diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index d49928b..ae8db24 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -852,6 +852,16 @@
 };
 
 /**
+ * enum ieee80211_vif_flags - virtual interface flags
+ *
+ * @IEEE80211_VIF_BEACON_FILTER: the device performs beacon filtering
+ *	on this virtual interface to avoid unnecessary CPU wakeups
+ */
+enum ieee80211_vif_flags {
+	IEEE80211_VIF_BEACON_FILTER		= BIT(0),
+};
+
+/**
  * struct ieee80211_vif - per-interface data
  *
  * Data in this structure is continually present for driver
@@ -863,6 +873,10 @@
  * @addr: address of this interface
  * @p2p: indicates whether this AP or STA interface is a p2p
  *	interface, i.e. a GO or p2p-sta respectively
+ * @driver_flags: flags/capabilities the driver has for this interface,
+ *	these need to be set (or cleared) when the interface is added
+ *	or, if supported by the driver, the interface type is changed
+ *	at runtime, mac80211 will never touch this field
  * @drv_priv: data area for driver use, will always be aligned to
  *	sizeof(void *).
  */
@@ -871,6 +885,7 @@
 	struct ieee80211_bss_conf bss_conf;
 	u8 addr[ETH_ALEN];
 	bool p2p;
+	u32 driver_flags;
 	/* must be last */
 	u8 drv_priv[0] __attribute__((__aligned__(sizeof(void *))));
 };
@@ -1079,10 +1094,6 @@
  * @IEEE80211_HW_MFP_CAPABLE:
  *	Hardware supports management frame protection (MFP, IEEE 802.11w).
  *
- * @IEEE80211_HW_BEACON_FILTER:
- *	Hardware supports dropping of irrelevant beacon frames to
- *	avoid waking up cpu.
- *
  * @IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_STATIC_SMPS:
  *	Hardware supports static spatial multiplexing powersave,
  *	ie. can turn off all but one chain even on HT connections
@@ -1150,7 +1161,7 @@
 	IEEE80211_HW_PS_NULLFUNC_STACK			= 1<<11,
 	IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_DYNAMIC_PS		= 1<<12,
 	IEEE80211_HW_MFP_CAPABLE			= 1<<13,
-	IEEE80211_HW_BEACON_FILTER			= 1<<14,
+	/* reuse bit 14 */
 	IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_STATIC_SMPS		= 1<<15,
 	IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_DYNAMIC_SMPS		= 1<<16,
 	IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_UAPSD			= 1<<17,
@@ -1446,8 +1457,8 @@
  * way the host will only receive beacons where some relevant information
  * (for example ERP protection or WMM settings) have changed.
  *
- * Beacon filter support is advertised with the %IEEE80211_HW_BEACON_FILTER
- * hardware capability. The driver needs to enable beacon filter support
+ * Beacon filter support is advertised with the %IEEE80211_VIF_BEACON_FILTER
+ * interface capability. The driver needs to enable beacon filter support
  * whenever power save is enabled, that is %IEEE80211_CONF_PS is set. When
  * power save is enabled, the stack will not check for beacon loss and the
  * driver needs to notify about loss of beacons with ieee80211_beacon_loss().
@@ -3316,7 +3327,7 @@
  *
  * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback.
  *
- * When beacon filtering is enabled with %IEEE80211_HW_BEACON_FILTER and
+ * When beacon filtering is enabled with %IEEE80211_VIF_BEACON_FILTER and
  * %IEEE80211_CONF_PS is set, the driver needs to inform whenever the
  * hardware is not receiving beacons with this function.
  */
@@ -3327,7 +3338,7 @@
  *
  * @vif: &struct ieee80211_vif pointer from the add_interface callback.
  *
- * When beacon filtering is enabled with %IEEE80211_HW_BEACON_FILTER, and
+ * When beacon filtering is enabled with %IEEE80211_VIF_BEACON_FILTER, and
  * %IEEE80211_CONF_PS and %IEEE80211_HW_CONNECTION_MONITOR are set, the driver
  * needs to inform if the connection to the AP has been lost.
  *