diff --git a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c
index 4ad30387828a..9c3d3523f016 100644
--- a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c
+++ b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_cfg80211.c
@@ -23058,6 +23058,9 @@ static int __wlan_hdd_cfg80211_set_mon_ch(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 	uint8_t sec_ch = 0;
 	int ret;
 	uint16_t chan_num = cds_freq_to_chan(chandef->chan->center_freq);
+	enum channel_state chan_freq_state;
+	uint8_t max_fw_bw;
+	enum phy_ch_width ch_width;
 
 	hdd_enter();
 
@@ -23074,19 +23077,42 @@ static int __wlan_hdd_cfg80211_set_mon_ch(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 	hdd_debug("%s: set monitor mode Channel %d and freq %d",
 		 adapter->dev->name, chan_num, chandef->chan->center_freq);
 
+	/* Verify channel state before accepting this request */
+	chan_freq_state =
+		wlan_reg_get_channel_state_for_freq(hdd_ctx->pdev,
+						    chandef->chan->center_freq);
+	if (chan_freq_state == CHANNEL_STATE_DISABLE ||
+	    chan_freq_state == CHANNEL_STATE_INVALID) {
+		hdd_err("Invalid chan freq received for monitor mode aborting");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	/* Verify the BW before accepting this request */
+	ch_width = hdd_map_nl_chan_width(chandef->width);
+
+	max_fw_bw = sme_get_vht_ch_width();
+
+	if ((ch_width == CH_WIDTH_160MHZ &&
+	    max_fw_bw <= WNI_CFG_VHT_CHANNEL_WIDTH_80MHZ) ||
+	    (ch_width == CH_WIDTH_80P80MHZ &&
+	    max_fw_bw <= WNI_CFG_VHT_CHANNEL_WIDTH_160MHZ)) {
+		hdd_err("FW does not support this BW %d max BW supported %d",
+			ch_width, max_fw_bw);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 	sta_ctx = WLAN_HDD_GET_STATION_CTX_PTR(adapter);
 	ch_info = &sta_ctx->ch_info;
 	roam_profile.ChannelInfo.freq_list = &ch_info->freq;
 	roam_profile.ChannelInfo.numOfChannels = 1;
 	roam_profile.phyMode = ch_info->phy_mode;
-	roam_profile.ch_params.ch_width = hdd_map_nl_chan_width(chandef->width);
+	roam_profile.ch_params.ch_width = ch_width;
 	hdd_select_cbmode(adapter, chandef->chan->center_freq,
 			  &roam_profile.ch_params);
 
 	qdf_mem_copy(bssid.bytes, adapter->mac_addr.bytes,
 		     QDF_MAC_ADDR_SIZE);
 
-	ch_params.ch_width = hdd_map_nl_chan_width(chandef->width);
+	ch_params.ch_width = ch_width;
 	/*
 	 * CDS api expects secondary channel for calculating
 	 * the channel params
diff --git a/core/sme/inc/sme_api.h b/core/sme/inc/sme_api.h
index 72e0bf1e8563..61d0cc369a10 100644
--- a/core/sme/inc/sme_api.h
+++ b/core/sme/inc/sme_api.h
@@ -1532,6 +1532,14 @@ QDF_STATUS sme_ext_scan_register_callback(mac_handle_t mac_handle,
 }
 #endif /* FEATURE_WLAN_EXTSCAN */
 QDF_STATUS sme_abort_roam_scan(mac_handle_t mac_handle, uint8_t sessionId);
+
+/**
+ * sme_get_vht_ch_width() - SME API to get the max supported FW chan width
+ *
+ * Return: Max channel width supported by FW (eg. 20, 40, 80, 160, 80+80)
+ */
+uint32_t sme_get_vht_ch_width(void);
+
 #ifdef WLAN_FEATURE_LINK_LAYER_STATS
 QDF_STATUS sme_ll_stats_clear_req(mac_handle_t mac_handle,
 		tSirLLStatsClearReq * pclearStatsReq);
diff --git a/core/sme/src/common/sme_api.c b/core/sme/src/common/sme_api.c
index 995f6e54f365..fc62844c56c9 100644
--- a/core/sme/src/common/sme_api.c
+++ b/core/sme/src/common/sme_api.c
@@ -3239,6 +3239,11 @@ QDF_STATUS sme_get_config_param(mac_handle_t mac_handle,
 	return status;
 }
 
+uint32_t sme_get_vht_ch_width(void)
+{
+	return wma_get_vht_ch_width();
+}
+
 /*
  * sme_get_modify_profile_fields() -
  * HDD or SME - QOS calls this function to get the current values of