diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
index 56368e9b4622..d3cbe48b286d 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@
  * @NL80211_CMD_GET_SCAN: get scan results
  * @NL80211_CMD_TRIGGER_SCAN: trigger a new scan with the given parameters
  *	%NL80211_ATTR_TX_NO_CCK_RATE is used to decide whether to send the
- *	probe requests at CCK rate or not. %NL80211_ATTR_MAC can be used to
+ *	probe requests at CCK rate or not. %NL80211_ATTR_BSSID can be used to
  *	specify a BSSID to scan for; if not included, the wildcard BSSID will
  *	be used.
  * @NL80211_CMD_NEW_SCAN_RESULTS: scan notification (as a reply to
@@ -1937,6 +1937,9 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
  * @NL80211_ATTR_NAN_MATCH: used to report a match. This is a nested attribute.
  *	See &enum nl80211_nan_match_attributes.
  *
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_BSSID: The BSSID of the AP. Note that %NL80211_ATTR_MAC is also
+ *	used in various commands/events for specifying the BSSID.
+ *
  * @NUM_NL80211_ATTR: total number of nl80211_attrs available
  * @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined
  * @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
@@ -2336,6 +2339,8 @@ enum nl80211_attrs {
 	NL80211_ATTR_NAN_FUNC,
 	NL80211_ATTR_NAN_MATCH,
 
+	NL80211_ATTR_BSSID,
+
 	/* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */
 
 	__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index c510810f0b7c..a2dd6edaae37 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -414,6 +414,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy nl80211_policy[NUM_NL80211_ATTR] = {
 	[NL80211_ATTR_NAN_MASTER_PREF] = { .type = NLA_U8 },
 	[NL80211_ATTR_NAN_DUAL] = { .type = NLA_U8 },
 	[NL80211_ATTR_NAN_FUNC] = { .type = NLA_NESTED },
+	[NL80211_ATTR_BSSID] = { .len = ETH_ALEN },
 };
 
 /* policy for the key attributes */
@@ -6677,7 +6678,20 @@ static int nl80211_trigger_scan(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	request->no_cck =
 		nla_get_flag(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_TX_NO_CCK_RATE]);
 
-	if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_MAC])
+	/* Initial implementation used NL80211_ATTR_MAC to set the specific
+	 * BSSID to scan for. This was problematic because that same attribute
+	 * was already used for another purpose (local random MAC address). The
+	 * NL80211_ATTR_BSSID attribute was added to fix this. For backwards
+	 * compatibility with older userspace components, also use the
+	 * NL80211_ATTR_MAC value here if it can be determined to be used for
+	 * the specific BSSID use case instead of the random MAC address
+	 * (NL80211_ATTR_SCAN_FLAGS is used to enable random MAC address use).
+	 */
+	if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_BSSID])
+		memcpy(request->bssid,
+		       nla_data(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_BSSID]), ETH_ALEN);
+	else if (!(request->flags & NL80211_SCAN_FLAG_RANDOM_ADDR) &&
+		 info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_MAC])
 		memcpy(request->bssid, nla_data(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_MAC]),
 		       ETH_ALEN);
 	else