diff --git a/net/wireless/wext-sme.c b/net/wireless/wext-sme.c
index 7bacbd1c2af6a2fcc3ab0a0cef242f054f399d91..e4a054aceb5a803400dc9218fd301f4885eff8a9 100644
--- a/net/wireless/wext-sme.c
+++ b/net/wireless/wext-sme.c
@@ -206,7 +206,15 @@ int cfg80211_mgd_wext_giwessid(struct net_device *dev,
 	data->flags = 0;
 
 	wdev_lock(wdev);
-	if (wdev->wext.connect.ssid && wdev->wext.connect.ssid_len) {
+	if (wdev->current_bss) {
+		const u8 *ie = ieee80211_bss_get_ie(&wdev->current_bss->pub,
+						    WLAN_EID_SSID);
+		if (ie) {
+			data->flags = 1;
+			data->length = ie[1];
+			memcpy(ssid, ie + 2, data->length);
+		}
+	} else if (wdev->wext.connect.ssid && wdev->wext.connect.ssid_len) {
 		data->flags = 1;
 		data->length = wdev->wext.connect.ssid_len;
 		memcpy(ssid, wdev->wext.connect.ssid, data->length);