diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 8ece212aa3d2..7950506395a8 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -485,6 +485,14 @@ nl80211_plan_policy[NL80211_SCHED_SCAN_PLAN_MAX + 1] = {
 	[NL80211_SCHED_SCAN_PLAN_ITERATIONS] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
 };
 
+/* policy for packet pattern attributes */
+static const struct nla_policy
+nl80211_packet_pattern_policy[MAX_NL80211_PKTPAT + 1] = {
+	[NL80211_PKTPAT_MASK] = { .type = NLA_BINARY, },
+	[NL80211_PKTPAT_PATTERN] = { .type = NLA_BINARY, },
+	[NL80211_PKTPAT_OFFSET] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
+};
+
 static int nl80211_prepare_wdev_dump(struct sk_buff *skb,
 				     struct netlink_callback *cb,
 				     struct cfg80211_registered_device **rdev,
@@ -9410,7 +9418,7 @@ static int nl80211_set_wowlan(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 			u8 *mask_pat;
 
 			nla_parse(pat_tb, MAX_NL80211_PKTPAT, nla_data(pat),
-				  nla_len(pat), NULL);
+				  nla_len(pat), nl80211_packet_pattern_policy);
 			err = -EINVAL;
 			if (!pat_tb[NL80211_PKTPAT_MASK] ||
 			    !pat_tb[NL80211_PKTPAT_PATTERN])
@@ -9660,7 +9668,7 @@ static int nl80211_parse_coalesce_rule(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
 		u8 *mask_pat;
 
 		nla_parse(pat_tb, MAX_NL80211_PKTPAT, nla_data(pat),
-			  nla_len(pat), NULL);
+			  nla_len(pat), nl80211_packet_pattern_policy);
 		if (!pat_tb[NL80211_PKTPAT_MASK] ||
 		    !pat_tb[NL80211_PKTPAT_PATTERN])
 			return -EINVAL;