diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/cfg80211.c
index a5f3d6e5470853bd140f51ef5a4c14d49d0603a7..a624a0c5e5f5142616c3bce55f72ec1a662d49a0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/cfg80211.c
@@ -3523,9 +3523,13 @@ struct wireless_dev *ath6kl_interface_add(struct ath6kl *ar, const char *name,
 	vif->htcap[IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ].ht_enable = true;
 
 	memcpy(ndev->dev_addr, ar->mac_addr, ETH_ALEN);
-	if (fw_vif_idx != 0)
+	if (fw_vif_idx != 0) {
 		ndev->dev_addr[0] = (ndev->dev_addr[0] ^ (1 << fw_vif_idx)) |
 				     0x2;
+		if (test_bit(ATH6KL_FW_CAPABILITY_CUSTOM_MAC_ADDR,
+			     ar->fw_capabilities))
+			ndev->dev_addr[4] ^= 0x80;
+	}
 
 	init_netdev(ndev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/core.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/core.h
index a6f0d2c40d2e2d4b2b3521034f43f682ebbe2fd6..4e5edd9f16a8ecbe0d40e1feee025051cc59df5e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/core.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/core.h
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ enum ath6kl_fw_capability {
 	/* Firmware supports filtering BSS results by RSSI */
 	ATH6KL_FW_CAPABILITY_RSSI_SCAN_THOLD,
 
+	/* FW sets mac_addr[4] ^= 0x80 for newly created interfaces */
+	ATH6KL_FW_CAPABILITY_CUSTOM_MAC_ADDR,
+
 	/* this needs to be last */
 	ATH6KL_FW_CAPABILITY_MAX,
 };