diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 51f6582eff7b..6869781283e2 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -462,6 +462,11 @@ nl80211_sta_wme_policy[NL80211_STA_WME_MAX + 1] = {
 	[NL80211_STA_WME_MAX_SP] = { .type = NLA_U8 },
 };
 
+static struct netlink_range_validation nl80211_punct_bitmap_range = {
+	.min = 0,
+	.max = 0xffff,
+};
+
 static const struct nla_policy nl80211_policy[NUM_NL80211_ATTR] = {
 	[0] = { .strict_start_type = NL80211_ATTR_HE_OBSS_PD },
 	[NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
@@ -805,7 +810,8 @@ static const struct nla_policy nl80211_policy[NUM_NL80211_ATTR] = {
 	[NL80211_ATTR_MLD_ADDR] = NLA_POLICY_EXACT_LEN(ETH_ALEN),
 	[NL80211_ATTR_MLO_SUPPORT] = { .type = NLA_FLAG },
 	[NL80211_ATTR_MAX_NUM_AKM_SUITES] = { .type = NLA_REJECT },
-	[NL80211_ATTR_PUNCT_BITMAP] = NLA_POLICY_RANGE(NLA_U8, 0, 0xffff),
+	[NL80211_ATTR_PUNCT_BITMAP] =
+		NLA_POLICY_FULL_RANGE(NLA_U32, &nl80211_punct_bitmap_range),
 };
 
 /* policy for the key attributes */