diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 690874293cfc..d396cb61a280 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -549,6 +549,14 @@ nl80211_nan_srf_policy[NL80211_NAN_SRF_ATTR_MAX + 1] = {
 	[NL80211_NAN_SRF_MAC_ADDRS] = { .type = NLA_NESTED },
 };
 
+/* policy for packet pattern attributes */
+static const struct nla_policy
+nl80211_packet_pattern_policy[MAX_NL80211_PKTPAT + 1] = {
+	[NL80211_PKTPAT_MASK] = { .type = NLA_BINARY, },
+	[NL80211_PKTPAT_PATTERN] = { .type = NLA_BINARY, },
+	[NL80211_PKTPAT_OFFSET] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
+};
+
 static int nl80211_prepare_wdev_dump(struct sk_buff *skb,
 				     struct netlink_callback *cb,
 				     struct cfg80211_registered_device **rdev,
@@ -10532,7 +10540,8 @@ static int nl80211_set_wowlan(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 			u8 *mask_pat;
 
 			nla_parse_nested(pat_tb, MAX_NL80211_PKTPAT, pat,
-					 NULL, info->extack);
+					 nl80211_packet_pattern_policy,
+					 info->extack);
 			err = -EINVAL;
 			if (!pat_tb[NL80211_PKTPAT_MASK] ||
 			    !pat_tb[NL80211_PKTPAT_PATTERN])
@@ -10781,7 +10790,8 @@ static int nl80211_parse_coalesce_rule(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
 			    rem) {
 		u8 *mask_pat;
 
-		nla_parse_nested(pat_tb, MAX_NL80211_PKTPAT, pat, NULL, NULL);
+		nla_parse_nested(pat_tb, MAX_NL80211_PKTPAT, pat,
+				 nl80211_packet_pattern_policy, NULL);
 		if (!pat_tb[NL80211_PKTPAT_MASK] ||
 		    !pat_tb[NL80211_PKTPAT_PATTERN])
 			return -EINVAL;