diff --git a/net/mac80211/iface.c b/net/mac80211/iface.c
index 6f576306a4d7..ddc001ad9055 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/iface.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/iface.c
@@ -1875,9 +1875,16 @@ int ieee80211_if_add(struct ieee80211_local *local, const char *name,
 
 		netdev_set_default_ethtool_ops(ndev, &ieee80211_ethtool_ops);
 
-		/* MTU range: 256 - 2304 */
+		/* MTU range is normally 256 - 2304, where the upper limit is
+		 * the maximum MSDU size. Monitor interfaces send and receive
+		 * MPDU and A-MSDU frames which may be much larger so we do
+		 * not impose an upper limit in that case.
+		 */
 		ndev->min_mtu = 256;
-		ndev->max_mtu = local->hw.max_mtu;
+		if (type == NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR)
+			ndev->max_mtu = 0;
+		else
+			ndev->max_mtu = local->hw.max_mtu;
 
 		ret = register_netdevice(ndev);
 		if (ret) {