diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h
index c61e1621822c4c67ecb14d88ca6d9687075ce79d..e7b1fc1fe26b020ed19428e83d8d35e7d82fe1db 100644
--- a/include/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -1963,7 +1963,7 @@ enum nl80211_reg_rule_attr {
 enum nl80211_sched_scan_match_attr {
 	__NL80211_SCHED_SCAN_MATCH_ATTR_INVALID,
 
-	NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_MATCH_SSID,
+	NL80211_SCHED_SCAN_MATCH_ATTR_SSID,
 
 	/* keep last */
 	__NL80211_SCHED_SCAN_MATCH_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
@@ -1971,6 +1971,9 @@ enum nl80211_sched_scan_match_attr {
 		__NL80211_SCHED_SCAN_MATCH_ATTR_AFTER_LAST - 1
 };
 
+/* only for backward compatibility */
+#define NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_MATCH_SSID NL80211_SCHED_SCAN_MATCH_ATTR_SSID
+
 /**
  * enum nl80211_reg_rule_flags - regulatory rule flags
  *
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index dd94ee5fb40a15a6ed41e5e985ce437fc1a1a935..7db0aee8cd5b37d59347e4ae9e8c3da2843deb0c 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ nl80211_rekey_policy[NUM_NL80211_REKEY_DATA] = {
 
 static const struct nla_policy
 nl80211_match_policy[NL80211_SCHED_SCAN_MATCH_ATTR_MAX + 1] = {
-	[NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_MATCH_SSID] = { .type = NLA_BINARY,
+	[NL80211_SCHED_SCAN_MATCH_ATTR_SSID] = { .type = NLA_BINARY,
 						 .len = IEEE80211_MAX_SSID_LEN },
 };
 
@@ -4253,7 +4253,7 @@ static int nl80211_start_sched_scan(struct sk_buff *skb,
 			nla_parse(tb, NL80211_SCHED_SCAN_MATCH_ATTR_MAX,
 				  nla_data(attr), nla_len(attr),
 				  nl80211_match_policy);
-			ssid = tb[NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_MATCH_SSID];
+			ssid = tb[NL80211_SCHED_SCAN_MATCH_ATTR_SSID];
 			if (ssid) {
 				if (nla_len(ssid) > IEEE80211_MAX_SSID_LEN) {
 					err = -EINVAL;