diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 2c78997bc48d..421b6ecb4b2c 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -188,6 +188,43 @@ struct ieee80211_chanctx_conf {
 	u8 drv_priv[0] __aligned(sizeof(void *));
 };
 
+/**
+ * enum ieee80211_chanctx_switch_mode - channel context switch mode
+ * @CHANCTX_SWMODE_REASSIGN_VIF: Both old and new contexts already
+ *	exist (and will continue to exist), but the virtual interface
+ *	needs to be switched from one to the other.
+ * @CHANCTX_SWMODE_SWAP_CONTEXTS: The old context exists but will stop
+ *      to exist with this call, the new context doesn't exist but
+ *      will be active after this call, the virtual interface switches
+ *      from the old to the new (note that the driver may of course
+ *      implement this as an on-the-fly chandef switch of the existing
+ *      hardware context, but the mac80211 pointer for the old context
+ *      will cease to exist and only the new one will later be used
+ *      for changes/removal.)
+ */
+enum ieee80211_chanctx_switch_mode {
+	CHANCTX_SWMODE_REASSIGN_VIF,
+	CHANCTX_SWMODE_SWAP_CONTEXTS,
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct ieee80211_vif_chanctx_switch - vif chanctx switch information
+ *
+ * This is structure is used to pass information about a vif that
+ * needs to switch from one chanctx to another.  The
+ * &ieee80211_chanctx_switch_mode defines how the switch should be
+ * done.
+ *
+ * @vif: the vif that should be switched from old_ctx to new_ctx
+ * @old_ctx: the old context to which the vif was assigned
+ * @new_ctx: the new context to which the vif must be assigned
+ */
+struct ieee80211_vif_chanctx_switch {
+	struct ieee80211_vif *vif;
+	struct ieee80211_chanctx_conf *old_ctx;
+	struct ieee80211_chanctx_conf *new_ctx;
+};
+
 /**
  * enum ieee80211_bss_change - BSS change notification flags
  *
@@ -2736,6 +2773,11 @@ enum ieee80211_roc_type {
  *	to vif. Possible use is for hw queue remapping.
  * @unassign_vif_chanctx: Notifies device driver about channel context being
  *	unbound from vif.
+ * @switch_vif_chanctx: switch a number of vifs from one chanctx to
+ *	another, as specified in the list of
+ *	@ieee80211_vif_chanctx_switch passed to the driver, according
+ *	to the mode defined in &ieee80211_chanctx_switch_mode.
+ *
  * @start_ap: Start operation on the AP interface, this is called after all the
  *	information in bss_conf is set and beacon can be retrieved. A channel
  *	context is bound before this is called. Note that if the driver uses
@@ -2952,6 +2994,10 @@ struct ieee80211_ops {
 	void (*unassign_vif_chanctx)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 				     struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
 				     struct ieee80211_chanctx_conf *ctx);
+	int (*switch_vif_chanctx)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
+				  struct ieee80211_vif_chanctx_switch *vifs,
+				  int n_vifs,
+				  enum ieee80211_chanctx_switch_mode mode);
 
 	void (*restart_complete)(struct ieee80211_hw *hw);
 
diff --git a/net/mac80211/driver-ops.h b/net/mac80211/driver-ops.h
index 696ef78b1fb7..bd782dcffcc7 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/driver-ops.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/driver-ops.h
@@ -1048,6 +1048,59 @@ static inline void drv_unassign_vif_chanctx(struct ieee80211_local *local,
 	trace_drv_return_void(local);
 }
 
+static inline int
+drv_switch_vif_chanctx(struct ieee80211_local *local,
+		       struct ieee80211_vif_chanctx_switch *vifs,
+		       int n_vifs,
+		       enum ieee80211_chanctx_switch_mode mode)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	int i;
+
+	if (!local->ops->switch_vif_chanctx)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < n_vifs; i++) {
+		struct ieee80211_chanctx *new_ctx =
+			container_of(vifs[i].new_ctx,
+				     struct ieee80211_chanctx,
+				     conf);
+		struct ieee80211_chanctx *old_ctx =
+			container_of(vifs[i].old_ctx,
+				     struct ieee80211_chanctx,
+				     conf);
+
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(!old_ctx->driver_present);
+		WARN_ON_ONCE((mode == CHANCTX_SWMODE_SWAP_CONTEXTS &&
+			      new_ctx->driver_present) ||
+			     (mode == CHANCTX_SWMODE_REASSIGN_VIF &&
+			      !new_ctx->driver_present));
+	}
+
+	trace_drv_switch_vif_chanctx(local, vifs, n_vifs, mode);
+	ret = local->ops->switch_vif_chanctx(&local->hw,
+					     vifs, n_vifs, mode);
+	trace_drv_return_int(local, ret);
+
+	if (!ret && mode == CHANCTX_SWMODE_SWAP_CONTEXTS) {
+		for (i = 0; i < n_vifs; i++) {
+			struct ieee80211_chanctx *new_ctx =
+				container_of(vifs[i].new_ctx,
+					     struct ieee80211_chanctx,
+					     conf);
+			struct ieee80211_chanctx *old_ctx =
+				container_of(vifs[i].old_ctx,
+					     struct ieee80211_chanctx,
+					     conf);
+
+			new_ctx->driver_present = true;
+			old_ctx->driver_present = false;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static inline int drv_start_ap(struct ieee80211_local *local,
 			       struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
 {
diff --git a/net/mac80211/trace.h b/net/mac80211/trace.h
index 942f64b8ce0e..b22d6969cde9 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/trace.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/trace.h
@@ -1389,6 +1389,91 @@ TRACE_EVENT(drv_change_chanctx,
 	)
 );
 
+#if !defined(__TRACE_VIF_ENTRY)
+#define __TRACE_VIF_ENTRY
+struct trace_vif_entry {
+	enum nl80211_iftype vif_type;
+	bool p2p;
+	char vif_name[IFNAMSIZ];
+} __packed;
+
+struct trace_chandef_entry {
+	u32 control_freq;
+	u32 chan_width;
+	u32 center_freq1;
+	u32 center_freq2;
+} __packed;
+
+struct trace_switch_entry {
+	struct trace_vif_entry vif;
+	struct trace_chandef_entry old_chandef;
+	struct trace_chandef_entry new_chandef;
+} __packed;
+
+#define SWITCH_ENTRY_ASSIGN(to, from) local_vifs[i].to = vifs[i].from
+#endif
+
+TRACE_EVENT(drv_switch_vif_chanctx,
+	TP_PROTO(struct ieee80211_local *local,
+		 struct ieee80211_vif_chanctx_switch *vifs,
+		 int n_vifs, enum ieee80211_chanctx_switch_mode mode),
+	    TP_ARGS(local, vifs, n_vifs, mode),
+
+	TP_STRUCT__entry(
+		LOCAL_ENTRY
+		__field(int, n_vifs)
+		__field(u32, mode)
+		__dynamic_array(u8, vifs,
+				sizeof(struct trace_switch_entry) * n_vifs)
+	),
+
+	TP_fast_assign(
+		LOCAL_ASSIGN;
+		__entry->n_vifs = n_vifs;
+		__entry->mode = mode;
+		{
+			struct trace_switch_entry *local_vifs =
+				__get_dynamic_array(vifs);
+			int i;
+
+			for (i = 0; i < n_vifs; i++) {
+				struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata;
+
+				sdata = container_of(vifs[i].vif,
+						struct ieee80211_sub_if_data,
+						vif);
+
+				SWITCH_ENTRY_ASSIGN(vif.vif_type, vif->type);
+				SWITCH_ENTRY_ASSIGN(vif.p2p, vif->p2p);
+				strncpy(local_vifs[i].vif.vif_name,
+					sdata->name,
+					sizeof(local_vifs[i].vif.vif_name));
+				SWITCH_ENTRY_ASSIGN(old_chandef.control_freq,
+						old_ctx->def.chan->center_freq);
+				SWITCH_ENTRY_ASSIGN(old_chandef.chan_width,
+						    old_ctx->def.width);
+				SWITCH_ENTRY_ASSIGN(old_chandef.center_freq1,
+						    old_ctx->def.center_freq1);
+				SWITCH_ENTRY_ASSIGN(old_chandef.center_freq2,
+						    old_ctx->def.center_freq2);
+				SWITCH_ENTRY_ASSIGN(new_chandef.control_freq,
+						new_ctx->def.chan->center_freq);
+				SWITCH_ENTRY_ASSIGN(new_chandef.chan_width,
+						    new_ctx->def.width);
+				SWITCH_ENTRY_ASSIGN(new_chandef.center_freq1,
+						    new_ctx->def.center_freq1);
+				SWITCH_ENTRY_ASSIGN(new_chandef.center_freq2,
+						    new_ctx->def.center_freq2);
+			}
+		}
+	),
+
+	TP_printk(
+		LOCAL_PR_FMT " n_vifs:%d mode:%d",
+		LOCAL_PR_ARG, __entry->n_vifs, __entry->mode
+	)
+);
+
 DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(local_sdata_chanctx,
 	TP_PROTO(struct ieee80211_local *local,
 		 struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,