diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 7c707358d15c..a39bd4169f29 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -936,6 +936,8 @@ enum mac80211_tx_info_flags {
  *	of their QoS TID or other priority field values.
  * @IEEE80211_TX_CTRL_MCAST_MLO_FIRST_TX: first MLO TX, used mostly internally
  *	for sequence number assignment
+ * @IEEE80211_TX_CTRL_SCAN_TX: Indicates that this frame is transmitted
+ *	due to scanning, not in normal operation on the interface.
  * @IEEE80211_TX_CTRL_MLO_LINK: If not @IEEE80211_LINK_UNSPECIFIED, this
  *	frame should be transmitted on the specific link. This really is
  *	only relevant for frames that do not have data present, and is
@@ -956,6 +958,7 @@ enum mac80211_tx_control_flags {
 	IEEE80211_TX_CTRL_NO_SEQNO		= BIT(7),
 	IEEE80211_TX_CTRL_DONT_REORDER		= BIT(8),
 	IEEE80211_TX_CTRL_MCAST_MLO_FIRST_TX	= BIT(9),
+	IEEE80211_TX_CTRL_SCAN_TX		= BIT(10),
 	IEEE80211_TX_CTRL_MLO_LINK		= 0xf0000000,
 };
 
diff --git a/net/mac80211/rate.c b/net/mac80211/rate.c
index 9d33fd2377c8..a2bc9c5d92b8 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/rate.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/rate.c
@@ -877,6 +877,7 @@ void ieee80211_get_tx_rates(struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
 	struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata;
 	struct ieee80211_tx_info *info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb);
 	struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband;
+	u32 mask = ~0;
 
 	rate_control_fill_sta_table(sta, info, dest, max_rates);
 
@@ -889,9 +890,12 @@ void ieee80211_get_tx_rates(struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
 	if (ieee80211_is_tx_data(skb))
 		rate_control_apply_mask(sdata, sta, sband, dest, max_rates);
 
+	if (!(info->control.flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTRL_SCAN_TX))
+		mask = sdata->rc_rateidx_mask[info->band];
+
 	if (dest[0].idx < 0)
 		__rate_control_send_low(&sdata->local->hw, sband, sta, info,
-					sdata->rc_rateidx_mask[info->band]);
+					mask);
 
 	if (sta)
 		rate_fixup_ratelist(vif, sband, info, dest, max_rates);
diff --git a/net/mac80211/scan.c b/net/mac80211/scan.c
index a52813f2b08c..b68214f15983 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/scan.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/scan.c
@@ -636,6 +636,7 @@ static void ieee80211_send_scan_probe_req(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 				cpu_to_le16(IEEE80211_SN_TO_SEQ(sn));
 		}
 		IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb)->flags |= tx_flags;
+		IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb)->control.flags |= IEEE80211_TX_CTRL_SCAN_TX;
 		ieee80211_tx_skb_tid_band(sdata, skb, 7, channel->band);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c
index 5c6c5254d987..46b02a6ae0a3 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
@@ -705,11 +705,16 @@ ieee80211_tx_h_rate_ctrl(struct ieee80211_tx_data *tx)
 	txrc.bss_conf = &tx->sdata->vif.bss_conf;
 	txrc.skb = tx->skb;
 	txrc.reported_rate.idx = -1;
-	txrc.rate_idx_mask = tx->sdata->rc_rateidx_mask[info->band];
 
-	if (tx->sdata->rc_has_mcs_mask[info->band])
-		txrc.rate_idx_mcs_mask =
-			tx->sdata->rc_rateidx_mcs_mask[info->band];
+	if (unlikely(info->control.flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTRL_SCAN_TX)) {
+		txrc.rate_idx_mask = ~0;
+	} else {
+		txrc.rate_idx_mask = tx->sdata->rc_rateidx_mask[info->band];
+
+		if (tx->sdata->rc_has_mcs_mask[info->band])
+			txrc.rate_idx_mcs_mask =
+				tx->sdata->rc_rateidx_mcs_mask[info->band];
+	}
 
 	txrc.bss = (tx->sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP ||
 		    tx->sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT ||