diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index b587857a9d7d17fb02f87be44a75c2fe59958d23..b3a476fe82725f738f5215b32cdf2296970451d2 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -1252,6 +1252,12 @@ static int nl80211_set_wiphy(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 			goto bad_res;
 		}
 
+		if (netdev->ieee80211_ptr->iftype != NL80211_IFTYPE_AP &&
+		    netdev->ieee80211_ptr->iftype != NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_GO) {
+			result = -EINVAL;
+			goto bad_res;
+		}
+
 		nla_for_each_nested(nl_txq_params,
 				    info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_TXQ_PARAMS],
 				    rem_txq_params) {