diff --git a/channel.c b/channel.c
index 455c3070..ef55c4b9 100644
--- a/channel.c
+++ b/channel.c
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ struct mt76_vif_link *mt76_get_vif_phy_link(struct mt76_phy *phy,
 		kfree(mlink);
 		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 	}
+	rcu_assign_pointer(mvif->offchannel_link, mlink);
 
 	return mlink;
 }
@@ -273,10 +274,12 @@ void mt76_put_vif_phy_link(struct mt76_phy *phy, struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
 			   struct mt76_vif_link *mlink)
 {
 	struct mt76_dev *dev = phy->dev;
+	struct mt76_vif_data *mvif = mlink->mvif;
 
 	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(mlink) || !mlink->offchannel)
 		return;
 
+	rcu_assign_pointer(mvif->offchannel_link, NULL);
 	dev->drv->vif_link_remove(phy, vif, &vif->bss_conf, mlink);
 	kfree(mlink);
 }
diff --git a/mt76.h b/mt76.h
index cdefe6c5..e5a5881e 100644
--- a/mt76.h
+++ b/mt76.h
@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@ struct mt76_wcid {
 	u8 hw_key_idx;
 	u8 hw_key_idx2;
 
+	u8 offchannel:1;
 	u8 sta:1;
 	u8 sta_disabled:1;
 	u8 amsdu:1;
@@ -791,6 +792,7 @@ struct mt76_vif_link {
 
 struct mt76_vif_data {
 	struct mt76_vif_link __rcu *link[IEEE80211_MLD_MAX_NUM_LINKS];
+	struct mt76_vif_link __rcu *offchannel_link;
 
 	struct mt76_phy *roc_phy;
 	u16 valid_links;