--- wireless-testing.orig/net/wireless/nl80211.c	2012-03-28 20:55:51.000000000 +0200
+++ wireless-testing/net/wireless/nl80211.c	2012-03-28 20:59:26.000000000 +0200
@@ -6416,7 +6416,7 @@ static struct genl_ops nl80211_ops[] = {
 		.policy = nl80211_policy,
 		.flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM,
 		.doit = nl80211_set_beacon,
-		.internal_flags = NL80211_FLAG_NEED_NETDEV |
+		.internal_flags = NL80211_FLAG_NEED_NETDEV_UP |
 				  NL80211_FLAG_NEED_RTNL,
 	},
 	{
@@ -6424,7 +6424,7 @@ static struct genl_ops nl80211_ops[] = {
 		.policy = nl80211_policy,
 		.flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM,
 		.doit = nl80211_start_ap,
-		.internal_flags = NL80211_FLAG_NEED_NETDEV |
+		.internal_flags = NL80211_FLAG_NEED_NETDEV_UP |
 				  NL80211_FLAG_NEED_RTNL,
 	},
 	{
@@ -6432,7 +6432,7 @@ static struct genl_ops nl80211_ops[] = {
 		.policy = nl80211_policy,
 		.flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM,
 		.doit = nl80211_stop_ap,
-		.internal_flags = NL80211_FLAG_NEED_NETDEV |
+		.internal_flags = NL80211_FLAG_NEED_NETDEV_UP |
 				  NL80211_FLAG_NEED_RTNL,
 	},
 	{