diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index 51f67a9..a14e6a4 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -2341,17 +2341,25 @@
 struct cfg80211_cached_keys;
 
 /**
- * struct wireless_dev - wireless per-netdev state
+ * struct wireless_dev - wireless device state
  *
- * This structure must be allocated by the driver/stack
- * that uses the ieee80211_ptr field in struct net_device
- * (this is intentional so it can be allocated along with
- * the netdev.)
+ * For netdevs, this structure must be allocated by the driver
+ * that uses the ieee80211_ptr field in struct net_device (this
+ * is intentional so it can be allocated along with the netdev.)
+ * It need not be registered then as netdev registration will
+ * be intercepted by cfg80211 to see the new wireless device.
+ *
+ * For non-netdev uses, it must also be allocated by the driver
+ * in response to the cfg80211 callbacks that require it, as
+ * there's no netdev registration in that case it may not be
+ * allocated outside of callback operations that return it.
  *
  * @wiphy: pointer to hardware description
  * @iftype: interface type
  * @list: (private) Used to collect the interfaces
- * @netdev: (private) Used to reference back to the netdev
+ * @netdev: (private) Used to reference back to the netdev, may be %NULL
+ * @identifier: (private) Identifier used in nl80211 to identify this
+ *	wireless device if it has no netdev
  * @current_bss: (private) Used by the internal configuration code
  * @channel: (private) Used by the internal configuration code to track
  *	the user-set AP, monitor and WDS channel
@@ -2383,6 +2391,8 @@
 	struct list_head list;
 	struct net_device *netdev;
 
+	u32 identifier;
+
 	struct list_head mgmt_registrations;
 	spinlock_t mgmt_registrations_lock;