diff --git a/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c b/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c
index e126d74da6b8fa7cf46ecd7969422f44cff84f17..c50f64337f55af4af152f51c6021c584e06862fa 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c
@@ -399,9 +399,23 @@ void batadv_interface_rx(struct net_device *soft_iface,
 		batadv_tt_add_temporary_global_entry(bat_priv, orig_node,
 						     ethhdr->h_source, vid);
 
-	if (batadv_is_ap_isolated(bat_priv, ethhdr->h_source, ethhdr->h_dest,
-				  vid))
+	if (is_multicast_ether_addr(ethhdr->h_dest)) {
+		/* set the mark on broadcast packets if AP isolation is ON and
+		 * the packet is coming from an "isolated" client
+		 */
+		if (batadv_vlan_ap_isola_get(bat_priv, vid) &&
+		    batadv_tt_global_is_isolated(bat_priv, ethhdr->h_source,
+						 vid)) {
+			/* save bits in skb->mark not covered by the mask and
+			 * apply the mark on the rest
+			 */
+			skb->mark &= ~bat_priv->isolation_mark_mask;
+			skb->mark |= bat_priv->isolation_mark;
+		}
+	} else if (batadv_is_ap_isolated(bat_priv, ethhdr->h_source,
+					 ethhdr->h_dest, vid)) {
 		goto dropped;
+	}
 
 	netif_rx(skb);
 	goto out;
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c b/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c
index 1337b6925f52afb811c824dccf6e5858e9c04b3d..63d25705cec6f8ceafcececa06953dffbc895640 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c
@@ -3577,3 +3577,29 @@ int batadv_tt_init(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv)
 
 	return 1;
 }
+
+/**
+ * batadv_tt_global_is_isolated - check if a client is marked as isolated
+ * @bat_priv: the bat priv with all the soft interface information
+ * @addr: the mac address of the client
+ * @vid: the identifier of the VLAN where this client is connected
+ *
+ * Returns true if the client is marked with the TT_CLIENT_ISOLA flag, false
+ * otherwise
+ */
+bool batadv_tt_global_is_isolated(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
+				  const uint8_t *addr, unsigned short vid)
+{
+	struct batadv_tt_global_entry *tt;
+	bool ret;
+
+	tt = batadv_tt_global_hash_find(bat_priv, addr, vid);
+	if (!tt)
+		return false;
+
+	ret = tt->common.flags & BATADV_TT_CLIENT_ISOLA;
+
+	batadv_tt_global_entry_free_ref(tt);
+
+	return ret;
+}
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/translation-table.h b/net/batman-adv/translation-table.h
index 0e7023eda2edeb448bc7fe777b6e4c16c410d247..daa8ab728f715d2b12fafb028c5b740c6e6e026d 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/translation-table.h
+++ b/net/batman-adv/translation-table.h
@@ -48,5 +48,7 @@ bool batadv_tt_add_temporary_global_entry(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 					  struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node,
 					  const unsigned char *addr,
 					  unsigned short vid);
+bool batadv_tt_global_is_isolated(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
+				  const uint8_t *addr, unsigned short vid);
 
 #endif /* _NET_BATMAN_ADV_TRANSLATION_TABLE_H_ */