diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/cfg80211.c
index 5cef9206daaa..92d1fcdad680 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/cfg80211.c
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
  */
 #define WIL_EDMG_CHANNELS (BIT(0) | BIT(1) | BIT(2) | BIT(3))
 
+#define WIL_DISABLE_EDMG 255
+
 bool disable_ap_sme;
 module_param(disable_ap_sme, bool, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(disable_ap_sme, " let user space handle AP mode SME");
@@ -594,6 +596,9 @@ int wil_spec2wmi_ch(u8 spec_ch, u8 *wmi_ch)
 	case 12:
 		*wmi_ch = WMI_CHANNEL_12;
 		break;
+	case WIL_DISABLE_EDMG:
+		*wmi_ch = 0;
+		break;
 	default:
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/wil6210.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/wil6210.h
index 8454c662f861..9deeb3dec992 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/wil6210.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/wil6210.h
@@ -1049,6 +1049,7 @@ struct wil6210_priv {
 	u8 wakeup_trigger;
 	struct wil_suspend_stats suspend_stats;
 	struct wil_debugfs_data dbg_data;
+	/* set to WIL_EDMG_DISABLE to force disable EDMG */
 	u8 force_edmg_channel;
 	bool tx_latency; /* collect TX latency measurements */
 	size_t tx_latency_res; /* bin resolution in usec */