diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index 3dd2cb465540..c98cf08538b9 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@ enum ieee80211_band {
  *	restrictions.
  * @IEEE80211_CHAN_INDOOR_ONLY: see %NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_INDOOR_ONLY
  * @IEEE80211_CHAN_GO_CONCURRENT: see %NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_GO_CONCURRENT
+ * @IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_20MHZ: 20 MHz bandwidth is not permitted
+ *	on this channel.
+ * @IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_10MHZ: 10 MHz bandwidth is not permitted
+ *	on this channel.
  *
  */
 enum ieee80211_channel_flags {
@@ -125,6 +129,8 @@ enum ieee80211_channel_flags {
 	IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_160MHZ	= 1<<8,
 	IEEE80211_CHAN_INDOOR_ONLY	= 1<<9,
 	IEEE80211_CHAN_GO_CONCURRENT	= 1<<10,
+	IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_20MHZ		= 1<<11,
+	IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_10MHZ		= 1<<12,
 };
 
 #define IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_HT40 \
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
index 513bfd7b2e5f..0592032ff160 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -2358,6 +2358,10 @@ enum nl80211_band_attr {
  *	connected to an AP with DFS and radar detection on the UNII band (it is
  *	up to user-space, i.e., wpa_supplicant to perform the required
  *	verifications)
+ * @NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_NO_20MHZ: 20 MHz operation is not allowed
+ *	on this channel in current regulatory domain.
+ * @NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_NO_10MHZ: 10 MHz operation is not allowed
+ *	on this channel in current regulatory domain.
  * @NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_MAX: highest frequency attribute number
  *	currently defined
  * @__NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
@@ -2384,6 +2388,8 @@ enum nl80211_frequency_attr {
 	NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_DFS_CAC_TIME,
 	NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_INDOOR_ONLY,
 	NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_GO_CONCURRENT,
+	NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_NO_20MHZ,
+	NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_NO_10MHZ,
 
 	/* keep last */
 	__NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
diff --git a/net/wireless/chan.c b/net/wireless/chan.c
index 2adf7b2eccbc..84d686e2dbd0 100644
--- a/net/wireless/chan.c
+++ b/net/wireless/chan.c
@@ -616,12 +616,14 @@ bool cfg80211_chandef_usable(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 		width = 5;
 		break;
 	case NL80211_CHAN_WIDTH_10:
+		prohibited_flags |= IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_10MHZ;
 		width = 10;
 		break;
 	case NL80211_CHAN_WIDTH_20:
 		if (!ht_cap->ht_supported)
 			return false;
 	case NL80211_CHAN_WIDTH_20_NOHT:
+		prohibited_flags |= IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_20MHZ;
 		width = 20;
 		break;
 	case NL80211_CHAN_WIDTH_40:
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index fce423a4e96a..ca75f60041d2 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -567,6 +567,13 @@ static int nl80211_msg_put_channel(struct sk_buff *msg,
 				   struct ieee80211_channel *chan,
 				   bool large)
 {
+	/* Some channels must be completely excluded from the
+	 * list to protect old user-space tools from breaking
+	 */
+	if (!large && chan->flags &
+	    (IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_10MHZ | IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_20MHZ))
+		return 0;
+
 	if (nla_put_u32(msg, NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_FREQ,
 			chan->center_freq))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
@@ -620,6 +627,12 @@ static int nl80211_msg_put_channel(struct sk_buff *msg,
 		if ((chan->flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_GO_CONCURRENT) &&
 		    nla_put_flag(msg, NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_GO_CONCURRENT))
 			goto nla_put_failure;
+		if ((chan->flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_20MHZ) &&
+		    nla_put_flag(msg, NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_NO_20MHZ))
+			goto nla_put_failure;
+		if ((chan->flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_10MHZ) &&
+		    nla_put_flag(msg, NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_NO_10MHZ))
+			goto nla_put_failure;
 	}
 
 	if (nla_put_u32(msg, NL80211_FREQUENCY_ATTR_MAX_TX_POWER,