diff --git a/net/wireless/ap.c b/net/wireless/ap.c
index 11ee4ed04f73..4760d6554e62 100644
--- a/net/wireless/ap.c
+++ b/net/wireless/ap.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ static int __cfg80211_stop_ap(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
 		wdev->channel = NULL;
 		wdev->ssid_len = 0;
 		rdev_set_qos_map(rdev, dev, NULL);
+		nl80211_send_ap_stopped(wdev);
 	}
 
 	return err;
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 9ed6ef6fd2c5..043bfbd58b56 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -11677,6 +11677,35 @@ void cfg80211_crit_proto_stopped(struct wireless_dev *wdev, gfp_t gfp)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cfg80211_crit_proto_stopped);
 
+void nl80211_send_ap_stopped(struct wireless_dev *wdev)
+{
+	struct wiphy *wiphy = wdev->wiphy;
+	struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev = wiphy_to_dev(wiphy);
+	struct sk_buff *msg;
+	void *hdr;
+
+	msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!msg)
+		return;
+
+	hdr = nl80211hdr_put(msg, 0, 0, 0, NL80211_CMD_STOP_AP);
+	if (!hdr)
+		goto out;
+
+	if (nla_put_u32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY, rdev->wiphy_idx) ||
+	    nla_put_u32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX, wdev->netdev->ifindex) ||
+	    nla_put_u64(msg, NL80211_ATTR_WDEV, wdev_id(wdev)))
+		goto out;
+
+	genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+
+	genlmsg_multicast_netns(&nl80211_fam, wiphy_net(wiphy), msg, 0,
+				NL80211_MCGRP_MLME, GFP_KERNEL);
+	return;
+ out:
+	nlmsg_free(msg);
+}
+
 /* initialisation/exit functions */
 
 int nl80211_init(void)
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.h b/net/wireless/nl80211.h
index b1b231324e10..cb0216e1a004 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.h
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.h
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ nl80211_radar_notify(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
 		     enum nl80211_radar_event event,
 		     struct net_device *netdev, gfp_t gfp);
 
+void nl80211_send_ap_stopped(struct wireless_dev *wdev);
+
 void cfg80211_rdev_free_coalesce(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev);
 
 #endif /* __NET_WIRELESS_NL80211_H */