diff --git a/umac/scan/dispatcher/src/wlan_scan_utils_api.c b/umac/scan/dispatcher/src/wlan_scan_utils_api.c
index 0e00c2b62f2d..e98e19d05e84 100644
--- a/umac/scan/dispatcher/src/wlan_scan_utils_api.c
+++ b/umac/scan/dispatcher/src/wlan_scan_utils_api.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2017-2021 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2021 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. 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
@@ -1944,6 +1945,16 @@ static void util_parse_noninheritance_list(uint8_t *extn_elem,
 	}
 }
 
+static size_t util_oui_header_len(uint8_t *ie)
+{
+	/* Cisco Vendor Specific IEs doesn't have subtype in
+	 * their VSIE header, therefore skip subtype
+	 */
+	if (ie[0] == 0x00 && ie[1] == 0x40 && ie[2] == 0x96)
+		return OUI_LEN - 1;
+	return OUI_LEN;
+}
+
 static uint32_t util_gen_new_ie(uint8_t *ie, uint32_t ielen,
 				uint8_t *subelement,
 				size_t subie_len, uint8_t *new_ie)
@@ -2033,16 +2044,18 @@ static uint32_t util_gen_new_ie(uint8_t *ie, uint32_t ielen,
 		} else {
 			/* ie in transmitting ie also in subelement,
 			 * copy from subelement and flag the ie in subelement
-			 * as copied (by setting eid field to 0xff). For
-			 * vendor ie, compare OUI + type + subType to
-			 * determine if they are the same ie.
+			 * as copied (by setting eid field to 0xff).
+			 * To determine if the vendor ies are same:
+			 * 1. For Cisco OUI, compare only OUI + type
+			 * 2. For other OUI, compare OUI + type + subType
 			 */
 			tmp_rem_len = subie_len - (tmp - sub_copy);
 			if (tmp_old[0] == WLAN_ELEMID_VENDOR &&
 			    tmp_rem_len >= MIN_VENDOR_TAG_LEN) {
 				if (!qdf_mem_cmp(tmp_old + PAYLOAD_START_POS,
 						 tmp + PAYLOAD_START_POS,
-						 OUI_LEN)) {
+						 util_oui_header_len(tmp +
+								     PAYLOAD_START_POS))) {
 					/* same vendor ie, copy from
 					 * subelement
 					 */