diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
index 0c2ccc1011763addf85be6a9b9ec4cc789051914..4ee74f660443a92edd06602ba600eba82dd52eda 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
@@ -1286,6 +1286,38 @@ static int ath10k_mac_vif_setup_ps(struct ath10k_vif *arvif)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int ath10k_mac_vif_disable_keepalive(struct ath10k_vif *arvif)
+{
+	struct ath10k *ar = arvif->ar;
+	struct wmi_sta_keepalive_arg arg = {};
+	int ret;
+
+	lockdep_assert_held(&arvif->ar->conf_mutex);
+
+	if (arvif->vdev_type != WMI_VDEV_TYPE_STA)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (!test_bit(WMI_SERVICE_STA_KEEP_ALIVE, ar->wmi.svc_map))
+		return 0;
+
+	/* Some firmware revisions have a bug and ignore the `enabled` field.
+	 * Instead use the interval to disable the keepalive.
+	 */
+	arg.vdev_id = arvif->vdev_id;
+	arg.enabled = 1;
+	arg.method = WMI_STA_KEEPALIVE_METHOD_NULL_FRAME;
+	arg.interval = WMI_STA_KEEPALIVE_INTERVAL_DISABLE;
+
+	ret = ath10k_wmi_sta_keepalive(ar, &arg);
+	if (ret) {
+		ath10k_warn(ar, "failed to submit keepalive on vdev %i: %d\n",
+			    arvif->vdev_id, ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /**********************/
 /* Station management */
 /**********************/
@@ -3180,6 +3212,16 @@ static int ath10k_add_interface(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 	ar->free_vdev_map &= ~(1LL << arvif->vdev_id);
 	list_add(&arvif->list, &ar->arvifs);
 
+	/* It makes no sense to have firmware do keepalives. mac80211 already
+	 * takes care of this with idle connection polling.
+	 */
+	ret = ath10k_mac_vif_disable_keepalive(arvif);
+	if (ret) {
+		ath10k_warn(ar, "failed to disable keepalive on vdev %i: %d\n",
+			    arvif->vdev_id, ret);
+		goto err_vdev_delete;
+	}
+
 	vdev_param = ar->wmi.vdev_param->def_keyid;
 	ret = ath10k_wmi_vdev_set_param(ar, 0, vdev_param,
 					arvif->def_wep_key_idx);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.h
index 1a99a7dd0e956990c87605d76d302937f87bcabd..4b654083b85727ed769b74237ed368f8adddf05a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi.h
@@ -4665,6 +4665,11 @@ enum wmi_sta_keepalive_method {
 	WMI_STA_KEEPALIVE_METHOD_UNSOLICITATED_ARP_RESPONSE = 2,
 };
 
+#define WMI_STA_KEEPALIVE_INTERVAL_DISABLE 0
+
+/* Firmware crashes if keepalive interval exceeds this limit */
+#define WMI_STA_KEEPALIVE_INTERVAL_MAX_SECONDS 0xffff
+
 /* note: ip4 addresses are in network byte order, i.e. big endian */
 struct wmi_sta_keepalive_arp_resp {
 	__be32 src_ip4_addr;