diff --git a/core/hdd/inc/wlan_hdd_main.h b/core/hdd/inc/wlan_hdd_main.h
index 70b5a7f0b9c5..9cfe17c50604 100644
--- a/core/hdd/inc/wlan_hdd_main.h
+++ b/core/hdd/inc/wlan_hdd_main.h
@@ -1087,6 +1087,8 @@ struct hdd_context;
  * @latency_level: 0 - normal, 1 - moderate, 2 - low, 3 - ultralow
  * @last_disconnect_reason: Last disconnected internal reason code
  *                          as per enum qca_disconnect_reason_codes
+ * @upgrade_udp_qos_threshold: The threshold for user priority upgrade for
+			       any UDP packet.
  */
 struct hdd_adapter {
 	/* Magic cookie for adapter sanity verification.  Note that this
@@ -1295,6 +1297,7 @@ struct hdd_adapter {
 	bool is_link_layer_stats_set;
 #endif
 	uint8_t link_status;
+	uint8_t upgrade_udp_qos_threshold;
 
 	/* variable for temperature in Celsius */
 	int temperature;
diff --git a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_main.c b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_main.c
index 7d7b8c0aafaa..469fc0828eb2 100644
--- a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_main.c
+++ b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_main.c
@@ -6304,6 +6304,7 @@ struct hdd_adapter *hdd_open_adapter(struct hdd_context *hdd_ctx, uint8_t sessio
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
+	adapter->upgrade_udp_qos_threshold = QCA_WLAN_AC_BE;
 	qdf_spinlock_create(&adapter->vdev_lock);
 	qdf_atomic_init(&hdd_ctx->num_latency_critical_clients);
 
diff --git a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_wmm.c b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_wmm.c
index 7ad67e4503db..f6c56011d845 100644
--- a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_wmm.c
+++ b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_wmm.c
@@ -1863,6 +1863,17 @@ void hdd_wmm_classify_pkt(struct hdd_adapter *adapter,
 	dscp = (tos >> 2) & 0x3f;
 	*user_pri = adapter->dscp_to_up_map[dscp];
 
+	/*
+	 * Upgrade the priority, if the user priority of this packet is
+	 * less than the configured threshold.
+	 */
+	if (*user_pri < adapter->upgrade_udp_qos_threshold &&
+	    (qdf_nbuf_is_ipv4_udp_pkt(skb) || qdf_nbuf_is_ipv6_udp_pkt(skb))) {
+		/* Upgrade UDP pkt priority alone */
+		*user_pri = qca_wlan_ac_to_sme_qos(
+				adapter->upgrade_udp_qos_threshold);
+	}
+
 #ifdef HDD_WMM_DEBUG
 	hdd_debug("tos is %d, dscp is %d, up is %d", tos, dscp, *user_pri);
 #endif /* HDD_WMM_DEBUG */
diff --git a/core/sme/inc/sme_qos_api.h b/core/sme/inc/sme_qos_api.h
index e06816db3486..09d4993f151f 100644
--- a/core/sme/inc/sme_qos_api.h
+++ b/core/sme/inc/sme_qos_api.h
@@ -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
@@ -196,6 +196,22 @@ struct sme_qos_wmmtspecinfo {
 	uint16_t medium_time;
 };
 
+static inline enum sme_qos_wmmuptype qca_wlan_ac_to_sme_qos(u8 priority)
+{
+	switch (priority) {
+	case QCA_WLAN_AC_BE:
+		return SME_QOS_WMM_UP_BE;
+	case QCA_WLAN_AC_BK:
+		return SME_QOS_WMM_UP_BK;
+	case QCA_WLAN_AC_VI:
+		return SME_QOS_WMM_UP_VI;
+	case QCA_WLAN_AC_VO:
+		return SME_QOS_WMM_UP_VO;
+	default:
+		return SME_QOS_WMM_UP_BE;
+	}
+}
+
 /* External APIs */
 typedef QDF_STATUS (*sme_QosCallback)(mac_handle_t mac_handle, void *HDDcontext,
 		struct sme_qos_wmmtspecinfo *pCurrentQoSInfo,