diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/init.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/init.c
index ad9716c91a81525fa0c3aa536362d8674ed44cd0..48c82e9561bfd34069ffb2d8740f4b8961db51cd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/init.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/init.c
@@ -417,6 +417,7 @@ void ath6kl_target_failure(struct ath6kl *ar)
 static int ath6kl_target_config_wlan_params(struct ath6kl *ar)
 {
 	int status = 0;
+	int ret;
 
 	/*
 	 * Configure the device for rx dot11 header rules. "0,0" are the
@@ -461,6 +462,15 @@ static int ath6kl_target_config_wlan_params(struct ath6kl *ar)
 			status = -EIO;
 		}
 
+	ret = ath6kl_wmi_info_req_cmd(ar->wmi, P2P_FLAG_CAPABILITIES_REQ |
+				      P2P_FLAG_MACADDR_REQ |
+				      P2P_FLAG_HMODEL_REQ);
+	if (ret) {
+		ath6kl_dbg(ATH6KL_DBG_TRC, "failed to request P2P "
+			   "capabilities (%d) - assuming P2P not supported\n",
+			   ret);
+	}
+
 	return status;
 }