diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 7ec54b61c42b..f9d57f6005f9 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 3f2355cb9111ac04e7ae06a4d7044da2ae813863
+refs/heads/master: 14b9815af3f4fe0e171ee0c4325c31d2a2c1570b
diff --git a/trunk/include/net/wireless.h b/trunk/include/net/wireless.h
index c85fa0ea5c51..21c5d966142d 100644
--- a/trunk/include/net/wireless.h
+++ b/trunk/include/net/wireless.h
@@ -181,6 +181,11 @@ struct ieee80211_supported_band {
  * struct wiphy - wireless hardware description
  * @idx: the wiphy index assigned to this item
  * @class_dev: the class device representing /sys/class/ieee80211/<wiphy-name>
+ * @fw_handles_regulatory: tells us the firmware for this device
+ * 	has its own regulatory solution and cannot identify the
+ * 	ISO / IEC 3166 alpha2 it belongs to. When this is enabled
+ * 	we will disregard the first regulatory hint (when the
+ * 	initiator is %REGDOM_SET_BY_CORE).
  * @reg_notifier: the driver's regulatory notification callback
  */
 struct wiphy {
@@ -192,6 +197,8 @@ struct wiphy {
 	/* Supported interface modes, OR together BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_...) */
 	u16 interface_modes;
 
+	bool fw_handles_regulatory;
+
 	/* If multiple wiphys are registered and you're handed e.g.
 	 * a regular netdev with assigned ieee80211_ptr, you won't
 	 * know whether it points to a wiphy your driver has registered
diff --git a/trunk/net/wireless/reg.c b/trunk/net/wireless/reg.c
index 4dab993ea488..0990059f7e48 100644
--- a/trunk/net/wireless/reg.c
+++ b/trunk/net/wireless/reg.c
@@ -816,12 +816,23 @@ static void handle_band(struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband)
 		handle_channel(&sband->channels[i]);
 }
 
+static bool ignore_reg_update(struct wiphy *wiphy, enum reg_set_by setby)
+{
+	if (!last_request)
+		return true;
+	if (setby == REGDOM_SET_BY_CORE &&
+		  wiphy->fw_handles_regulatory)
+		return true;
+	return false;
+}
+
 static void update_all_wiphy_regulatory(enum reg_set_by setby)
 {
 	struct cfg80211_registered_device *drv;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(drv, &cfg80211_drv_list, list)
-		wiphy_update_regulatory(&drv->wiphy, setby);
+		if (!ignore_reg_update(&drv->wiphy, setby))
+			wiphy_update_regulatory(&drv->wiphy, setby);
 }
 
 void wiphy_update_regulatory(struct wiphy *wiphy, enum reg_set_by setby)