diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
index 9b570e14c65a3b06ce0ffcc3821a436bb8627310..65dd85d4fb1437b10ea6c4f9ed787796c485a713 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
@@ -3802,6 +3802,10 @@ int mwifiex_register_cfg80211(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter)
 	wiphy->cipher_suites = mwifiex_cipher_suites;
 	wiphy->n_cipher_suites = ARRAY_SIZE(mwifiex_cipher_suites);
 
+	if (adapter->region_code)
+		wiphy->regulatory_flags |= REGULATORY_DISABLE_BEACON_HINTS |
+					   REGULATORY_COUNTRY_IE_IGNORE;
+
 	ether_addr_copy(wiphy->perm_addr, adapter->perm_addr);
 	wiphy->signal_type = CFG80211_SIGNAL_TYPE_MBM;
 	wiphy->flags |= WIPHY_FLAG_HAVE_AP_SME |
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c
index 80f50645b59417e23e23a2882aacd06e3f5cc84f..62b35a31a225f48eb9498648e7b8eebb4fcd832c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c
@@ -272,7 +272,8 @@ int mwifiex_bss_start(struct mwifiex_private *priv, struct cfg80211_bss *bss,
 	priv->scan_block = false;
 
 	if (bss) {
-		mwifiex_process_country_ie(priv, bss);
+		if (adapter->region_code == 0x00)
+			mwifiex_process_country_ie(priv, bss);
 
 		/* Allocate and fill new bss descriptor */
 		bss_desc = kzalloc(sizeof(struct mwifiex_bssdescriptor),