diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index 077a953..cc9e02d 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -335,8 +335,17 @@
 	if (ret & IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_VHT)
 		vht_chandef = *chandef;
 
+	/*
+	 * Ignore the DISABLED flag when we're already connected and only
+	 * tracking the APs beacon for bandwidth changes - otherwise we
+	 * might get disconnected here if we connect to an AP, update our
+	 * regulatory information based on the AP's country IE and the
+	 * information we have is wrong/outdated and disables the channel
+	 * that we're actually using for the connection to the AP.
+	 */
 	while (!cfg80211_chandef_usable(sdata->local->hw.wiphy, chandef,
-					IEEE80211_CHAN_DISABLED)) {
+					tracking ? 0 :
+						   IEEE80211_CHAN_DISABLED)) {
 		if (WARN_ON(chandef->width == NL80211_CHAN_WIDTH_20_NOHT)) {
 			ret = IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_HT |
 			      IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_VHT;