diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
index c48c744acbccc3c7dca95b86a8fbba40779476ec..c6255069e6e06a7fa79072e4d038d91234875181 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
@@ -6902,6 +6902,8 @@ int ath10k_mac_register(struct ath10k *ar)
 		goto err_free;
 	}
 
+	wiphy_ext_feature_set(ar->hw->wiphy, NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_VHT_IBSS);
+
 	/*
 	 * on LL hardware queues are managed entirely by the FW
 	 * so we only advertise to mac we can do the queues thing