diff --git a/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c b/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
index 612a2667c..604754523 100644
--- a/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
+++ b/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
@@ -4809,7 +4809,8 @@ nl80211_get_scan_results(struct wpa_driver_nl80211_data *drv)
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
 	nl80211_cmd(drv, msg, NLM_F_DUMP, NL80211_CMD_GET_SCAN);
-	NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX, drv->ifindex);
+	if (nl80211_set_iface_id(msg, &drv->first_bss) < 0)
+		goto nla_put_failure;
 
 	arg.drv = drv;
 	arg.res = res;