diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c
index f12591f5d02aa4e7bb792ee944b6932355f9e1e2..55c80866dfc6dcbbcd9af6d1ee06e237b7733aa8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c
@@ -1454,6 +1454,7 @@ out:
 	FIF_PSPOLL |				\
 	FIF_OTHER_BSS |				\
 	FIF_BCN_PRBRESP_PROMISC |		\
+	FIF_PROBE_REQ |				\
 	FIF_FCSFAIL)
 
 static void ath9k_htc_configure_filter(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_txrx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_txrx.c
index c99600aff76d463f9caa531a1d64b1e4504c12a7..3d19b5bc937f9c1c285e23645fcbf6a929037b21 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_txrx.c
@@ -369,8 +369,7 @@ u32 ath9k_htc_calcrxfilter(struct ath9k_htc_priv *priv)
 		| ATH9K_RX_FILTER_UCAST | ATH9K_RX_FILTER_BCAST
 		| ATH9K_RX_FILTER_MCAST;
 
-	/* If not a STA, enable processing of Probe Requests */
-	if (ah->opmode != NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION)
+	if (priv->rxfilter & FIF_PROBE_REQ)
 		rfilt |= ATH9K_RX_FILTER_PROBEREQ;
 
 	/*