diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 8114f590f715..d9cef31f4cbf 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -1897,10 +1897,14 @@ enum ieee80211_frame_release_type {
  * @IEEE80211_RC_BW_CHANGED: The bandwidth that can be used to transmit
  *	to this station changed.
  * @IEEE80211_RC_SMPS_CHANGED: The SMPS state of the station changed.
+ * @IEEE80211_RC_SUPP_RATES_CHANGED: The supported rate set of this peer
+ *	changed (in IBSS mode) due to discovering more information about
+ *	the peer.
  */
 enum ieee80211_rate_control_changed {
 	IEEE80211_RC_BW_CHANGED		= BIT(0),
 	IEEE80211_RC_SMPS_CHANGED	= BIT(1),
+	IEEE80211_RC_SUPP_RATES_CHANGED	= BIT(2),
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/net/mac80211/driver-ops.h b/net/mac80211/driver-ops.h
index a81117a83996..a81154d27291 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/driver-ops.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/driver-ops.h
@@ -528,6 +528,9 @@ static inline void drv_sta_rc_update(struct ieee80211_local *local,
 	sdata = get_bss_sdata(sdata);
 	check_sdata_in_driver(sdata);
 
+	WARN_ON(changed & IEEE80211_RC_SUPP_RATES_CHANGED &&
+		sdata->vif.type != NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC);
+
 	trace_drv_sta_rc_update(local, sdata, sta, changed);
 	if (local->ops->sta_rc_update)
 		local->ops->sta_rc_update(&local->hw, &sdata->vif,
diff --git a/net/mac80211/ibss.c b/net/mac80211/ibss.c
index 1ebda2f9e57b..a9d93285dba7 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ibss.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/ibss.c
@@ -459,8 +459,11 @@ static void ieee80211_rx_bss_info(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (sta && rates_updated)
+		if (sta && rates_updated) {
+			drv_sta_rc_update(local, sdata, &sta->sta,
+					  IEEE80211_RC_SUPP_RATES_CHANGED);
 			rate_control_rate_init(sta);
+		}
 
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 	}