if (ieee80211_vif_is_mesh(&sdata->vif)) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_MESH
+               u32 changed = 0;
                if (sdata->u.mesh.security & IEEE80211_MESH_SEC_SECURED) {
-                       u32 changed = 0;
-
                        switch (params->plink_state) {
                        case NL80211_PLINK_ESTAB:
                                if (sta->plink_state != NL80211_PLINK_ESTAB)
                                sta->plink_state = params->plink_state;
 
                                ieee80211_mps_sta_status_update(sta);
-                               ieee80211_mps_set_sta_local_pm(sta,
-                                       sdata->u.mesh.mshcfg.power_mode);
+                               changed |= ieee80211_mps_set_sta_local_pm(sta,
+                                             sdata->u.mesh.mshcfg.power_mode);
                                break;
                        case NL80211_PLINK_LISTEN:
                        case NL80211_PLINK_BLOCKED:
                                sta->plink_state = params->plink_state;
 
                                ieee80211_mps_sta_status_update(sta);
-                               ieee80211_mps_local_status_update(sdata);
+                               changed |=
+                                     ieee80211_mps_local_status_update(sdata);
                                break;
                        default:
                                /*  nothing  */
                                break;
                        }
-                       ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify(sdata, changed);
                } else {
                        switch (params->plink_action) {
                        case PLINK_ACTION_OPEN:
-                               mesh_plink_open(sta);
+                               changed |= mesh_plink_open(sta);
                                break;
                        case PLINK_ACTION_BLOCK:
-                               mesh_plink_block(sta);
+                               changed |= mesh_plink_block(sta);
                                break;
                        }
                }
 
                if (params->local_pm)
-                       ieee80211_mps_set_sta_local_pm(sta, params->local_pm);
+                       changed |=
+                             ieee80211_mps_set_sta_local_pm(sta,
+                                                            params->local_pm);
+               ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify(sdata, changed);
 #endif
        }
 
 
        sdata->vif.bss_conf.basic_rates =
                ieee80211_mandatory_rates(local, band);
 
-       ieee80211_mps_local_status_update(sdata);
+       changed |= ieee80211_mps_local_status_update(sdata);
 
        ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify(sdata, changed);
 
 
 const struct ieee80211_mesh_sync_ops *ieee80211_mesh_sync_ops_get(u8 method);
 
 /* mesh power save */
-void ieee80211_mps_local_status_update(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata);
-void ieee80211_mps_set_sta_local_pm(struct sta_info *sta,
-                                   enum nl80211_mesh_power_mode pm);
+u32 ieee80211_mps_local_status_update(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata);
+u32 ieee80211_mps_set_sta_local_pm(struct sta_info *sta,
+                                  enum nl80211_mesh_power_mode pm);
 void ieee80211_mps_set_frame_flags(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
                                   struct sta_info *sta,
                                   struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr);
 u32 mesh_accept_plinks_update(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata);
 void mesh_plink_broken(struct sta_info *sta);
 u32 mesh_plink_deactivate(struct sta_info *sta);
-int mesh_plink_open(struct sta_info *sta);
-void mesh_plink_block(struct sta_info *sta);
+u32 mesh_plink_open(struct sta_info *sta);
+u32 mesh_plink_block(struct sta_info *sta);
 void mesh_rx_plink_frame(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
                         struct ieee80211_mgmt *mgmt, size_t len,
                         struct ieee80211_rx_status *rx_status);
 
        mesh_path_flush_by_nexthop(sta);
 
        ieee80211_mps_sta_status_update(sta);
-       ieee80211_mps_local_status_update(sdata);
+       changed |= ieee80211_mps_local_status_update(sdata);
 
        return changed;
 }
                           struct ieee802_11_elems *elems)
 {
        struct sta_info *sta;
+       u32 changed = 0;
 
        sta = mesh_sta_info_get(sdata, hw_addr, elems);
        if (!sta)
            sdata->u.mesh.accepting_plinks &&
            sdata->u.mesh.mshcfg.auto_open_plinks &&
            rssi_threshold_check(sta, sdata))
-               mesh_plink_open(sta);
+               changed = mesh_plink_open(sta);
 
        ieee80211_mps_frame_release(sta, elems);
 out:
        rcu_read_unlock();
+       ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify(sdata, changed);
 }
 
 static void mesh_plink_timer(unsigned long data)
        add_timer(&sta->plink_timer);
 }
 
-int mesh_plink_open(struct sta_info *sta)
+u32 mesh_plink_open(struct sta_info *sta)
 {
        __le16 llid;
        struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = sta->sdata;
+       u32 changed;
 
        if (!test_sta_flag(sta, WLAN_STA_AUTH))
-               return -EPERM;
+               return 0;
 
        spin_lock_bh(&sta->lock);
        get_random_bytes(&llid, 2);
        if (sta->plink_state != NL80211_PLINK_LISTEN &&
            sta->plink_state != NL80211_PLINK_BLOCKED) {
                spin_unlock_bh(&sta->lock);
-               return -EBUSY;
+               return 0;
        }
        sta->plink_state = NL80211_PLINK_OPN_SNT;
        mesh_plink_timer_set(sta, sdata->u.mesh.mshcfg.dot11MeshRetryTimeout);
                sta->sta.addr);
 
        /* set the non-peer mode to active during peering */
-       ieee80211_mps_local_status_update(sdata);
+       changed = ieee80211_mps_local_status_update(sdata);
 
-       return mesh_plink_frame_tx(sdata, WLAN_SP_MESH_PEERING_OPEN,
-                                  sta->sta.addr, llid, 0, 0);
+       mesh_plink_frame_tx(sdata, WLAN_SP_MESH_PEERING_OPEN,
+                           sta->sta.addr, llid, 0, 0);
+       return changed;
 }
 
-void mesh_plink_block(struct sta_info *sta)
+u32 mesh_plink_block(struct sta_info *sta)
 {
-       struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = sta->sdata;
        u32 changed;
 
        spin_lock_bh(&sta->lock);
        sta->plink_state = NL80211_PLINK_BLOCKED;
        spin_unlock_bh(&sta->lock);
 
-       ieee80211_bss_info_change_notify(sdata, changed);
+       return changed;
 }
 
 
                                             mshcfg->dot11MeshRetryTimeout);
 
                        /* set the non-peer mode to active during peering */
-                       ieee80211_mps_local_status_update(sdata);
+                       changed |= ieee80211_mps_local_status_update(sdata);
 
                        spin_unlock_bh(&sta->lock);
                        mesh_plink_frame_tx(sdata,
                        mpl_dbg(sdata, "Mesh plink with %pM ESTABLISHED\n",
                                sta->sta.addr);
                        ieee80211_mps_sta_status_update(sta);
-                       ieee80211_mps_set_sta_local_pm(sta,
+                       changed |= ieee80211_mps_set_sta_local_pm(sta,
                                                       mshcfg->power_mode);
                        break;
                default:
                                            WLAN_SP_MESH_PEERING_CONFIRM,
                                            sta->sta.addr, llid, plid, 0);
                        ieee80211_mps_sta_status_update(sta);
-                       ieee80211_mps_set_sta_local_pm(sta,
-                                                      mshcfg->power_mode);
+                       changed |= ieee80211_mps_set_sta_local_pm(sta,
+                                                       mshcfg->power_mode);
                        break;
                default:
                        spin_unlock_bh(&sta->lock);
 
  * @sdata: local mesh subif
  *
  * sets the non-peer power mode and triggers the driver PS (re-)configuration
+ * Return BSS_CHANGED_BEACON if a beacon update is necessary.
  */
-void ieee80211_mps_local_status_update(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
+u32 ieee80211_mps_local_status_update(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
 {
        struct ieee80211_if_mesh *ifmsh = &sdata->u.mesh;
        struct sta_info *sta;
        bool peering = false;
        int light_sleep_cnt = 0;
        int deep_sleep_cnt = 0;
+       u32 changed = 0;
+       enum nl80211_mesh_power_mode nonpeer_pm;
 
        rcu_read_lock();
        list_for_each_entry_rcu(sta, &sdata->local->sta_list, list) {
         */
        if (peering) {
                mps_dbg(sdata, "setting non-peer PM to active for peering\n");
-               ifmsh->nonpeer_pm = NL80211_MESH_POWER_ACTIVE;
+               nonpeer_pm = NL80211_MESH_POWER_ACTIVE;
        } else if (light_sleep_cnt || deep_sleep_cnt) {
                mps_dbg(sdata, "setting non-peer PM to deep sleep\n");
-               ifmsh->nonpeer_pm = NL80211_MESH_POWER_DEEP_SLEEP;
+               nonpeer_pm = NL80211_MESH_POWER_DEEP_SLEEP;
        } else {
                mps_dbg(sdata, "setting non-peer PM to user value\n");
-               ifmsh->nonpeer_pm = ifmsh->mshcfg.power_mode;
+               nonpeer_pm = ifmsh->mshcfg.power_mode;
        }
 
+       /* need update if sleep counts move between 0 and non-zero */
+       if (ifmsh->nonpeer_pm != nonpeer_pm ||
+           !ifmsh->ps_peers_light_sleep != !light_sleep_cnt ||
+           !ifmsh->ps_peers_deep_sleep != !deep_sleep_cnt)
+               changed = BSS_CHANGED_BEACON;
+
+       ifmsh->nonpeer_pm = nonpeer_pm;
        ifmsh->ps_peers_light_sleep = light_sleep_cnt;
        ifmsh->ps_peers_deep_sleep = deep_sleep_cnt;
+
+       return changed;
 }
 
 /**
  *
  * @sta: mesh STA
  * @pm: the power mode to set
+ * Return BSS_CHANGED_BEACON if a beacon update is in order.
  */
-void ieee80211_mps_set_sta_local_pm(struct sta_info *sta,
-                                   enum nl80211_mesh_power_mode pm)
+u32 ieee80211_mps_set_sta_local_pm(struct sta_info *sta,
+                                  enum nl80211_mesh_power_mode pm)
 {
        struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = sta->sdata;
 
        if (sta->plink_state == NL80211_PLINK_ESTAB)
                mps_qos_null_tx(sta);
 
-       ieee80211_mps_local_status_update(sdata);
+       return ieee80211_mps_local_status_update(sdata);
 }
 
 /**