diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl18xx/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl18xx/main.c
index 5e583be8f67463c126b5f9c5969eab3b5c36e806..16847eccfe807343b45057fb738d1d43eac52a46 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl18xx/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl18xx/main.c
@@ -609,6 +609,7 @@ static int wl18xx_identify_chip(struct wl1271 *wl)
 		wl->quirks |= WLCORE_QUIRK_NO_ELP |
 			      WLCORE_QUIRK_RX_BLOCKSIZE_ALIGN |
 			      WLCORE_QUIRK_TX_BLOCKSIZE_ALIGN |
+			      WLCORE_QUIRK_NO_SCHED_SCAN_WHILE_CONN |
 			      WLCORE_QUIRK_TX_PAD_LAST_FRAME;
 		break;
 	case CHIP_ID_185x_PG10:
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/scan.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/scan.c
index d9daed53ceb72c7d6712fdfdf6cc5b732963ae1e..5702d99d8c973fa318b86561e490a870db709df3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/scan.c
@@ -766,7 +766,8 @@ int wl1271_scan_sched_scan_start(struct wl1271 *wl, struct wl12xx_vif *wlvif)
 	if (wlvif->bss_type != BSS_TYPE_STA_BSS)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-	if (test_bit(WLVIF_FLAG_IN_USE, &wlvif->flags))
+	if ((wl->quirks & WLCORE_QUIRK_NO_SCHED_SCAN_WHILE_CONN) &&
+	    test_bit(WLVIF_FLAG_IN_USE, &wlvif->flags))
 		return -EBUSY;
 
 	start = kzalloc(sizeof(*start), GFP_KERNEL);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/wlcore.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/wlcore.h
index e796974df59bc16729e81309d45cb99d4c00d260..216bdb0f2756ea4d7899a9df60eb1d1687fd4f53 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/wlcore.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/wlcore.h
@@ -437,6 +437,9 @@ wlcore_set_ht_cap(struct wl1271 *wl, enum ieee80211_band band,
 /* extra header space is required for TKIP */
 #define WLCORE_QUIRK_TKIP_HEADER_SPACE		BIT(8)
 
+/* Some firmwares not support sched scans while connected */
+#define WLCORE_QUIRK_NO_SCHED_SCAN_WHILE_CONN	BIT(9)
+
 /* TODO: move to the lower drivers when all usages are abstracted */
 #define CHIP_ID_1271_PG10              (0x4030101)
 #define CHIP_ID_1271_PG20              (0x4030111)