diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/reg.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/reg.c
index d62a2014315a0..49b79648752cf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/reg.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/reg.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause-Clear
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2018-2019 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2021-2025 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.
  */
 #include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
 
@@ -926,8 +926,11 @@ int ath11k_reg_handle_chan_list(struct ath11k_base *ab,
 	 */
 	if (ab->default_regd[pdev_idx] && !ab->new_regd[pdev_idx] &&
 	    !memcmp((char *)ab->default_regd[pdev_idx]->alpha2,
-		    (char *)reg_info->alpha2, 2))
-		goto retfail;
+		    (char *)reg_info->alpha2, 2) &&
+	    power_type == IEEE80211_REG_UNSET_AP) {
+		ath11k_reg_reset_info(reg_info);
+		return 0;
+	}
 
 	/* Intersect new rules with default regd if a new country setting was
 	 * requested, i.e a default regd was already set during initialization