diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index 6adfcb9c06dcc..3f483e84d5df3 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -5023,7 +5023,7 @@ static int ieee80211_prep_channel(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 		he_oper_ie = cfg80211_find_ext_ie(WLAN_EID_EXT_HE_OPERATION,
 						  ies->data, ies->len);
 		if (he_oper_ie &&
-		    he_oper_ie[1] == ieee80211_he_oper_size(&he_oper_ie[3]))
+		    he_oper_ie[1] >= ieee80211_he_oper_size(&he_oper_ie[3]))
 			he_oper = (void *)(he_oper_ie + 3);
 		else
 			he_oper = NULL;
diff --git a/net/mac80211/util.c b/net/mac80211/util.c
index 94e624e9439b7..d8f9fb0646a4d 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/util.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/util.c
@@ -967,7 +967,7 @@ static void ieee80211_parse_extension_element(u32 *crc,
 		break;
 	case WLAN_EID_EXT_HE_OPERATION:
 		if (len >= sizeof(*elems->he_operation) &&
-		    len == ieee80211_he_oper_size(data) - 1) {
+		    len >= ieee80211_he_oper_size(data) - 1) {
 			if (crc)
 				*crc = crc32_be(*crc, (void *)elem,
 						elem->datalen + 2);