diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-drv.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-drv.c
index 48e873732d4e1e31de17796617dbba98519966f7..4f495d9153a6f6e43791b394c45ea5826a8c6662 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-drv.c
@@ -1280,7 +1280,10 @@ static void iwl_req_fw_callback(const struct firmware *ucode_raw, void *context)
 	if (err)
 		goto try_again;
 
-	api_ver = drv->fw.ucode_ver;
+	if (fw_has_api(&drv->fw.ucode_capa, IWL_UCODE_TLV_API_NEW_VERSION))
+		api_ver = drv->fw.ucode_ver;
+	else
+		api_ver = IWL_UCODE_API(drv->fw.ucode_ver);
 
 	/*
 	 * api_ver should match the api version forming part of the
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-fw-file.h b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-fw-file.h
index 843232bd8bbea4201a648c01981deb581a1db526..37dc09e8b6a7e24a0acd406ff9582fa2b1e68e42 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-fw-file.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-fw-file.h
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ typedef unsigned int __bitwise__ iwl_ucode_tlv_api_t;
  * @IWL_UCODE_TLV_API_WIFI_MCC_UPDATE: ucode supports MCC updates with source.
  * @IWL_UCODE_TLV_API_WIDE_CMD_HDR: ucode supports wide command header
  * @IWL_UCODE_TLV_API_LQ_SS_PARAMS: Configure STBC/BFER via LQ CMD ss_params
+ * @IWL_UCODE_TLV_API_NEW_VERSION: new versioning format
  * @IWL_UCODE_TLV_API_EXT_SCAN_PRIORITY: scan APIs use 8-level priority
  *	instead of 3.
  * @IWL_UCODE_TLV_API_TX_POWER_CHAIN: TX power API has larger command size
@@ -263,6 +264,7 @@ enum iwl_ucode_tlv_api {
 	IWL_UCODE_TLV_API_WIFI_MCC_UPDATE	= (__force iwl_ucode_tlv_api_t)9,
 	IWL_UCODE_TLV_API_WIDE_CMD_HDR		= (__force iwl_ucode_tlv_api_t)14,
 	IWL_UCODE_TLV_API_LQ_SS_PARAMS		= (__force iwl_ucode_tlv_api_t)18,
+	IWL_UCODE_TLV_API_NEW_VERSION           = (__force iwl_ucode_tlv_api_t)20,
 	IWL_UCODE_TLV_API_EXT_SCAN_PRIORITY	= (__force iwl_ucode_tlv_api_t)24,
 	IWL_UCODE_TLV_API_TX_POWER_CHAIN	= (__force iwl_ucode_tlv_api_t)27,