diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/cnss_genl/cnss_nl.c b/drivers/net/wireless/cnss_genl/cnss_nl.c
index fafd9ce4b4c4..29dd4c999f2d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/cnss_genl/cnss_nl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/cnss_genl/cnss_nl.c
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ static const struct nla_policy cld80211_policy[CLD80211_ATTR_MAX + 1] = {
 	[CLD80211_ATTR_VENDOR_DATA] = { .type = NLA_NESTED },
 	[CLD80211_ATTR_DATA] = { .type = NLA_BINARY,
 				 .len = CLD80211_MAX_NL_DATA },
+	[CLD80211_ATTR_META_DATA] = { .type = NLA_BINARY,
+				 .len = CLD80211_MAX_NL_DATA },
 };
 
 static int cld80211_pre_doit(const struct genl_ops *ops, struct sk_buff *skb,
diff --git a/include/net/cnss_nl.h b/include/net/cnss_nl.h
index 86c2fccc930e..b8a7cfdb7966 100644
--- a/include/net/cnss_nl.h
+++ b/include/net/cnss_nl.h
@@ -23,12 +23,16 @@
  * @CLD80211_ATTR_VENDOR_DATA: Embed all other attributes in this nested
  *	attribute.
  * @CLD80211_ATTR_DATA: Embed complete data in this attribute
+ * @CLD80211_ATTR_META_DATA: Embed meta data for above data. This will help
+ * wlan driver to peek into request message packet without opening up definition
+ * of complete request message.
  *
  * Any new message in future can be added as another attribute
  */
 enum cld80211_attr {
 	CLD80211_ATTR_VENDOR_DATA = 1,
 	CLD80211_ATTR_DATA,
+	CLD80211_ATTR_META_DATA,
 	/* add new attributes above here */
 
 	__CLD80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,