diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index fb6abcb..31d265f 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -2227,6 +2227,7 @@
 	[NL80211_MNTR_FLAG_CONTROL] = { .type = NLA_FLAG },
 	[NL80211_MNTR_FLAG_OTHER_BSS] = { .type = NLA_FLAG },
 	[NL80211_MNTR_FLAG_COOK_FRAMES] = { .type = NLA_FLAG },
+	[NL80211_MNTR_FLAG_ACTIVE] = { .type = NLA_FLAG },
 };
 
 static int parse_monitor_flags(struct nlattr *nla, u32 *mntrflags)
@@ -2338,6 +2339,10 @@
 		change = true;
 	}
 
+	if (flags && (*flags & NL80211_MNTR_FLAG_ACTIVE) &&
+	    !(rdev->wiphy.features & NL80211_FEATURE_ACTIVE_MONITOR))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	if (change)
 		err = cfg80211_change_iface(rdev, dev, ntype, flags, &params);
 	else
@@ -2395,6 +2400,11 @@
 	err = parse_monitor_flags(type == NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR ?
 				  info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_MNTR_FLAGS] : NULL,
 				  &flags);
+
+	if (!err && (flags & NL80211_MNTR_FLAG_ACTIVE) &&
+	    !(rdev->wiphy.features & NL80211_FEATURE_ACTIVE_MONITOR))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	wdev = rdev_add_virtual_intf(rdev,
 				nla_data(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_IFNAME]),
 				type, err ? NULL : &flags, &params);