diff --git a/include/linux/nl80211.h b/include/linux/nl80211.h
index 0edb2566c14c..fb877b5621b7 100644
--- a/include/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -1307,7 +1307,11 @@ enum nl80211_bitrate_attr {
  * 	wireless core it thinks its knows the regulatory domain we should be in.
  * @NL80211_REGDOM_SET_BY_COUNTRY_IE: the wireless core has received an
  * 	802.11 country information element with regulatory information it
- * 	thinks we should consider.
+ * 	thinks we should consider. cfg80211 only processes the country
+ *	code from the IE, and relies on the regulatory domain information
+ *	structure pased by userspace (CRDA) from our wireless-regdb.
+ *	If a channel is enabled but the country code indicates it should
+ *	be disabled we disable the channel and re-enable it upon disassociation.
  */
 enum nl80211_reg_initiator {
 	NL80211_REGDOM_SET_BY_CORE,
diff --git a/net/wireless/reg.c b/net/wireless/reg.c
index 1bc8131a5185..8ab65f2afe70 100644
--- a/net/wireless/reg.c
+++ b/net/wireless/reg.c
@@ -750,8 +750,26 @@ static void handle_channel(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 			  desired_bw_khz,
 			  &reg_rule);
 
-	if (r)
+	if (r) {
+		/*
+		 * We will disable all channels that do not match our
+		 * recieved regulatory rule unless the hint is coming
+		 * from a Country IE and the Country IE had no information
+		 * about a band. The IEEE 802.11 spec allows for an AP
+		 * to send only a subset of the regulatory rules allowed,
+		 * so an AP in the US that only supports 2.4 GHz may only send
+		 * a country IE with information for the 2.4 GHz band
+		 * while 5 GHz is still supported.
+		 */
+		if (initiator == NL80211_REGDOM_SET_BY_COUNTRY_IE &&
+		    r == -ERANGE)
+			return;
+
+		REG_DBG_PRINT("cfg80211: Disabling freq %d MHz\n",
+			      chan->center_freq);
+		chan->flags = IEEE80211_CHAN_DISABLED;
 		return;
+	}
 
 	power_rule = &reg_rule->power_rule;
 	freq_range = &reg_rule->freq_range;