diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl12xx/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl12xx/main.c
index 47ba2e0017f4..1c56d1db0712 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl12xx/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl12xx/main.c
@@ -646,6 +646,9 @@ static int wl12xx_identify_chip(struct wl1271 *wl)
 		/* read data preparation is only needed by wl127x */
 		wl->ops->prepare_read = wl127x_prepare_read;
 
+		wlcore_set_min_fw_ver(wl, WL127X_CHIP_VER, WL127X_IFTYPE_VER,
+				      WL127X_MAJOR_VER, WL127X_SUBTYPE_VER,
+				      WL127X_MINOR_VER);
 		break;
 
 	case CHIP_ID_1271_PG20:
@@ -663,6 +666,9 @@ static int wl12xx_identify_chip(struct wl1271 *wl)
 		/* read data preparation is only needed by wl127x */
 		wl->ops->prepare_read = wl127x_prepare_read;
 
+		wlcore_set_min_fw_ver(wl, WL127X_CHIP_VER, WL127X_IFTYPE_VER,
+				      WL127X_MAJOR_VER, WL127X_SUBTYPE_VER,
+				      WL127X_MINOR_VER);
 		break;
 
 	case CHIP_ID_1283_PG20:
@@ -676,6 +682,9 @@ static int wl12xx_identify_chip(struct wl1271 *wl)
 		wl->quirks |= WLCORE_QUIRK_TX_BLOCKSIZE_ALIGN |
 			      WLCORE_QUIRK_TKIP_HEADER_SPACE;
 
+		wlcore_set_min_fw_ver(wl, WL128X_CHIP_VER, WL128X_IFTYPE_VER,
+				      WL128X_MAJOR_VER, WL128X_SUBTYPE_VER,
+				      WL128X_MINOR_VER);
 		break;
 	case CHIP_ID_1283_PG10:
 	default:
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl12xx/wl12xx.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl12xx/wl12xx.h
index de1132410876..26990fb4edea 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl12xx/wl12xx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl12xx/wl12xx.h
@@ -24,6 +24,20 @@
 
 #include "conf.h"
 
+/* minimum FW required for driver for wl127x */
+#define WL127X_CHIP_VER		6
+#define WL127X_IFTYPE_VER	3
+#define WL127X_MAJOR_VER	10
+#define WL127X_SUBTYPE_VER	2
+#define WL127X_MINOR_VER	115
+
+/* minimum FW required for driver for wl128x */
+#define WL128X_CHIP_VER		7
+#define WL128X_IFTYPE_VER	3
+#define WL128X_MAJOR_VER	10
+#define WL128X_SUBTYPE_VER	2
+#define WL128X_MINOR_VER	115
+
 struct wl127x_rx_mem_pool_addr {
 	u32 addr;
 	u32 addr_extra;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl18xx/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl18xx/main.c
index 16847eccfe80..341e878a974b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl18xx/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl18xx/main.c
@@ -611,6 +611,10 @@ static int wl18xx_identify_chip(struct wl1271 *wl)
 			      WLCORE_QUIRK_TX_BLOCKSIZE_ALIGN |
 			      WLCORE_QUIRK_NO_SCHED_SCAN_WHILE_CONN |
 			      WLCORE_QUIRK_TX_PAD_LAST_FRAME;
+
+		wlcore_set_min_fw_ver(wl, WL18XX_CHIP_VER, WL18XX_IFTYPE_VER,
+				      WL18XX_MAJOR_VER, WL18XX_SUBTYPE_VER,
+				      WL18XX_MINOR_VER);
 		break;
 	case CHIP_ID_185x_PG10:
 		wl1271_warning("chip id 0x%x (185x PG10) is deprecated",
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl18xx/wl18xx.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl18xx/wl18xx.h
index bc67a4750615..6452396fa1d4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl18xx/wl18xx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl18xx/wl18xx.h
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@
 
 #include "conf.h"
 
+/* minimum FW required for driver */
+#define WL18XX_CHIP_VER		8
+#define WL18XX_IFTYPE_VER	2
+#define WL18XX_MAJOR_VER	0
+#define WL18XX_SUBTYPE_VER	0
+#define WL18XX_MINOR_VER	100
+
 #define WL18XX_CMD_MAX_SIZE          740
 
 struct wl18xx_priv {
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/boot.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/boot.c
index 8965960b841a..61113291a890 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/boot.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/boot.c
@@ -81,6 +81,53 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int wlcore_validate_fw_ver(struct wl1271 *wl)
+{
+	unsigned int *fw_ver = wl->chip.fw_ver;
+	unsigned int *min_ver = wl->min_fw_ver;
+
+	/* the chip must be exactly equal */
+	if (min_ver[FW_VER_CHIP] != fw_ver[FW_VER_CHIP])
+		goto fail;
+
+	/* always check the next digit if all previous ones are equal */
+
+	if (min_ver[FW_VER_IF_TYPE] < fw_ver[FW_VER_IF_TYPE])
+		goto out;
+	else if (min_ver[FW_VER_IF_TYPE] > fw_ver[FW_VER_IF_TYPE])
+		goto fail;
+
+	if (min_ver[FW_VER_MAJOR] < fw_ver[FW_VER_MAJOR])
+		goto out;
+	else if (min_ver[FW_VER_MAJOR] > fw_ver[FW_VER_MAJOR])
+		goto fail;
+
+	if (min_ver[FW_VER_SUBTYPE] < fw_ver[FW_VER_SUBTYPE])
+		goto out;
+	else if (min_ver[FW_VER_SUBTYPE] > fw_ver[FW_VER_SUBTYPE])
+		goto fail;
+
+	if (min_ver[FW_VER_MINOR] < fw_ver[FW_VER_MINOR])
+		goto out;
+	else if (min_ver[FW_VER_MINOR] > fw_ver[FW_VER_MINOR])
+		goto fail;
+
+out:
+	return 0;
+
+fail:
+	wl1271_error("Your WiFi FW version (%u.%u.%u.%u.%u) is outdated.\n"
+		     "Please use at least FW %u.%u.%u.%u.%u.\n"
+		     "You can get more information at:\n"
+		     "http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/wl12xx",
+		     fw_ver[FW_VER_CHIP], fw_ver[FW_VER_IF_TYPE],
+		     fw_ver[FW_VER_MAJOR], fw_ver[FW_VER_SUBTYPE],
+		     fw_ver[FW_VER_MINOR], min_ver[FW_VER_CHIP],
+		     min_ver[FW_VER_IF_TYPE], min_ver[FW_VER_MAJOR],
+		     min_ver[FW_VER_SUBTYPE], min_ver[FW_VER_MINOR]);
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
 static int wlcore_boot_static_data(struct wl1271 *wl)
 {
 	struct wl1271_static_data *static_data;
@@ -101,6 +148,10 @@ static int wlcore_boot_static_data(struct wl1271 *wl)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto out_free;
 
+	ret = wlcore_validate_fw_ver(wl);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto out_free;
+
 	ret = wlcore_handle_static_data(wl, static_data);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto out_free;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/wlcore.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/wlcore.h
index 216bdb0f2756..942cef13d8f4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/wlcore.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ti/wlcore/wlcore.h
@@ -390,6 +390,9 @@ struct wl1271 {
 
 	/* sleep auth value currently configured to FW */
 	int sleep_auth;
+
+	/* the minimum FW version required for the driver to work */
+	unsigned int min_fw_ver[NUM_FW_VER];
 };
 
 int __devinit wlcore_probe(struct wl1271 *wl, struct platform_device *pdev);
@@ -408,6 +411,18 @@ wlcore_set_ht_cap(struct wl1271 *wl, enum ieee80211_band band,
 	memcpy(&wl->ht_cap[band], ht_cap, sizeof(*ht_cap));
 }
 
+static inline void
+wlcore_set_min_fw_ver(struct wl1271 *wl, unsigned int chip,
+		      unsigned int iftype, unsigned int major,
+		      unsigned int subtype, unsigned int minor)
+{
+	wl->min_fw_ver[FW_VER_CHIP] = chip;
+	wl->min_fw_ver[FW_VER_IF_TYPE] = iftype;
+	wl->min_fw_ver[FW_VER_MAJOR] = major;
+	wl->min_fw_ver[FW_VER_SUBTYPE] = subtype;
+	wl->min_fw_ver[FW_VER_MINOR] = minor;
+}
+
 /* Firmware image load chunk size */
 #define CHUNK_SIZE	16384