diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
index 722ead51e912..3dbcab463445 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
@@ -781,11 +781,9 @@ mwifiex_cfg80211_set_wiphy_params(struct wiphy *wiphy, u32 changed)
 		break;
 
 	case MWIFIEX_BSS_ROLE_STA:
-		if (priv->media_connected) {
-			mwifiex_dbg(adapter, ERROR,
-				    "cannot change wiphy params when connected");
-			return -EINVAL;
-		}
+		if (priv->media_connected)
+			break;
+
 		if (changed & WIPHY_PARAM_RTS_THRESHOLD) {
 			ret = mwifiex_set_rts(priv,
 					      wiphy->rts_threshold);
@@ -2069,6 +2067,9 @@ static int mwifiex_cfg80211_start_ap(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 	if (GET_BSS_ROLE(priv) != MWIFIEX_BSS_ROLE_UAP)
 		return -1;
 
+	if (!mwifiex_is_channel_setting_allowable(priv, params->chandef.chan))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	bss_cfg = kzalloc(sizeof(struct mwifiex_uap_bss_param), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!bss_cfg)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -2463,6 +2464,9 @@ mwifiex_cfg80211_connect(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
 		return -EFAULT;
 	}
 
+	if (!mwifiex_is_channel_setting_allowable(priv, sme->channel))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	mwifiex_dbg(adapter, INFO,
 		    "info: Trying to associate to bssid %pM\n", sme->bssid);
 
@@ -4298,6 +4302,9 @@ mwifiex_cfg80211_authenticate(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	if (!mwifiex_is_channel_setting_allowable(priv, req->bss->channel))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	if (priv->auth_alg != WLAN_AUTH_SAE &&
 	    (priv->auth_flag & HOST_MLME_AUTH_PENDING)) {
 		mwifiex_dbg(priv->adapter, ERROR, "Pending auth on going\n");
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/util.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/util.c
index 42c04bf858da..6512562c9fb4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/util.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/util.c
@@ -323,6 +323,50 @@ int mwifiex_debug_info_to_buffer(struct mwifiex_private *priv, char *buf,
 	return p - buf;
 }
 
+bool mwifiex_is_channel_setting_allowable(struct mwifiex_private *priv,
+					  struct ieee80211_channel *check_chan)
+{
+	struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter = priv->adapter;
+	int i;
+	struct mwifiex_private *tmp_priv;
+	u8 bss_role = GET_BSS_ROLE(priv);
+	struct ieee80211_channel *set_chan;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < MWIFIEX_MAX_BSS_NUM; i++) {
+		tmp_priv = adapter->priv[i];
+		if (tmp_priv == priv)
+			continue;
+
+		set_chan = NULL;
+		if (bss_role == MWIFIEX_BSS_ROLE_STA) {
+			if (GET_BSS_ROLE(tmp_priv) == MWIFIEX_BSS_ROLE_UAP &&
+			    netif_carrier_ok(tmp_priv->netdev) &&
+			    cfg80211_chandef_valid(&tmp_priv->bss_chandef))
+				set_chan = tmp_priv->bss_chandef.chan;
+		} else if (bss_role == MWIFIEX_BSS_ROLE_UAP) {
+			struct mwifiex_current_bss_params *bss_params =
+				&tmp_priv->curr_bss_params;
+			int channel = bss_params->bss_descriptor.channel;
+			enum nl80211_band band =
+				mwifiex_band_to_radio_type(bss_params->band);
+			int freq =
+				ieee80211_channel_to_frequency(channel, band);
+
+			if (GET_BSS_ROLE(tmp_priv) == MWIFIEX_BSS_ROLE_STA &&
+			    tmp_priv->media_connected)
+				set_chan = ieee80211_get_channel(adapter->wiphy, freq);
+		}
+
+		if (set_chan && !ieee80211_channel_equal(check_chan, set_chan)) {
+			mwifiex_dbg(adapter, ERROR,
+				    "AP/STA must run on the same channel\n");
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 static int
 mwifiex_parse_mgmt_packet(struct mwifiex_private *priv, u8 *payload, u16 len,
 			  struct rxpd *rx_pd)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/util.h b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/util.h
index 4699c505c0a0..16f092bb0823 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/util.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/util.h
@@ -86,4 +86,17 @@ static inline void le16_unaligned_add_cpu(__le16 *var, u16 val)
 	put_unaligned_le16(get_unaligned_le16(var) + val, var);
 }
 
+/* Current firmware doesn't support AP and STA running on different
+ * channels simultaneously in normal mode.
+ * FW crash would occur in such case.
+ * This function is used to check if check_chan can be set to FW or not.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * %true if check_chan can be set to FW without issues.
+ * %false there is already other channel is set to FW, setting of
+ * check_chan is not allowable.
+ */
+bool mwifiex_is_channel_setting_allowable(struct mwifiex_private *priv,
+					  struct ieee80211_channel *check_chan);
+
 #endif /* !_MWIFIEX_UTIL_H_ */
