diff --git a/net/mac80211/agg-rx.c b/net/mac80211/agg-rx.c
index 4d1c335e06e5..7f245e9f114c 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/agg-rx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/agg-rx.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * Copyright 2007, Michael Wu <flamingice@sourmilk.net>
  * Copyright 2007-2010, Intel Corporation
  * Copyright(c) 2015-2017 Intel Deutschland GmbH
- * Copyright (C) 2018        Intel Corporation
+ * Copyright (C) 2018-2020 Intel Corporation
  */
 
 /**
@@ -292,7 +292,8 @@ void ___ieee80211_start_rx_ba_session(struct sta_info *sta,
 		goto end;
 	}
 
-	if (!sta->sta.ht_cap.ht_supported) {
+	if (!sta->sta.ht_cap.ht_supported &&
+	    sta->sdata->vif.bss_conf.chandef.chan->band != NL80211_BAND_6GHZ) {
 		ht_dbg(sta->sdata,
 		       "STA %pM erroneously requests BA session on tid %d w/o QoS\n",
 		       sta->sta.addr, tid);
diff --git a/net/mac80211/agg-tx.c b/net/mac80211/agg-tx.c
index c2d5f512526d..b37c8a983d88 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/agg-tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/agg-tx.c
@@ -593,7 +593,8 @@ int ieee80211_start_tx_ba_session(struct ieee80211_sta *pubsta, u16 tid,
 		 "Requested to start BA session on reserved tid=%d", tid))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (!pubsta->ht_cap.ht_supported)
+	if (!pubsta->ht_cap.ht_supported &&
+	    sta->sdata->vif.bss_conf.chandef.chan->band != NL80211_BAND_6GHZ)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!local->ops->ampdu_action))