diff --git a/drivers/staging/ath6kl/os/linux/ar6000_drv.c b/drivers/staging/ath6kl/os/linux/ar6000_drv.c
index aa97efc0e4ef76ec4a6e1be19f1fd8e39657da32..499b7a90e941a4e432537a9b325bd330cea93860 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ath6kl/os/linux/ar6000_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ath6kl/os/linux/ar6000_drv.c
@@ -4133,6 +4133,13 @@ ar6000_ready_event(void *devt, u8 *datap, u8 phyCap, u32 sw_ver, u32 abi_ver)
     ar->arVersion.wlan_ver = sw_ver;
     ar->arVersion.abi_ver = abi_ver;
 
+    snprintf(ar->wdev->wiphy->fw_version, sizeof(ar->wdev->wiphy->fw_version),
+	     "%u:%u:%u:%u",
+	     (ar->arVersion.wlan_ver & 0xf0000000) >> 28,
+	     (ar->arVersion.wlan_ver & 0x0f000000) >> 24,
+	     (ar->arVersion.wlan_ver & 0x00ff0000) >> 16,
+	     (ar->arVersion.wlan_ver & 0x0000ffff));
+
     /* Indicate to the waiting thread that the ready event was received */
     ar->arWmiReady = true;
     wake_up(&arEvent);