diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/io.h b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/io.h
index e6199eb519360e4d1710adc63d873d925d21c4c9..36e185583ec4bd8f651449e7cc1958df3e3fe727 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/io.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/io.h
@@ -171,5 +171,6 @@ int wl1271_free_hw(struct wl1271 *wl);
 irqreturn_t wl1271_irq(int irq, void *data);
 bool wl1271_set_block_size(struct wl1271 *wl);
 int wl1271_tx_dummy_packet(struct wl1271 *wl);
+void wl1271_configure_filters(struct wl1271 *wl, unsigned int filters);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c
index 57d0af6cfa6475d2f5d1bae9af7ac1957f9f1f9a..0efa7a055109ccf2cc05c8f72c6e22e27e847ce2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c
@@ -1528,7 +1528,7 @@ static void wl1271_op_remove_interface(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 	cancel_work_sync(&wl->recovery_work);
 }
 
-static void wl1271_configure_filters(struct wl1271 *wl, unsigned int filters)
+void wl1271_configure_filters(struct wl1271 *wl, unsigned int filters)
 {
 	wl1271_set_default_filters(wl);
 
@@ -1650,7 +1650,7 @@ static int wl1271_unjoin(struct wl1271 *wl)
 	clear_bit(WL1271_FLAG_JOINED, &wl->flags);
 	memset(wl->bssid, 0, ETH_ALEN);
 
-	/* stop filterting packets based on bssid */
+	/* stop filtering packets based on bssid */
 	wl1271_configure_filters(wl, FIF_OTHER_BSS);
 
 out:
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/tx.c
index 2019ed9ebfc44cce2127804a4db8a5227cd5d463..7686bc1ff16a533cf510676c43477130e9f13a74 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/tx.c
@@ -70,6 +70,28 @@ static void wl1271_free_tx_id(struct wl1271 *wl, int id)
 	}
 }
 
+static int wl1271_tx_update_filters(struct wl1271 *wl,
+						 struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr;
+
+	hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *)(skb->data +
+				       sizeof(struct wl1271_tx_hw_descr));
+
+	/*
+	 * stop bssid-based filtering before transmitting authentication
+	 * requests. this way the hw will never drop authentication
+	 * responses coming from BSSIDs it isn't familiar with (e.g. on
+	 * roaming)
+	 */
+	if (!ieee80211_is_auth(hdr->frame_control))
+		return 0;
+
+	wl1271_configure_filters(wl, FIF_OTHER_BSS);
+
+	return wl1271_acx_rx_config(wl, wl->rx_config, wl->rx_filter);
+}
+
 static void wl1271_tx_ap_update_inconnection_sta(struct wl1271 *wl,
 						 struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
@@ -350,6 +372,8 @@ static int wl1271_prepare_tx_frame(struct wl1271 *wl, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (wl->bss_type == BSS_TYPE_AP_BSS) {
 		wl1271_tx_ap_update_inconnection_sta(wl, skb);
 		wl1271_tx_regulate_link(wl, hlid);
+	} else {
+		wl1271_tx_update_filters(wl, skb);
 	}
 
 	wl1271_tx_fill_hdr(wl, skb, extra, info, hlid);