diff --git a/umac/regulatory/core/src/reg_offload_11d_scan.c b/umac/regulatory/core/src/reg_offload_11d_scan.c
index 5f25a97c6369..5f39b500419f 100644
--- a/umac/regulatory/core/src/reg_offload_11d_scan.c
+++ b/umac/regulatory/core/src/reg_offload_11d_scan.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2018-2019 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2018-2020 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  *
  * Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for
  * any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the
@@ -59,8 +59,10 @@ QDF_STATUS reg_set_11d_country(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev,
 	}
 
 	if (!qdf_mem_cmp(psoc_priv_obj->cur_country, country, REG_ALPHA2_LEN)) {
-		reg_debug("country is not different");
-		return QDF_STATUS_SUCCESS;
+		if (psoc_priv_obj->cc_src == SOURCE_11D) {
+			reg_debug("country is not different");
+			return QDF_STATUS_SUCCESS;
+		}
 	}
 
 	reg_info("programming new 11d country:%c%c to firmware",
diff --git a/umac/regulatory/core/src/reg_utils.c b/umac/regulatory/core/src/reg_utils.c
index c36b8fa9fbc1..9addeca0e9b4 100644
--- a/umac/regulatory/core/src/reg_utils.c
+++ b/umac/regulatory/core/src/reg_utils.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2014-2019 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2020 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  *
  * Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for
  * any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the
@@ -201,8 +201,11 @@ QDF_STATUS reg_set_country(struct wlan_objmgr_pdev *pdev,
 	}
 
 	if (!qdf_mem_cmp(psoc_reg->cur_country, country, REG_ALPHA2_LEN)) {
-		reg_err("country is not different");
-		return QDF_STATUS_SUCCESS;
+		if (psoc_reg->cc_src == SOURCE_USERSPACE ||
+		    psoc_reg->cc_src == SOURCE_CORE) {
+			reg_debug("country is not different");
+			return QDF_STATUS_SUCCESS;
+		}
 	}
 
 	reg_debug("programming new country: %s to firmware", country);