diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/cfg80211.c
index 63d274c3f2f7..b8e5f32cebdf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/cfg80211.c
@@ -717,7 +717,8 @@ qtnf_get_channel(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct wireless_dev *wdev,
 	}
 
 	if (!cfg80211_chandef_valid(chandef)) {
-		pr_err("%s: bad chan freq1=%u freq2=%u bw=%u\n", ndev->name,
+		pr_err("%s: bad channel freq=%u cf1=%u cf2=%u bw=%u\n",
+		       ndev->name, chandef->chan->center_freq,
 		       chandef->center_freq1, chandef->center_freq2,
 		       chandef->width);
 		ret = -ENODATA;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/commands.c b/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/commands.c
index 8bc8dd637315..bed81f0cb1cd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/commands.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/commands.c
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ int qtnf_cmd_send_start_ap(struct qtnf_vif *vif,
 		chtlv->hdr.type = cpu_to_le16(QTN_TLV_ID_CHANDEF);
 		chtlv->hdr.len = cpu_to_le16(sizeof(*chtlv) -
 					     sizeof(chtlv->hdr));
-		qlink_chandef_cfg2q(&s->chandef, &chtlv->chan);
+		qlink_chandef_cfg2q(&s->chandef, &chtlv->chdef);
 	}
 
 	qtnf_cmd_tlv_ie_set_add(cmd_skb, QLINK_IE_SET_BEACON_HEAD,
@@ -1186,7 +1186,7 @@ qtnf_cmd_resp_fill_band_info(struct ieee80211_supported_band *band,
 	size_t tlv_len;
 	size_t tlv_dlen;
 	const struct qlink_tlv_hdr *tlv;
-	const struct qlink_tlv_channel *qchan;
+	const struct qlink_channel *qchan;
 	struct ieee80211_channel *chan;
 	unsigned int chidx = 0;
 	u32 qflags;
@@ -1232,7 +1232,7 @@ qtnf_cmd_resp_fill_band_info(struct ieee80211_supported_band *band,
 
 		switch (tlv_type) {
 		case QTN_TLV_ID_CHANNEL:
-			if (unlikely(tlv_len != sizeof(*qchan))) {
+			if (unlikely(tlv_dlen != sizeof(*qchan))) {
 				pr_err("invalid channel TLV len %zu\n",
 				       tlv_len);
 				goto error_ret;
@@ -1243,7 +1243,7 @@ qtnf_cmd_resp_fill_band_info(struct ieee80211_supported_band *band,
 				goto error_ret;
 			}
 
-			qchan = (const struct qlink_tlv_channel *)tlv;
+			qchan = (const struct qlink_channel *)tlv->val;
 			chan = &band->channels[chidx++];
 			qflags = le32_to_cpu(qchan->flags);
 
@@ -2037,8 +2037,8 @@ static void qtnf_cmd_channel_tlv_add(struct sk_buff *cmd_skb,
 	qchan = skb_put_zero(cmd_skb, sizeof(*qchan));
 	qchan->hdr.type = cpu_to_le16(QTN_TLV_ID_CHANNEL);
 	qchan->hdr.len = cpu_to_le16(sizeof(*qchan) - sizeof(qchan->hdr));
-	qchan->center_freq = cpu_to_le16(sc->center_freq);
-	qchan->hw_value = cpu_to_le16(sc->hw_value);
+	qchan->chan.center_freq = cpu_to_le16(sc->center_freq);
+	qchan->chan.hw_value = cpu_to_le16(sc->hw_value);
 
 	if (sc->flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_IR)
 		flags |= QLINK_CHAN_NO_IR;
@@ -2046,7 +2046,7 @@ static void qtnf_cmd_channel_tlv_add(struct sk_buff *cmd_skb,
 	if (sc->flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_RADAR)
 		flags |= QLINK_CHAN_RADAR;
 
-	qchan->flags = cpu_to_le32(flags);
+	qchan->chan.flags = cpu_to_le32(flags);
 }
 
 int qtnf_cmd_send_scan(struct qtnf_wmac *mac)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/event.c b/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/event.c
index 4abc6d9ed560..a3a18d8469ae 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/event.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/event.c
@@ -369,7 +369,8 @@ qtnf_event_handle_freq_change(struct qtnf_wmac *mac,
 	qlink_chandef_q2cfg(wiphy, &data->chan, &chandef);
 
 	if (!cfg80211_chandef_valid(&chandef)) {
-		pr_err("MAC%u: bad channel f1=%u f2=%u bw=%u\n", mac->macid,
+		pr_err("MAC%u: bad channel freq=%u cf1=%u cf2=%u bw=%u\n",
+		       mac->macid, chandef.chan->center_freq,
 		       chandef.center_freq1, chandef.center_freq2,
 		       chandef.width);
 		return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/qlink.h b/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/qlink.h
index a432fb001c41..534d11e4175a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/qlink.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/qlink.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/ieee80211.h>
 
-#define QLINK_PROTO_VER		6
+#define QLINK_PROTO_VER		7
 
 #define QLINK_MACID_RSVD		0xFF
 #define QLINK_VIFID_RSVD		0xFF
@@ -121,18 +121,50 @@ enum qlink_channel_width {
 	QLINK_CHAN_WIDTH_160,
 };
 
+/**
+ * struct qlink_channel - qlink control channel definition
+ *
+ * @hw_value: hardware-specific value for the channel
+ * @center_freq: center frequency in MHz
+ * @flags: channel flags from &enum qlink_channel_flags
+ * @band: band this channel belongs to
+ * @max_antenna_gain: maximum antenna gain in dBi
+ * @max_power: maximum transmission power (in dBm)
+ * @max_reg_power: maximum regulatory transmission power (in dBm)
+ * @dfs_state: current state of this channel.
+ *      Only relevant if radar is required on this channel.
+ * @beacon_found: helper to regulatory code to indicate when a beacon
+ *	has been found on this channel. Use regulatory_hint_found_beacon()
+ *	to enable this, this is useful only on 5 GHz band.
+ */
+struct qlink_channel {
+	__le16 hw_value;
+	__le16 center_freq;
+	__le32 flags;
+	u8 band;
+	u8 max_antenna_gain;
+	u8 max_power;
+	u8 max_reg_power;
+	__le32 dfs_cac_ms;
+	u8 dfs_state;
+	u8 beacon_found;
+	u8 rsvd[2];
+} __packed;
+
 /**
  * struct qlink_chandef - qlink channel definition
  *
+ * @chan: primary channel definition
  * @center_freq1: center frequency of first segment
  * @center_freq2: center frequency of second segment (80+80 only)
  * @width: channel width, one of @enum qlink_channel_width
  */
 struct qlink_chandef {
+	struct qlink_channel chan;
 	__le16 center_freq1;
 	__le16 center_freq2;
 	u8 width;
-	u8 rsvd[3];
+	u8 rsvd;
 } __packed;
 
 #define QLINK_MAX_NR_CIPHER_SUITES            5
@@ -1113,19 +1145,16 @@ enum qlink_dfs_state {
 	QLINK_DFS_AVAILABLE,
 };
 
+/**
+ * struct qlink_tlv_channel - data for QTN_TLV_ID_CHANNEL TLV
+ *
+ * Channel settings.
+ *
+ * @channel: ieee80211 channel settings.
+ */
 struct qlink_tlv_channel {
 	struct qlink_tlv_hdr hdr;
-	__le16 hw_value;
-	__le16 center_freq;
-	__le32 flags;
-	u8 band;
-	u8 max_antenna_gain;
-	u8 max_power;
-	u8 max_reg_power;
-	__le32 dfs_cac_ms;
-	u8 dfs_state;
-	u8 beacon_found;
-	u8 rsvd[2];
+	struct qlink_channel chan;
 } __packed;
 
 /**
@@ -1137,7 +1166,7 @@ struct qlink_tlv_channel {
  */
 struct qlink_tlv_chandef {
 	struct qlink_tlv_hdr hdr;
-	struct qlink_chandef chan;
+	struct qlink_chandef chdef;
 } __packed;
 
 enum qlink_ie_set_type {
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/qlink_util.c b/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/qlink_util.c
index 61d999affb09..37b78f00e8e5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/qlink_util.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/qlink_util.c
@@ -100,34 +100,6 @@ static enum nl80211_chan_width qlink_chanwidth_to_nl(u8 qlw)
 	}
 }
 
-void qlink_chandef_q2cfg(struct wiphy *wiphy,
-			 const struct qlink_chandef *qch,
-			 struct cfg80211_chan_def *chdef)
-{
-	chdef->center_freq1 = le16_to_cpu(qch->center_freq1);
-	chdef->center_freq2 = le16_to_cpu(qch->center_freq2);
-	chdef->width = qlink_chanwidth_to_nl(qch->width);
-
-	switch (chdef->width) {
-	case NL80211_CHAN_WIDTH_20_NOHT:
-	case NL80211_CHAN_WIDTH_20:
-	case NL80211_CHAN_WIDTH_5:
-	case NL80211_CHAN_WIDTH_10:
-		chdef->chan = ieee80211_get_channel(wiphy, chdef->center_freq1);
-		break;
-	case NL80211_CHAN_WIDTH_40:
-	case NL80211_CHAN_WIDTH_80:
-	case NL80211_CHAN_WIDTH_80P80:
-	case NL80211_CHAN_WIDTH_160:
-		chdef->chan = ieee80211_get_channel(wiphy,
-						    chdef->center_freq1 - 10);
-		break;
-	default:
-		chdef->chan = NULL;
-		break;
-	}
-}
-
 static u8 qlink_chanwidth_nl_to_qlink(enum nl80211_chan_width nlwidth)
 {
 	switch (nlwidth) {
@@ -152,9 +124,29 @@ static u8 qlink_chanwidth_nl_to_qlink(enum nl80211_chan_width nlwidth)
 	}
 }
 
+void qlink_chandef_q2cfg(struct wiphy *wiphy,
+			 const struct qlink_chandef *qch,
+			 struct cfg80211_chan_def *chdef)
+{
+	struct ieee80211_channel *chan;
+
+	chan = ieee80211_get_channel(wiphy, le16_to_cpu(qch->chan.center_freq));
+
+	chdef->chan = chan;
+	chdef->center_freq1 = le16_to_cpu(qch->center_freq1);
+	chdef->center_freq2 = le16_to_cpu(qch->center_freq2);
+	chdef->width = qlink_chanwidth_to_nl(qch->width);
+}
+
 void qlink_chandef_cfg2q(const struct cfg80211_chan_def *chdef,
 			 struct qlink_chandef *qch)
 {
+	struct ieee80211_channel *chan = chdef->chan;
+
+	qch->chan.hw_value = cpu_to_le16(chan->hw_value);
+	qch->chan.center_freq = cpu_to_le16(chan->center_freq);
+	qch->chan.flags = cpu_to_le32(chan->flags);
+
 	qch->center_freq1 = cpu_to_le16(chdef->center_freq1);
 	qch->center_freq2 = cpu_to_le16(chdef->center_freq2);
 	qch->width = qlink_chanwidth_nl_to_qlink(chdef->width);