diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
index 7c8796584c253d322291ec02cd177539a3869a14..c4000a1ea81a34a9200d5d8ba71443e11d2cad72 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c
@@ -396,12 +396,14 @@ int iwl_mvm_mac_setup_register(struct iwl_mvm *mvm)
 	else
 		hw->wiphy->flags &= ~WIPHY_FLAG_PS_ON_BY_DEFAULT;
 
-	/* TODO: enable that only for firmwares that don't crash */
-	/* hw->wiphy->flags |= WIPHY_FLAG_SUPPORTS_SCHED_SCAN; */
-	hw->wiphy->max_sched_scan_ssids = PROBE_OPTION_MAX;
-	hw->wiphy->max_match_sets = IWL_SCAN_MAX_PROFILES;
-	/* we create the 802.11 header and zero length SSID IE. */
-	hw->wiphy->max_sched_scan_ie_len = SCAN_OFFLOAD_PROBE_REQ_SIZE - 24 - 2;
+	if (IWL_UCODE_API(mvm->fw->ucode_ver) >= 10) {
+		hw->wiphy->flags |= WIPHY_FLAG_SUPPORTS_SCHED_SCAN;
+		hw->wiphy->max_sched_scan_ssids = PROBE_OPTION_MAX;
+		hw->wiphy->max_match_sets = IWL_SCAN_MAX_PROFILES;
+		/* we create the 802.11 header and zero length SSID IE. */
+		hw->wiphy->max_sched_scan_ie_len =
+			SCAN_OFFLOAD_PROBE_REQ_SIZE - 24 - 2;
+	}
 
 	hw->wiphy->features |= NL80211_FEATURE_P2P_GO_CTWIN |
 			       NL80211_FEATURE_LOW_PRIORITY_SCAN |