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diff --git a/net/mac80211/ibss.c b/net/mac80211/ibss.c
index a35f37980e70..531477a62f4b 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ibss.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/ibss.c
@@ -1465,6 +1465,11 @@ static void ieee80211_rx_mgmt_probe_req(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
memcpy(((struct ieee80211_mgmt *) skb->data)->da, mgmt->sa, ETH_ALEN);
ibss_dbg(sdata, "Sending ProbeResp to %pM\n", mgmt->sa);
IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb)->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_DONT_ENCRYPT;
+
+ /* avoid excessive retries for probe request to wildcard SSIDs */
+ if (pos[1] == 0)
+ IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb)->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_ACK;
+
ieee80211_tx_skb(sdata, skb);
}