diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c
index 6a4c90616bf2ea1f6b8574b1ed2aafca9c852b39..58936e0e49fee7410167c869320ebfb2afb4bf80 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * Copyright 2006-2007	Jiri Benc <jbenc@suse.cz>
  * Copyright 2007	Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
  * Copyright 2013-2014  Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
- * Copyright (C) 2018 Intel Corporation
+ * Copyright (C) 2018, 2020 Intel Corporation
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
@@ -4840,6 +4840,7 @@ int ieee80211_tx_control_port(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
 	struct ieee80211_local *local = sdata->local;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	struct ethhdr *ehdr;
+	u32 ctrl_flags = 0;
 	u32 flags;
 
 	/* Only accept CONTROL_PORT_PROTOCOL configured in CONNECT/ASSOCIATE
@@ -4849,6 +4850,9 @@ int ieee80211_tx_control_port(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
 	    proto != cpu_to_be16(ETH_P_PREAUTH))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (proto == sdata->control_port_protocol)
+		ctrl_flags |= IEEE80211_TX_CTRL_PORT_CTRL_PROTO;
+
 	if (unencrypted)
 		flags = IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_DONT_ENCRYPT;
 	else
@@ -4874,7 +4878,7 @@ int ieee80211_tx_control_port(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
 	skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
 
 	local_bh_disable();
-	__ieee80211_subif_start_xmit(skb, skb->dev, flags, 0);
+	__ieee80211_subif_start_xmit(skb, skb->dev, flags, ctrl_flags);
 	local_bh_enable();
 
 	return 0;