diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 1ac8a196f376..d281568b2e2e 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -9802,6 +9802,7 @@ nl80211_parse_sched_scan(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct wireless_dev *wdev,
 	request = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!request)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	request->n_channels = n_channels;
 
 	if (n_ssids)
 		request->ssids = (void *)request +