diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c
index a84fe28873eabbab8f828ebaab6b7abc558d3db5..a264cb5bee5ada5825e1fda5e4b2ccbd1ce534b5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c
@@ -3862,7 +3862,8 @@ static void wl1271_bss_info_changed_sta(struct wl1271 *wl,
 			}
 
 			ret = wl1271_acx_arp_ip_filter(wl, wlvif,
-				ACX_ARP_FILTER_ARP_FILTERING,
+				(ACX_ARP_FILTER_ARP_FILTERING |
+				 ACX_ARP_FILTER_AUTO_ARP),
 				addr);
 		} else {
 			wlvif->ip_addr = 0;