);
- *	if the %NL80211_BSS_BEACON_IES attribute is present, the IEs here are
- *	from a Probe Response frame; otherwise they are from a Beacon frame.
+ *	if the %NL80211_BSS_BEACON_IES attribute is present and the data is
+ *	different then the IEs here are from a Probe Response frame; otherwise
+ *	they are from a Beacon frame.
  *	However, if the driver does not indicate the source of the IEs, these
  *	IEs may be from either frame subtype.
+ *	If present, the @NL80211_BSS_PRESP_DATA attribute indicates that the
+ *	data here is known to be from a probe response, without any heuristics.
  * @NL80211_BSS_SIGNAL_MBM: signal strength of probe response/beacon
  *	in mBm (100 * dBm) (s32)
  * @NL80211_BSS_SIGNAL_UNSPEC: signal strength of the probe response/beacon
@@ -3074,6 +3080,10 @@ enum nl80211_bss_scan_width {
  *	yet been received
  * @NL80211_BSS_CHAN_WIDTH: channel width of the control channel
  *	(u32, enum nl80211_bss_scan_width)
+ * @NL80211_BSS_BEACON_TSF: TSF of the last received beacon (u64)
+ *	(not present if no beacon frame has been received yet)
+ * @NL80211_BSS_PRESP_DATA: the data in @NL80211_BSS_INFORMATION_ELEMENTS and
+ *	@NL80211_BSS_TSF is known to be from a probe response (flag attribute)
  * @__NL80211_BSS_AFTER_LAST: internal
  * @NL80211_BSS_MAX: highest BSS attribute
  */
@@ -3091,6 +3101,8 @@ enum nl80211_bss {
 	NL80211_BSS_SEEN_MS_AGO,
 	NL80211_BSS_BEACON_IES,
 	NL80211_BSS_CHAN_WIDTH,
+	NL80211_BSS_BEACON_TSF,
+	NL80211_BSS_PRESP_DATA,
 
 	/* keep last */
 	__NL80211_BSS_AFTER_LAST,
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index df7b1332a1ec2fa80834b94c233f38a427a0f350..3011401f52c0a34317b2310dfa59912d4afe760c 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -6033,7 +6033,6 @@ static int nl80211_send_bss(struct sk_buff *msg, struct netlink_callback *cb,
 	const struct cfg80211_bss_ies *ies;
 	void *hdr;
 	struct nlattr *bss;
-	bool tsf = false;
 
 	ASSERT_WDEV_LOCK(wdev);
 
@@ -6060,18 +6059,27 @@ static int nl80211_send_bss(struct sk_buff *msg, struct netlink_callback *cb,
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
+	/* indicate whether we have probe response data or not */
+	if (rcu_access_pointer(res->proberesp_ies) &&
+	    nla_put_flag(msg, NL80211_BSS_PRESP_DATA))
+		goto fail_unlock_rcu;
+
+	/* this pointer prefers to be pointed to probe response data
+	 * but is always valid
+	 */
 	ies = rcu_dereference(res->ies);
 	if (ies) {
 		if (nla_put_u64(msg, NL80211_BSS_TSF, ies->tsf))
 			goto fail_unlock_rcu;
-		tsf = true;
 		if (ies->len && nla_put(msg, NL80211_BSS_INFORMATION_ELEMENTS,
 					ies->len, ies->data))
 			goto fail_unlock_rcu;
 	}
+
+	/* and this pointer is always (unless driver didn't know) beacon data */
 	ies = rcu_dereference(res->beacon_ies);
-	if (ies) {
-		if (!tsf && nla_put_u64(msg, NL80211_BSS_TSF, ies->tsf))
+	if (ies && ies->from_beacon) {
+		if (nla_put_u64(msg, NL80211_BSS_BEACON_TSF, ies->tsf))
 			goto fail_unlock_rcu;
 		if (ies->len && nla_put(msg, NL80211_BSS_BEACON_IES,
 					ies->len, ies->data))
diff --git a/net/wireless/scan.c b/net/wireless/scan.c
index 0798c62e60858cb81d1df3d4829414665808268b..ad1a1a2808d3c68c7da1c6977d247df3c1ca9dbd 100644
--- a/net/wireless/scan.c
+++ b/net/wireless/scan.c
@@ -918,11 +918,12 @@ cfg80211_inform_bss_width(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 	 * override the IEs pointer should we have received an earlier
 	 * indication of Probe Response data.
 	 */
-	ies = kmalloc(sizeof(*ies) + ielen, gfp);
+	ies = kzalloc(sizeof(*ies) + ielen, gfp);
 	if (!ies)
 		return NULL;
 	ies->len = ielen;
 	ies->tsf = tsf;
+	ies->from_beacon = false;
 	memcpy(ies->data, ie, ielen);
 
 	rcu_assign_pointer(tmp.pub.beacon_ies, ies);
@@ -982,11 +983,12 @@ cfg80211_inform_bss_width_frame(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 	if (!channel)
 		return NULL;
 
-	ies = kmalloc(sizeof(*ies) + ielen, gfp);
+	ies = kzalloc(sizeof(*ies) + ielen, gfp);
 	if (!ies)
 		return NULL;
 	ies->len = ielen;
 	ies->tsf = le64_to_cpu(mgmt->u.probe_resp.timestamp);
+	ies->from_beacon = ieee80211_is_beacon(mgmt->frame_control);
 	memcpy(ies->data, mgmt->u.probe_resp.variable, ielen);
 
 	if (ieee80211_is_probe_resp(mgmt->frame_control))