diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c
index 45a093d3f1fa..ec5469add68a 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
@@ -4507,8 +4507,10 @@ netdev_tx_t ieee80211_subif_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 						     IEEE80211_TX_CTRL_MLO_LINK_UNSPEC,
 						     NULL);
 	} else if (ieee80211_vif_is_mld(&sdata->vif) &&
-		   sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP &&
-		   !ieee80211_hw_check(&sdata->local->hw, MLO_MCAST_MULTI_LINK_TX)) {
+		   ((sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP &&
+		     !ieee80211_hw_check(&sdata->local->hw, MLO_MCAST_MULTI_LINK_TX)) ||
+		    (sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN &&
+		     !sdata->wdev.use_4addr))) {
 		ieee80211_mlo_multicast_tx(dev, skb);
 	} else {
 normal: