diff --git a/feeds/qca-wifi-6/mac80211/patches/pending/a-106-ath11k-tolerate-non-PASS-regulatory-status-from-QSDK-FW.patch b/feeds/qca-wifi-6/mac80211/patches/pending/a-106-ath11k-tolerate-non-PASS-regulatory-status-from-QSDK-FW.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b2f4d806b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/feeds/qca-wifi-6/mac80211/patches/pending/a-106-ath11k-tolerate-non-PASS-regulatory-status-from-QSDK-FW.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/wmi.c	2026-05-26 14:17:01.872100388 -0400
++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/wmi.c	2026-05-26 15:07:49.474044951 -0400
+@@ -7527,12 +7527,13 @@
+ 	enum wmi_vdev_type vdev_type;
+ 
+ 	if (reg_info->status_code != REG_SET_CC_STATUS_PASS) {
+-		/* In case of failure to set the requested ctry,
+-		 * fw retains the current regd. We print a failure info
+-		 * and return from here.
++		/* QSDK firmware may send a non-PASS status but still
++		 * include usable regulatory rules. Log and continue
++		 * rather than aborting -- matches pre-6.18 behaviour.
+ 		 */
+-		ath11k_warn(ab, "Failed to set the requested Country regulatory setting\n");
+-		return -EINVAL;
++		ath11k_dbg(ab, ATH11K_DBG_REG,
++			   "regulatory status %d, continuing with available rules\n",
++			   reg_info->status_code);
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	pdev_idx = reg_info->phy_id;