diff --git a/net/wireless/ap.c b/net/wireless/ap.c
index 68602be07cc1..3e02ade508d8 100644
--- a/net/wireless/ap.c
+++ b/net/wireless/ap.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 
 static int __cfg80211_stop_ap(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
-			      struct net_device *dev)
+			      struct net_device *dev, bool notify)
 {
 	struct wireless_dev *wdev = dev->ieee80211_ptr;
 	int err;
@@ -30,20 +30,21 @@ static int __cfg80211_stop_ap(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
 		memset(&wdev->chandef, 0, sizeof(wdev->chandef));
 		wdev->ssid_len = 0;
 		rdev_set_qos_map(rdev, dev, NULL);
-		nl80211_send_ap_stopped(wdev);
+		if (notify)
+			nl80211_send_ap_stopped(wdev);
 	}
 
 	return err;
 }
 
 int cfg80211_stop_ap(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
-		     struct net_device *dev)
+		     struct net_device *dev, bool notify)
 {
 	struct wireless_dev *wdev = dev->ieee80211_ptr;
 	int err;
 
 	wdev_lock(wdev);
-	err = __cfg80211_stop_ap(rdev, dev);
+	err = __cfg80211_stop_ap(rdev, dev, notify);
 	wdev_unlock(wdev);
 
 	return err;
diff --git a/net/wireless/core.c b/net/wireless/core.c
index 76ae6a605abb..276cf938f764 100644
--- a/net/wireless/core.c
+++ b/net/wireless/core.c
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ void cfg80211_leave(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
 		break;
 	case NL80211_IFTYPE_AP:
 	case NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_GO:
-		cfg80211_stop_ap(rdev, dev);
+		cfg80211_stop_ap(rdev, dev, true);
 		break;
 	default:
 		break;
diff --git a/net/wireless/core.h b/net/wireless/core.h
index 64fde38c1a7e..3975ffa8feb2 100644
--- a/net/wireless/core.h
+++ b/net/wireless/core.h
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ int cfg80211_set_mesh_channel(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
 
 /* AP */
 int cfg80211_stop_ap(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
-		     struct net_device *dev);
+		     struct net_device *dev, bool notify);
 
 /* MLME */
 int cfg80211_mlme_auth(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 8fa02a3fa7f7..052c1bf8ffac 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -3332,7 +3332,7 @@ static int nl80211_stop_ap(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev = info->user_ptr[0];
 	struct net_device *dev = info->user_ptr[1];
 
-	return cfg80211_stop_ap(rdev, dev);
+	return cfg80211_stop_ap(rdev, dev, false);
 }
 
 static const struct nla_policy sta_flags_policy[NL80211_STA_FLAG_MAX + 1] = {
diff --git a/net/wireless/util.c b/net/wireless/util.c
index 57b3ce7a6b92..dadc934d987f 100644
--- a/net/wireless/util.c
+++ b/net/wireless/util.c
@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@ int cfg80211_change_iface(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
 
 		switch (otype) {
 		case NL80211_IFTYPE_AP:
-			cfg80211_stop_ap(rdev, dev);
+			cfg80211_stop_ap(rdev, dev, true);
 			break;
 		case NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC:
 			cfg80211_leave_ibss(rdev, dev, false);