diff --git a/dp/wifi3.0/hal_rx.h b/dp/wifi3.0/hal_rx.h
index 17ba35e9e2ea..eb84f5b81a1b 100644
--- a/dp/wifi3.0/hal_rx.h
+++ b/dp/wifi3.0/hal_rx.h
@@ -1532,10 +1532,23 @@ hal_rx_msdu_start_nss_get(uint8_t *buf)
 	return nss;
 }
 #else
+#define HAL_RX_MSDU_START_MIMO_SS_BITMAP(_rx_msdu_start)	\
+	(_HAL_MS((*_OFFSET_TO_WORD_PTR((_rx_msdu_start),\
+	RX_MSDU_START_5_MIMO_SS_BITMAP_OFFSET)),	\
+	RX_MSDU_START_5_MIMO_SS_BITMAP_MASK,		\
+	RX_MSDU_START_5_MIMO_SS_BITMAP_LSB))
+
 static inline uint32_t
 hal_rx_msdu_start_nss_get(uint8_t *buf)
 {
-	return 0;
+	struct rx_pkt_tlvs *pkt_tlvs = (struct rx_pkt_tlvs *)buf;
+	struct rx_msdu_start *msdu_start =
+				&pkt_tlvs->msdu_start_tlv.rx_msdu_start;
+	uint8_t mimo_ss_bitmap;
+
+	mimo_ss_bitmap = HAL_RX_MSDU_START_MIMO_SS_BITMAP(msdu_start);
+
+	return qdf_get_hweight8(mimo_ss_bitmap);
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/qdf/inc/qdf_util.h b/qdf/inc/qdf_util.h
index 8b878f667f67..a66fbb5b8377 100644
--- a/qdf/inc/qdf_util.h
+++ b/qdf/inc/qdf_util.h
@@ -576,6 +576,22 @@ int qdf_get_cpu(void)
 	return __qdf_get_cpu();
 }
 
+/**
+ * qdf_get_hweight8() - count num of 1's in bitmap
+ * @value: input bitmap
+ *
+ * Count num of 1's set in the bitmap
+ *
+ * Return: num of 1's
+ */
+static inline
+unsigned int qdf_get_hweight8(unsigned int w)
+{
+	unsigned int res = w - ((w >> 1) & 0x55);
+	res = (res & 0x33) + ((res >> 2) & 0x33);
+	return (res + (res >> 4)) & 0x0F;
+}
+
 /**
  * qdf_device_init_wakeup() - allow a device to wake up the aps system
  * @qdf_dev: the qdf device context